Christmas Countdown Day 8 - Rustic Snowman

Rustic Snowman

Another pretty, rustic card today using a Molly Blooms stamp I have had for a few years now and it's still one of my favourites.

The card has been stamped with potting soil archival ink, and water coloured with inktense pencils.  I've added some distressing and some Heidi Swapp color shine spray, glitter and a touch of glossy accents for some sparkle.

Happy Crafting

Anna x

Christmas Countdown Day 7 - Wiggle 'til You Giggle

Wiggle 'til You Giggle

Today's offering is a super cute wiggly snowman.

A very quick and simple card using a cut file from Miss Kate Cuttables, I made the snowman into a shaped card and popped him up onto a wobble spring for some added fun :)

Happy Crafting
Anna x

Christmas Countdown Day 6 - Rustic Stag

Rustic Stag

Just a quick card today.

Stamped with a freebie stamp from the Creative Stamping magazine in potting shed archival ink.  Water coloured with Inktense pencils and distress ink in gathered twig.

I added some splashes with Heidi Swapp gold Color Shine spray.

The papers are from an old collection of Papermania Christmas papers and the banner stamp is from a Hero Arts set.

 

Happy Crafting

Anna x

Christmas Countdown Day 5 - Steampunk Santa

Steampunk Santa

Today's offering is another card, much more grungy and vintage than the first few I've shared. 

Supplies

The Artistic Stamper Steampunk Santa stamp
The Artistic Stamper Calligraphic Mat #8
Craft Stamper magazine free mini stamp set Believe
My Craft Studio Shabby Sweet printable postcards
Tattered Lace Dies Victorian Snowflake
Kaiser Craft Papers
Papermania metal clock faces and gears
The Works metal key embellishments
The Works Wooden frames and corners
American Crafts Chestnut brown woodgrain textured card
Manilla tag
Red & white twine
Heidi Swapp Color Shine gold
TH Distress stain Festive Berries
Ranger archival ink pad Potting Soil
Glossy Accents
Red sequins
Gold card
Red doily

Happy Crafting
Anna x

Christmas Countdown Day 4 - Frosted Ornaments

Christmas Countdown Day Four

Frosted Ornaments

I wanted some new ornaments for my tree but didn't want to spend a fortune this year, so I had a rummage in my old stash and found these two letters, which are My OH and my first initials. 

I bought them years ago with the intention of making tree ornaments with them.  So out came the glitter embossing powders, gesso, gel medium and Distress glitter and I was off on a crafty mission.

Supplies

Wooden letters HobbyCraft

Silver glitter embossing powder(I used on old pot of Melt Dust which isn't available any more but there are several brands that do the same kind of glitter embossing powder)

Windsor & Newton Galleria gel medium

Windsor & Newton Galleria white gesso

Liquitex titanium white acrylic

White sequins The Range

Small pine cones HobbyCraft

Silver berries The Range

White Berry Sprig The Range

Florist wire HobbyCraft

American Crafts Pine Green cardstock

Silver and white twine HobbyCraft

I first painted the wood with gesso, once dry, I gave them two coats of silver glitter embossing powder.  I then brushed on more gesso and immediately rubbed this off with a paper towel being sure not to rub off the gesso on the edges of the letters.

I then applied a liberal amount of clear gel medium, blobbing (technical term lol!) it on to make icicle shapes and sprinkled on Rock Candy Distress glitter while still wet.

I made some sprigs from florist wire, dipped in gel medium and the sprinkles with micro beads in silver and some crushed coloured shell which I bought form the pound shop, it's in littles post and is meant for nails.

I cut some pine branch foliage from the 3D Wintergreens SVG set from SVGCuts.com and added some white paint .

To finish off I glued on some small pine cones, sparkly white berries, sequins and a copper heart brad.

I love how they turned out and can't wait to put them on my tree.

I hope I've inspired you to go and rummage in your stash to make some beautiful handmade Christmas ornaments.

Happy crafting
Anna x  

Christmas Countdown Day 3 - Angel Wings

Christmas Countdown Day Three

Angel Wings

The gorgeous Tattered Lace angel wings die inspired me to make this card.

The stamp is a Lili of the Valley stamp and I painted it with Twinkling H2O's and Inktense pencils.  The layers are distressed with faded chipped sapphire distress in and there is a splattering of distress spray in brushed pewter.  The snow flakes and wooden shapes where covered with the distress sprat and glittered with stickles for a touch of extra sparkle.

Supplies
Tattered Lace Dies Angel Wings (D1037)
Lili of the Valley Stamp Peace on Earth
First Edition Silent Night Paper Pad
Papermania Capsule Collection Bexley Black Doily
Wooden Stars and snowflakes HobbyCraft
Die Cut Snow Flake cut on Silhouette
White berry sprig from The Range
Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Chipped Sapphire
Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Brushed Pewter
Inktense pencils
Twinkling H2O's
Silver and white bakers twine HobbyCraft
White lace from stash
White cobweb fabric HobbyCraft
Stardust Stickles
White Sequins

Hope you liked today's instalment.

Happy Crafting
Anna x

Christmas Countdown Day 2 - Silver Antlers

Christmas Countdown Day Two

Silver Antlers

I just adore this free stag stamp from Creative Stamping magazine, I've used it on several cards and I plan to use it on some mixed media layouts too.  I love how simple and clean this card looks,  the silver, white and grey just work perfectly :)

Supplies

Creative Stamping magazine issue 56 free stamps
Penny Black Slapstick Cling Stamp Set Christmas Banners
First Edition Silent Night 6 x 6 paper pad
Black Stazon
Stampin' Up Smoky Slate ink pad
Stickles Candy Cane
Metal snow flake charm
Silver and white twine
White card
Holographic silver glitter

This was so easy to put together, you could easily knock up a batch of these in no time.

I matted and layered the Silent Night papers onto a 6 x 6 card blank, inking the edges with the grey ink.  I then stamped the stag in Stazon onto white card and the banner in grey ink and fussy cut them out, not bothering with the antlers ans I also stamped the stag onto the patterned paper.

I popped up the banner with foam pads and added a bow and charm.

The stag was glued flat to the card and the antlers glittered using the silver glitter.

And that's it, so quick!

Don't forget to check out my new Facebook Page

Happy Crafting
Anna x

Christmas Countdown Day 1 - Snow Ride

Life seems to have gotten in the way of blogging one again and here we are in December.

I have been a busy bee creating my December Daily album and getting the few cards I am making this year done.  I now only make cards for close family members as I don't have time to make 50 plus cards lol!   I've also been working on some fun mixed media projects which I'll be sharing soon.

I have planned to update with a new blog post every couple of days through out December, so fingers crossed my plans work out.

I'm also planning to get a couple of videos up, to share my December Daily progress and maybe some handmade ornaments I've made for our tree.

I also have a new Facebook Page, go check it out here

So, onto the first instalment of Christmas Countdown!

Snow Ride

This card nearly went in to the trash can lol!  I originally coloured the image just with Inktense pencils, however, I had done it at night in the living room and the lighting is dismal in there and it wasn't looking that great.  I decided to fiddle with it the next morning and added some distress markers and was much happier with the result, not perfect but heyho it's for my Mum so I'm sure she won't mind lol!

Supplies

Lily of the Valley Stamp Toboggan For Two
Ranger Black Archival ink pad
First Edition 6 x 6 paper pad Silent Night
American Crafts white textured cardstock
Papermania Capsule collection grey doily
American Crafts white glitter paper
White iridescent sequins
Small pinecones
White berry sprig
Red Berries
White Eyelash yarn
White lace
Distress Markers
Inktense Pencils
Stickles Stardust
Sakura Gelly Roll glitter pens in red and green

I just love Lily of the Valley stamps, they are so whimsical and sweet!  I stamped the image in archival ink and then water coloured it with Inktense pencils and distress markers.  I added a few touches of sparkle with the gelly roll pens and Stickles.

The large snow flake was cut on my Silhouette from the AC glitter paper, I inked all the paper edges with distress ink and then distressed the edges with my scissors.

To add some dimension and a extra bit of colour and texture I added the cluster of pine cones and berries.

I really love how the card came together and I hope my Mum will love it too.

Happy Crafting
Anna x

Christmas Countdown Series

Christmas Countdown Series

Hi, I'm excited to announce I'm doing a series of posts to countdown Christmas, with lots of lovely projects to share.

I've been busy with my Christmas crafting, there will be posts about cards, ornaments, mixed media projects and scrapbooking my December Daily album.

The first post will be up on the 1st of December so please stop by and say hi :)  I'll be adding a post every other day throughout December and there may be some blog candy involved somewhere so be sure to keep popping by.

Happy Crafting

Anna x

Christmas Projects

Hi, well it's been a while, so much exciting stuff going on in my life that I haven't had much time for posting or creating stuff outside of work.

Firstly I want to say  

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

So what have I been up to, well I now work for and with the lovely and very talented Stephanie Weightman, I'm also lucky enough to get to work with the equally lovely and talented Nancy Watt and Diane Peternel.  I am now a creative sample designer for Craft Channel Productions and so far I'm loving it.  I don't get to post my samples and projects as they tend to be for the magazine so obviously that would defeat the object of the magazine if I posted them on here lol!  I have very little time that I can call my own at the minute but I am determined to be more organised this year so, new year, new resolutions lol!

So my plan is to do something for myself at least once a week, and as I tend to be making cards all the time for work, I thought it was about time I dusted off all the scrapbook supplies I've been hoarding for so log and actually get my thousands of photos scrapped!

Other goals I want to achieve this year

Lose weight

Get healthier

Get the house better organised

And the biggy!!!  Learn to DRIVE!!!

So onto the crafty stuff!

Here are just a few projects from Christmas, I didn't actually make many cards this year and had to buy some!  SHOCK! HORROR! LOL!  

My hubby's Christmas card

Digi stamp is by http://www.kennykdownloads.com/ Coloured with Promarkers. Glossy Accents on the gloves and boots. Shaker frame cut on the Silhouette. Stamped inside with a sentiment from Beecrafty.co.uk and it says "If you're not under my tree Christmas morning I'm going back to bed."

Christmas card for a relative. Vintage Santa stamp is by Beecrafty.co.uk Coloured with distress pens an white prisma pencil. Lots of distressing and inking. The edges where inked with Buff It mixed with water an dribbled around the edges.

Light box
The cut file was from the Silhouette store, cut from plain and glitter vinyl.  The inside of the glass was covered with some frosted vinyl but it didn't hide the lights enough so I added a layer of vellum too.  Lights were just some cheap LED battery operated ones from The Range and the frame was from the range too.

My first scrapbook page in a while, this is our Christmas picture this year, splashed with Dylusions inks in Grass, Cherry Pie and White plus some Distress Stain in Pewter. Papers are from an old stack.  I also used washi tape, felt alphas, wooden gingerbread man, a cute lollypop button, twine and a metal snowflake charm, most of which I bought at Hobbycraft.  Stamp sets are by Docrafts and Hero Arts.

My attempt at being organised and actually making a Christmas mini album.  It worked, my album is finished and all the photos are in :)  More on that later.

Ok, that's all for now
happy crafting
Anna x

Tattered Lace Kaleidoscope Samples - Huge Update

Hi, well this is a huge update as I did a lot of samples for this collection of dies.  The Kaleidoscope collections is beautiful and so versatile.  I loved the flowers and butterflies and even made stamps from them to stretch them even further. 

All dies can be purchased from crafting .co.uk and don't forget to enter the Tattered Lace Blog Challenge to win some awesome prizes

First up are the butterflies. these are so gorgeous, and range from some teeny tiny little butterflies to an xxl size.

I got my shabby chic on for these, they were perfect and so girly :)

Kaleidoscope Butterflies

Butterfly and Roses

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Butterfly XXL (D528)

Westminster (D310)

Hearts (D265)

Decorative Cartouche (D205)

MCS Shabby Sweet

Tim Holts trim

Flat back pearls

pink and white glitter

spray adhesive to spray the butterflies and adhere the glitter

Wild Orchid Crafts roses and cherry blossoms

White glitter card

American Crafts pink and white card stock

White satin ribbon

Pink organza ribbon

Divine twine in white and gold

Worn lipstick distress ink

 

Butterfly Dreams

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Butterfly XL (D526)
Kaleidoscope Butterfly L (D523)
Lavish Blooms Poppy (D288)
Foliage (D181)
Ornate Frame (D247)
Elegant Alphabet (D293)
Ditsy Dots (corner) (EF004)  
MCS Shabby Sweet Papers
AC White, smoke and lavender card stock
Doily
Flat back pearls
Cabachon
Satin ribbon
 

Butterfly Rose Panel 

Supplies 

Kaleidoscope Butterfly XXL (D528)
Kaleidoscope Butterfly S (D525)
Ornate Frame (D247)
Rose Panel (D307)
MCS Art Nouveau
Ditzy sentiments
Picket fence distress paint and stain
AC white and straw card stock
flat back pearls

Believe in Yourself

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Butterfly L (D523)
Kaleidoscope Butterfly S (D525)
Mini Branches & Florals (DX08)
My Craft Studio Shabby Sweet Papers
Ditzy Sentiments
AC smoke, sky, white and rain card stock
White glitter card stock 
White lace
Adhesive diamantés
White glitter

Butterfly Hearts 

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Butterfly XL (D526)
Kaleidoscope Butterfly L (D523)
Kaleidoscope Butterfly M (D524)
Kaleidoscope Butterfly XS (D527)
Foliage (D181)
Rose Garden embossing folder  (EF006) 
AC shrimp and vanilla card stock
cream and peach roses
flat back pearls 

Kaleidoscope Flowers

Denim and Lace

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Flower XXL (D534)

Kaleidoscope Flower XL (D532)

Kaleidoscope Flower L (D529)

Kaleidoscope Flower M (D530)

Westminster (D310)

Feather (D165)

Rose Garden embossing folder (EF006)

MCS Shabby Sweet

Flat back pearls

Weathered wood distress ink

White lace

Denim ribbon

Silver beads

Whire pearl card stock

AC denim, white and rain card stock

Silver Krylon pen

Tim Holtz misting tool

 

Silver Stars

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Flower M (D530)
Kaleidoscope Flower L (D529)
Decorative Cartouche (D205) 
Christmas Sentiments (D096)
Westminster Border (D308)
Spellbinders label 4 
6 x 6 in card base
White glitter
White glitter card
White pearl card
White glitter ribbon
White satin ribbon
iridescent gems
iridescent embossing powder
silver sparkler
Redline tape to create the glittered border around the outside of the card
 
Background done by cutting flowers from fun foam and stamping with versamark and embossing with holographic embossing powder.

Pastel Rainbow

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Flower M (D530)
Kaleidoscope Flower L (D529)
Kaleidoscope Flower XL (D532)
Kaleidoscope Flower XXL (D534)
 Decorative Cartouche (D205)
 Ditsy Dots embossing folder (EF004)
Spellbinders standard circles  
Ditzy Delights Sentiments
AC Banana, Shrimp, lagoon, white, bubblegum card stock
flat back pearls
Promarkers in matching colours to colour the pearls

Lemon Flowers

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Flower L (D529)
Kaleidoscope Flower XL (D532)
Kaleidoscope Flower XXL (D534)
Ornate Frame (D247)
Fretwork Lace embossing folder (EF005)
Ditzy Delights Sentiments
Lemon glitter ribbon
lemon organza ribbon
Large pearls
pearl brad
AC banana, moss and white card stock
Lemon glitter ribbon

Soft Green Cut out Flowers

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Flower M (D530)
Kaleidoscope Flower L (D529)
Kaleidoscope Flower XL (D532)
Bon Voyage (D343)
Ditzy Delights Sentiments
AC geyser and white card stock
Green glitter card
Flat back pearls
Matching sparklers
White satin ribbon
 

Perfect Peacock

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Flower L (D529)
Kaleidoscope Butterfly M (D524)
Butterfly Garden embossing folder (EF002)
Stamps cut from fun foam
Distress ink peacock feathers
AC Aqua and white card stock
Jade satin ribbon
Adhesive diamantés

Red and Gold Christmas

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Flower L (D529)
Kaleidoscope Flower XL (D532)
Kaleidoscope Flower XXL (D534)
Ornate Frame (D247)
stamp cut from fun foam and stamped with versamark, embossed with gold embossing powder. 
Gold metallic ribbon
Red satin ribbon
Seed beads
 

Birdhouse Row

Christmas Birdhouse Row

Supplies

Birdhouse Row (D541)
Christmas Sentiments (D096)

Decorative Cartouche (D205)

Lacy Rose Collection (D232)

Ditsy Dots embossing powder (EF004)

AC crimson, white, evergreen card stock

Red adhesive diamantés

Green satin ribbon

Red and white dotty ribbon

Summer Birdhouse Row

Supplies

Birdhouse Row (D541)
Ditsy Dots (EF004)
Derwent Inktense Pencils.
Ditzy Delights Sentiments
Spellbinders scalloped square
2" square punch
Flower Soft Delphinium blue
White scalloped ribbon
Blue gros grain ribbon
AC banana, white and sky card stock

Spring Birdhouse Row

Supplies

Birdhouse Row (D541) 
Cherished Centres (D282)
Mini Blooms (D279)
Foliage (D181)
AC Geyser  and white card stock
green glitter card stock
flat back pearls
 

Autumn Birdhouse Row

Supplies

Birdhouse Row (D541)
Wood textured paper
Mustard textured paper
Super Smooth 300gsm
Promarkers
Orange rainbow glitter
Brown buttons
Gold thread
SU Linen thread

Hydrangea Border

 

Dancing Butterflies

Supplies

Hydrangea Border (D547)

High Heel Glam (D034)
Butterfly Garden Embossing Folder (corner) (EF002)

White pearl and lilac card stock 

Flat back pearls

Lemon Crib

Supplies

Hydrangea Border (D547)

Crib (D133)

Ditsy Dots embossing folder (EF004)

Spellbinders scalloped squares

White pearl and lemon card stock 

Flat back pearls

 

Wedding Vines

Supplies

Hydrangea Border (D547)
 Hearts Beat As One (D276)
Congratulations (D241)
Rose Garden embossing folder  (EF006)
Chains embossing folder (EF003)

White pearl  card stock 

Flat back pearls
White organza ribbon
Silver mirri card stock
 

Fresh Green

Supplies

Hydrangea Border (D547)
Severn (D427)
Fretwork Lace border (EF005)
Spellbinders standard circles

 White pearl and green card stock 

Flat back pearls

 

Hearts

Rustic Tag

Supplies

Hearts (D265)

Corrugated kraft card

AC Vanilla and light kraft card stock

Pearl embossed paper from Tattered Lace mixed A3 stack

Brown and cream buttons

Cream lace

SU linen thread

Creative Expressions chicken wire stamp

 

Parisian Postcard

Supplies

Hearts (D265)
Mini Blooms (D279)
Postcards (D346)
MCS Shabby Sweet
Flat back pearls and button
White organza ribbon
AC rosebud and bubblegum

Blue Heart

Supplies

Hearts (D265)
Mini Blooms (D279)
Hearts Beat As One (D276)
Bon Voyage (D343)
mini peg
Blue Lace
AC white card stock
MCS All about alphabets

Golden Ornament

Supplies

Hearts (D265)

Lavish Blooms Lily (D285)

Chelsea (D302)

Pearl embossed paper from Tattered Lace mixed A3 stack

Gold satin ribbon

Flat back pearls

Cabachon

Gold embossing powder

Adirondack Gold alcohol mixative

AC light kraft and vanilla card stock

 

Wow!  that was a huge post lol!  Anyhoo, if you have any questions ask away, I'll be happy to help.
Happy crafting
Anna x

Lots of Tattered lace DT Samples

Well time has run away with me again and I've been neglecting the blog but it's been a crazy couple of months.  This is just a quicky post with some of the samples I've been making for Tattered Lace.  I'll add the die numbers later as it's 2am and I'm still not finished editing stuff lol!

This first lot is using the Scruffy bow, All Laced Up and Severn dies, as always, gorgeous dies and the lovely images are from My Craft Studio Shabby Sweet CD collection, possibly my favourite MCS cd ever!

These samples were made using the new Christmas embossing folders, I got to play with the holly folder collection which is just gorgeous and I definitely need all of them!  The 3 wise men dies are part of the festive collection 2014.

I will try to edit this post later and add supplie list etc.  Next up is my trip to the Summer Crafting show hopefully :)

Happy crafting
Anna x