I am getting into the Christmas swing of things now, how about you!? Although the calendar still says November, so I still feel a teeny weeny bit guilty about the excitement that is building inside! We went to a local town today and they even had their Christmas tree up in the square, and the lights were twinking, they were so pretty! Still… Craig wont let me play Christmas music until 1 December without fail, he even caught me singing Winter Wonderland in the shower this week and gave me the stink eye! HAHA!
I did realise something potentially depressing though!! We will be moving house in early December, so we may not be putting up decorations until we get into the new house! . I’m trying not to think about it too much, at least until we get a definite move in date, at least that way i can come to terms with waiting a few days. If the move isn’t going to happen until the middle of the month then there is NO WAY i am holding off until then! 🙂
And so today, I have some Christmas cards to share with you. I’ve used some embossing folders with my distress inks to give an almost letterpress look to the embossed backgrounds. The embossing folders give the paper depth, and the inks give a bold feel to the card, which I totally love! Once I had made a few backgrounds I really didn’t need much else to finish the card.
Mister Snowman however is one of my favourite stamps, and it was about time he made it off the shelf as he has been hibernating for many months now. I heat embossed a few stamped impressions, and then coloured in the design using Artquest Pearlescent paints which give a lovely shimmery, wintery effect! Yum!
Have you entered our November Competition yet?! You really should, because you can win lots of goodies from the wonderful gang over at Craftwork Cards. Thanks you guys for being so generous!
One of the most unique products from Craftwork Cards is their Card Candy embellishments. I really love their versatility! These are little domed pieces of pretty, pearlescent card that look like brads, only legless! I’ve been playing with them recently, using them in different ways, and today I have a video tutorial on how you can use Card Candy embellishments to build flowers to use on your crafty projects.
I’ve built a few flowers and used one to add an elegant, dimensional aspect to this card. I hope you enjoy the video!
Halloween is outta the way now and i’m still trying to convince Craig that it’s nearly Christmas! He’s not yet ready to admit it, but with each and every shop that we go into that has an array of Crimbo products, I figure it can’t be long until he realises that its true! After all, we have entered Red Cup season as far as Starbucks is concerned! Mmmm… I do love Gingerbread lattes so I always wait with anticipation for the red cup release day.
So today’s project is inspired by two things. Firstly, y’know that feeling that you get when its cold outside and your hands are numb and your nose is red, then you get a cup of hot coffee or hot cocoa between your hands and as you inhale the sweet aroma, you are instantly filled with complete gratification. {Yip, I was inspired by a feeling, i’m weird I know!} The second inspiration starting point was the Card Candy embellishments by Craftwork Cards. I bought a pack of pink and brown Card Candy ages ago (and yes, i still have loads, they totally last AGES!) and I realised that this colour combo pack has the cutest name: ‘ Choc and Mashmallow’.
So it’s easy to join the dots and see why this card turned out the way it did!
I didn’t have a template for the cup shape, so I just drew it freehand, and had lots of fun making the whipped cream using DecoArts Snow Writer and then I sprinkled the card candy on top! My original plan was to put the greeting on the outside of the card, but it ended up covering too much of the cup of cocoa, so I transformed this project from a standard card into an easel card. The biggest challenge I faced when making this project was waiting for the Snow Writer to dry! I’m so impatient and it looked good enough to eat and I just couldn’t wait to finish the card! HAHA!
