More Christmas Cards......

Morning all.

Sadly, uploading pictures on Blogger persists, so I am STILL posting via Firefox....PITA!!!!

I know we are in January, but given that I was such a HUGE slacker before Christmas, I thought I may inspire you for NEXT Christmas with the cards I put together. This year I made the designs relatively easy to mass produce and just changed the colour schemes to suit.

I used the reindeer stamp from the "Teacher's Gifts" post for the cards today. I basically did one in landscape, one in portrait and then in 6 different colour combinations. The red noses were achieved bu colouring in a 2mm adhesive pearl with a red Sharpie marker...too easy.

Olive and Rich Razzleberry

 

 Bashful Blue and Night Of Navy

 

Pink Pirouette and Perfect Plum (yes...v v girly)

 Soft Suede and Early Espresso (to balance out the girly!!)

 

Wisteria Wonder and Elegant Eggplant

 

Old Olive and Bravo Burgandy

They were indeed EASY PEASY!!!

Thanks for popping by. More Chrissy cards to Share, but also some 3D fun and some REALLY big news coming...that has indeed been a LONG time coming....hee hee hee.

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) as listed above plus Whisper White and Very Vanilla

Ink: (SU) as listed above

Stamps: (SU) Many Merry Messages (ret), Curly Cute, Reindeer stamp fm LSS

Punches: (SU) Lace Ribbon Border Punch, Dotted Scallop Border Border Punch

Other Bits: Dimensionals, Red Sharpie, 2mm pearls fm stash

Lynda xx

"0's" as Far as the Eye Can See!!

Morning all.

Recently I had a considerable run of "ZERO" birthdays. One was a girl on my netball team and the other 2 were crafting friends....one of whom I know definitely reads my blog from time to time!!

A kind of different source of inspiration for these cards. I found this idea here in Lana Harvey's blog. Whilst the outside of the card is stunning, it was actually the inside that appealed to me for an idea. With that in mind, I came up with these.......

What do you think? They are a little different, and the numbers sparkle. Every gal likes sparkle....don't they??? I stamped the "bud" image from Simply Soft in a lighter colour than the main and then stamped the "sticks" in the main colour or similar. If I did not have a suitable ink, I stamped off the main colour and then used it.

I challenged myself a little with colour combinations, but more than happy with the final results. Here are the 30 and 40 together.......

Thanks for popping by again. I sincerely appreciate your feedback and comments. Even if you have never commented before, please do so.

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Concord Crush, Lucky Limeade, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzaz, Island Indigo, Calypso Coral, Whisper White as well as Green and Silver glitter card from Alice in Paperland.

Ink: (SU) Concord Crush, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzaz, Soft Suede, Island Indigo, Calypso Coral

Stamps:(SU) Simply Soft, Curly Cute

Punches: (SU) Scallop Dotted Ribbon Punch

Other Bits: Cuttlebug Olivia Alphabet (for the Numbers)

Lynda xx

Co-ordinated Tulip Fun

Morning all.
Finally (I hear you laud), she has something crafty to show!!!

This is the 2nd of the tulip cards I made for a secretary that I use to work with. We have remained good friends even though I left my old work over 2 1/2 years ago. I went with a favourite colour combo of purples and green.

Here is the card.....

Now....what to give with it.....hmmmmmmmmmmm?? Ever find that you have a gift....and nothing to go with it....well I found a solution!!! I made her a wee note card holder from 2 of the Scallop Envelope dies joined together. What I finally made was a mildly amended version of this. The end result was this..... (front and back)

And side......

It held comfortably 4 note cards that were 3 x 3 inches and 4 envelopes. These were the cards inside. I also stamped the envelopes so they matched.

....and of course the card and gift ready to go......

Needless to say....she loved them. Purely by co-incidence, she had a gift at home that she had forgotten a card for...but now does!!!

Thanks for dropping by. I will try and list all the bits used, but there was a lot. If you have any questions....please ask and I will answer.

Stuff used:
CS: (SU) Pear Pizzaz, Concord Crush, Whisper White, In Colours DSP 6 x 6 stack

Ink: (SU) Pear Pizzaz, Concord Crush

Stamps: (SU) Sweet Summer, So Happy For You and Amy R Birthday Sentiments

Punches: (SU) XL Bird Punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch

Dies: (SU) Scallop Envelope Die, Nestabilities Classic Circles and Scallop Circle dies

Other Bits: Dimensionals, Green Diamante Brads fm stash, Green 1/2 rhinestones fm stash, Blender Pen.

Lynda xx