Stamping Christmas

Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree,

how did you get to be so colourful?

Well, you buy a fun pack of colourful stamps and get stamping! 

Buying a magazine or two for the stamps doesn't hurt either.  Or did I buy them?  Hmmm



I like using brown paper card stock as it really sets the stamps off when you're stamping in different colours.  It's a nice 'woody' backdrop to the trees too.  Another major plus is that there's no need to fuss about with backing papers. 

How are thy leaves so verdant!

But even in winter is thy prime.

Sympathy

In Sympathy

These cards can be hard to get right, more so for the message than what toppers and images are used.

I ended up going on to Pinterest for inspiration, and found the card on the right. Sorry for the naff image but i think you get the idea.



And I think I matched it pretty good!  

I'd some die cut butterflies from a magazine I'd bought, and using my die cutter to cut out the layered circles created a nice 3D effect.  

I die cut out a tag to put the sympathy words in, and then punched in a couple of eyelets to thread in the ribbon.

Side by side, not bad!

Wedding Day

Here comes the bride,

and here comes the gnashing of teeth and trying to get the hearts to behave.  

In my mind's eye, I'd thought that the purple paper would offset the whiteness of the dress and the other toppers but it didn't.  I then thought four hearts would do the trick.  Nope!

How did I get a crease in the paper?

Time running out led to a complete rethink and lo!  New colour scheme (brown), pretty backing paper (flowers on brown paper), extra hearts and I think the final card looks a 100 times better. 

minus one heart though...can you spot the difference?

Let’s get married

Wedding Day Cards, 

Nom some cake, and

have so many stylised icons, it can be heard to pick on a theme.  Hearts, dresses, cakes, champagne, rings, horseshoes, confetti, bells, and so on.

I'd bought some wedding card toppers and just needed the right paper and the right positioning.  I added in some hearts out of my stash, and voila!

have a glass or two of sparkly

Christmas beginnings

Christmas!  

Full of cheer, good tidings and curses as I try and make a card I actually like!

Dodgy edging but I like the toppers

Last year I tried various formats: card toppers, quilling and being creative with left over decorations.

Think i messed up on the snow and backing paper

Yeah, not quite right! And the card warped with the glue

Not sure I got it right with any of them!  Still, they kept me busy and you've got to start somewhere, right?

Bonus - here's a wreath.  The basis is a wreath from Poundland that I stripped down, leaving the red flowers and pine cones.  I then added in holly from the garden, using thin metal wire to hold it all together.