cricut christmas cards

I was so chuffed when I came home today to find my Christmas Noel cricut cartridge had arrived...It's super and I love the window frame and made this with stamping and brayering also, and santa and the reindeer flying in the sky...

Nested 3D Christmas cards

A few fun creations tonight....

I don't know the name for it but I saw at the craft fair a while back that you can buy printed cards with nested type layers (i hope you know what I mean) so I thought I would try to make my own version of these using a stamped image (once for background and second for layering) then cut the layering one with 3 spellbinders nestabilities (3 for layering 3d and the other two (larger ones) for the backing and frame.

I was plesantly surprised with the result and it does look like the things I remembering seeing at the craft fair...but of course better as not printed or mass produced or expensive!

I have tried two, one square and using the Stampin Up wish for peace set and the second oval, using the Stamping up Dasher stamp...

Lastly a different fold card which stands up once opened.... really simple to make so let me know if you want the instructions....

Hope you like them...

Christmas cards

Here are a couple of tonights creations - I am running low on Christmas cards so you can expect too see many more soon...
The first one is a window scene with the cat sitting in front, his hat is too big isn't it??


Next is a take off of a brayered card by Michelle Zindorf, check out her blog on the links in my bloglists... This is no where near as goos as hers and I mucked up the shadow when trying to colour it in....

Pop up Christmas window card

Here is another take on my latest pop up frame type card, this time an opening window.... Just love this one!

More christmas cards and new snowglobe

Here are some more christmas cards, two with my new snowglobe stamp, another new improved pop up Christmas tree with a star! and a lovely english christmas scene.....

Improved pop up Christmas tree

Here is the latest improvement on my pop up Christmas tree, the tree is lower so in perspective and I have added rhinestones to decorate the tree.... also brayered the tree rather than sponging, really pleased with how this turned out...

Mountain landscape scene -reflection

And lastly my favourite creation of the night! A landscape scene with a deer by the mountain, with his reflection in the ice pond while snowing of course! No brayering just sponges - really pleased with how this one turned out...

Scrapbook picture frame - snow scene

I have had this scrapbook picture frame for a while now and didn't know what to do with it. It's a great deal deeper than an ordinary frame so you can layer things inside.

I was inspire by a lovely Christmas card my mum gave me with a bear sitting in front of a window, so here I have created a similar scene.

It is all 3d so the window frame sticks out and then the bear sticks out even further and his bow even further, the photo really doesn't do it justice, the trees are cover with dazzling diamonds too.

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.....

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

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...

Snow Globe

I saw this snow globe stamp for sale on trademe last Sunday, I had to get it to try as I imagined how much I could stamp in the globe.... Only had time to give it a quick try, and I just love it and think it has heaps of potential....... can't wait to try some other Christmas stamps inside it!

We Stamp Sketch #6

Just realised I forgot to post this for the We Stamp weekly sketch challenge...