More Christmas Cards

Ok so yes, I know it's now the 6th January and we are all taking our decorations down, but I inadvertently got so excited I gave these Christmas cards to the recipients without taking pictures of them. So I had to get my brother to take pictures of his and I took a picture of Mum's at hers when I visited for New Years. So excuse the fact they aren't the best pictures ever but I still wanted to show you them

My brother's one is below. I cut 4 pieces of black card and 4 pieces of music themed paper and rounded 2 of the corners on each piece.

I used my Stampin Up festive flurry stamp and die set again and got the gilding flakes out again as I love them so much.

I cut out a snowflake from gold card to go behind the gilded snowflake to make the image pop. I also stamped and gilded the sentiment too, which actually worked and it came out clear so it can still be read. Here is a picture of the sparkle in the flakes

The card below was for my Mum - again with the gilding flakes and Indigo Blu Baroque Christmas tree stamp.

I wasn't too sure how to cut this out so I opted for a triangle and mounted it onto some turquoise mirror card. I didn't want to add too much more decoration that would take away from the main tree so I just added a stain ribbon and a small heat embossed sentiment. I wasn't too sure about it but Mum loved it and that's what counts

Claire x

2018 Christmas Cards

So, it's been a while and I've not really had the inspiration to make cards for a while. We moved house in August and I've still been trying to find where I had hidden all my crafty bits and pieces. But I decided to root through all my old boxes and I think I also found my inspiration hiding in there

This year I made cards for close friends and family. One of the things I found was the Indigo Blu Flakes and Flitter glu and some of their lovely stamps. First up was this card I made for my boyfriend's mum. Now I can't tell you which of the flakes I used as I bought them over 4 years ago and tipped them into another container. The stamp is Festive Flurry from Stampin' up and is one of my Christmas faves

I used silver flakes for the large snowflake and gold flakes for the smaller snowflake. I then cut a medium snowflake from blue pearl card and used it to show off the colours in the other two images.
The sentiment is stamped and heat embossed with WOW! powder in Ruby Romance.

Now, I love heat embossing and I have far too many of the WOW! powders. And they certainly come out at Christmas. I love the fact you can add sparkle to a card without it going everywhere!

Another Stampin' Up favourite stamp of mine is Snow Day, where you can build a snowman. I made two of these cards this year and embossed them both in different WOW! powders. The first is Blue Blast which is one of my favourites and always comes out at Christmas in one form or another

The background was made using Indigo Blu's snowflakes stamp. It was stamped with Versamark and then I brushed over some blue pigment powder. In the right light it really shimmers

The next one was embossed using Sensational Sage - the pictures do not do this powder justice. It is a green and it has some amazing colours running through it that change colour depending on the light. I tried to capture it as best as I could but it just wasn't working

I did also make some other cards but I forgot to take pictures of them. I've asked the recipients if they can get pictures and then I will show you.

Claire