Christmas Joy

Morning, Today's card has been made with papers from the paper pads and the New Wonder Embossing Crystals that Justin & Gordon from Be Creative launched on Hochanda for the Birthday Week.

The paper pads have been great to work with and are such great quality. I took the pine tree sheet from the pad for this card and used the full sheet.

To start with I blended around the edges just to add a little distressing, here I used Faded Jeans, but any of the blues would work well for this particular card depending on your embellishments.

From an identical sheet from the pad I cut 'Joy' from Sue Wilson along with a frame from the same die set. I cut an inner oval on a sheet of plain card which I had already stuck a Wonder Sheet to.

I took another sheet of card which was covered with a Wonder Sheet, from this I cut a selection of poinsettias in different sizes using a die set from Sue Wilson.

Next I added some Faded Jeans Distress Ink to the 'Joy' and the frame.

I stuck the oval Wonder Sheet to the back of my main oval after peeling the coating off, I placed the 'Joy' back inside.

I then poured over 'Midnight Blue' Diamond Sparkles which stuck to the wonder sheet. I also secured the frame using Cosmic Shimmer.

I stamped my sentiment from the new stamp set and layered the card onto cream and blue card.

Using foam tape I raised the 'Joy' topper from the card for dimension.

Having embossed all of the poinsettias using the Celebration Red Wonder Crystals, I shaped them with a ball tool, layered them and secured to my card using Collall 3D glue gel.

I am so pleased that you have stopped by to look at the finished project. I do hope that you have enjoyed the Step by Step. Please stop by again very soon. Take care and Happy Crafting.xx

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Morning, I thought I would share a card today, I made using the lovely stamps that Justin and Gordon from Be Creative Launched on Hochanda this week, along with the paper pads.

I decided to use Kraft card for this one, the main card is on a 6'' square and the background card is a 7''square. I started with the background card, Using Winter Sparkle Embossing powder and a Versamark In Pad, I stamped my chosen sentiment to 2 of the corners. Then I added some of the snowflake stamps from the set using the same powder. (Don't forget to use an Anti Static Pad). I set this aside.

Next I took my main card and created a landscape, I wanted the snow to have quite a texture and to be pronounced, so I used white gesso and stippled along my torn paper to add the hills and mountains.

Then I stamped some of the snowflakes in the sky using Versamark and again the Winter Sparkle Embossing Powder. I added a little Shaded Lilac ink to the sky.

From the Christmas Paper pad, I took a sheet of the trees and cut them out. I needed a lot as I was planning to decoupage them so used a full sheet. I took a sheet of patterned paper from the pad and stamped some Wee Houses from Clarity. I used Versamark to stamp and the the Wonder Embossing Crystals to emboss. After cutting out the houses I added a little more colour using a selection of Distress Ink.

I laid out my design before securing the trees and house in place using Collall 3d glue gel, building up some of them and others flat. I backed my main card onto a piece of white before layering it onto the background giving a fine white border.

Thank you for taking the time to visit and read my post today. I hope you have enjoyed the step by step and the finished card. I hope you will visit again very soon. Take care and Happy Crafting.xx