Christmas Cards

Christmas is fast approaching and as always there is so much to do before it arrives.These are a few quick cards I made, I think the embossed cardstock really makes the cards pop.

 

Simple but Sweet

 I enjoy making a variety of cards these two are quite simple but rather sweet I think. I really like the white background with just a bit of colour. I am trying to make a few each week so eventually I will have at least one in my card box for every month. There are some months when I have multiple birthdays in the same month, so the plan is to have enough in my card box to pick the right one for each recipient.

Stamp Of The Month Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to our Stamp of the Month Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop.
If you have arrived here from  Vandra's bloghttp://vandractmh.blogspot.com/2014/11/its-little-things-s1411-ctmh-stamp-of.html  you are in the right place. If you landed here by accident, no problem, please join in by following the link at the end of this post.

This month's Stamp of the Month "It's The little Things" S1411 is available exclusively throughout November for $27 or for just $5 when you spend $75.

This stamp is great for making cards, decorating a layout or as I have used it, to decorate one of the Home Decor items. I love the versatility of all the stamps. This is one of the Pennant Frames, the photo is of the many birds that come to play in my bird birth. The little honey eater birds are just beautiful and have a great time splashing in the bird bath. It really is the "little things" that bring such joy to our lives.

 I covered the frame with paper from the Brushed paper pack X7190 and have added butterflies from the Your Own Kind of Wonderful stamp set D1627, a bird cut from the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge and one of the Black Flourishes Z1749. I used complimentary inks, of course you would use whatever matches your project.

To continue on the bog hop, hop over to  Mandy's Hall of Indulgence http://hallofindulgence.com.au

Inky Fingers

I spent some time last weekend making a few cards, there is such a lot of inspiration to be found on Pinterest and other blogs. I have a table set up in my lounge room in front of the window, a bird bath sits just outside my lounge room window and it is such a pleasure to  see the birds washing themselves and splashing in the bird bath. Some days I wonder how I manage to create anything becuase my table is always cluttered with papers, inks, and all manner of card making paraphernalia. Here are a few of the cards I have recently made.

Another Boy's Card

Making boy's cards isn't always easy but if you have the right stamps it doesn't have to be difficult. This card was relatively easy, just some stamping and a little colouring in. This style of card is called an easel card because it stands up like an easel once opened. I made this card for my niece's son, he loves playing video games.

Creative Projects

I love surfing the internet for new ideas, Pinterest  is my favourite  for getting lots of ideas for new projects. I am amazed by at how talented some people are. Some days I spend way to much time on the computer, but I always come away with great ideas. Here are few things that I have created recently.

This is a 6x6 canvas that I decorated for Christmas. The flower, leaves and letters are cut using the Artist Cricut cartridge from CTMH, I added some stamping and a little bling to finish off the project.

I love making boxes, these are 2 quick and easy boxes to make. Wouldn't anyone love receiving a beautifully decorated box with a few Ferro Roche chocolates inside. They are one of my favourite chocolates. This cute little box on the right holds 12 tea lights, there is a great tutorial on Sam McDonald's You Tube site for making this box.

"Thinking of You"

One of my friends has been unwell, and will be off work til the end of the year. So I decided to make a card for her, hoping  it would brighten her day. I planned on posting it so it needed to be pretty flat. I have wanted to try this technique for a while, the background is created using an acrylic block and three different ink colours.

           

Supplies:  White Daisy Cards and Envelopes X254

                 White Daisy Cardstock z2163Outdoor 

Denim Cardstock  Z2140

      Crystal Blue Ink Pad Z2117 

Pear Ink Pad Z2197

Canary Ink Pad Z2643

Your Own Kind of Wonderful Stamp Set D1627

2"x2" Acrylic Block Y1003

"Thinking Of You" from The 30 Years of Happy National Stamping Month Promotion

Cards

I am spending the weekend with friends scrapbooking and wanted to make a small gift for them. My friend Karen loves all things to do with tea making and paraphernalia. As CTMH doesn't have any stamps with tea pots or cups etc, I searched the internet for images and found some beautiful ones. Here are the cards that I made. For Colleen I found beautiful images of vintage posters. I love making cards, sometimes choosing colours and embellishments for the card is easy other times nothing seems to match the image.

I am really happy with the end results. I found the lovely teapot stick pin at  littlescrapshop.etsy.com, she has some very beautiful embellishments for card making or scrapbooking. I also made the box for the cards to go.

Photo Album

I created this album for my niece Cara to add photos of her new baby Genevieve. It was a fun project to do, there are so many of the CTMH stamps that you could use for a project like this. I got the idea for the chest of drawers from Pinterest and was so easy to make. These are just a few of the pages in the album. I will be posting the album to Cara tomorrow.