Thursday, November 26, 2009

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I finally managed to make one card tonight, I have been having a little break after making gift boxes and lots of envelopes! So here is my mojo monday sketch card.. Made with two new sets from trademe, Cute critters and Elegant cheer.

Card boxes - gift boxes for Christmas


Well, I have been frantically preparing for Christmas. I have a few lovely ladies at work who often buy my cards from the box in the staffroom, they really support my cardmaking addiction so I have been busy making boxes of cards for them for Christmas gifts.
Each box holds 10 cards and envelopes, the first three are all photo cards from photos I have taken all around New Plymouth, Taranaki. The other boxes hold cards for all occassions.
The box is very simple to make as has a cardstock base and acetate lid which sits inside the base and is sealed with a bow.













Making a snowman - xmas card

This is such a cute little stamp that I could not resist buying off trademe.....

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Let it snow

And lastly for tonight, here is a delightful snowman from another trademe bargin, Let it snow stampset...

Peace on Earth

Just loving this bauble with the world inside.....

Silent Night




I love this little church stamp, it will be great for wedding cards too.

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Only fitting that my mojo card be yet another Christmas Card. I got this cute little set off Trademe last week....I just love the bauble with the world map...

Even more Christmas Cards








The fun never stops .....

Christmas cards
















Well after a card sale at work and then

sorting my Christmas cards to send to my friends and family, I am very short on stock... so I have spent the last couple of nights making some more.....

Thursday, November 12, 2009

An angel for Christmas


Okay and lastly for tonight, another Chirstmas card. This is a set called On Angel Wings. She's almost magical with her dazzling diamond wings....
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Echoes of Kindness


Okay so I couldn't resist making a couple more cards tonight. I was planning on sorting out my Christmas presents and card list in order to work out who else I need to buy for and how many more Christmas cards I will need to make.....

This is a lovely set called echoes of kindness.
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English Christmas - New Penny Black stamps










Here are a couple of quick cards I made tonight. Just had to try out these lovely stamps, another recent purchase from trademe... They remind me of England... Home sweet home




Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Happy Harmony








Here are some very quick cards I made just to try out this new stampset I got from trademe..



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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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Here is my mojo sketch card for the week. With only about 7 weeks until Christmas I thought I'd better make another Christmas card.... Nice and simple...

Monday, November 9, 2009

Christmas cards - tin foil embossing!







WOW! I saw on splitcoast, an example of cuttlebug embossing

with tin foil straight out of the kitchen cupboard!

Of course I had to try it... How cool, you cover a peice of scrap card with the tin foil, fold corners and stick on the back. Put the tin foiled card into your embossing folder, run through the cuttlebug and Wow you have a metal looking embossed card. I used the matt side as preferred this look to the shinny side.. I also think the inverted embossing shows up better as on the bauble card, I must try the others that way next time...

Easel Card


Thanks to Cherie (check out her version of this card on her blog on my sidebar - creative addinkton), I was able to locate the instructions on splitcoast and try to make one of these fabulous easel cards!

Very simple and very clever, I can see me making these for my photos too.

Thanks Cherie, you're a real gem.

Practicing my watercolouring

Here is a little card I made in order to practice my watercolouring with crayons... quite a different look from watercolour pencils.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Pack of playing cards - Christmas stocking fillers


Here are some gift boxes with

a pack of playing cards inside. I thought they'd make a good stocking filler....

Happy New Year - Boxes of Bottles of Bubbles




Here are some boxes I made today for the little bottles of bubbly (Bubbles - the kind you blow)...


I thought these may be a

bit of a gimmic for New Years Celebrations....

Bear in a tin




Here are a couple of tin gifts I made today.



A lovely thankyou card from the We Stamp team

How very nice, I had a card arrive in my mail box which doesn't happen very often!

This is a lovely thankyou card with a card note, made by the lovely Cherie from the We Stamp team, (check out her blog creative addINKtion on my sidebar).

We Stamp are taking a break for the holidays, it's been so much fun creating projects and trying ideas from this talented team: Michelle Habib, Cherie Ward, Sharlene Torres. It was a pleasure to be able to take part in We Stamp, i miss it already!

Thanks Cherie fo rthe delightful card, it made my day.
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More Branch Out

Here are a couple more cards with my new Stampin up - Branch out set.... My brayering is a bit funny tho...
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