As my regular readers know, I am a keen amateur ballroom and Latin dancer. As a result of my hobby , I have a lot of “dancey” friends, so it only seems right to have a dance themed Christmas card.
I used a number of dies from different sets to create this card:
Dancers: Xcut Build a Scene Ballroom #XCU503125; Shape cut into card blank: Sizzix thinlits plus, Card, Diorama Gatefold #660845; Leaves: Christmas tree set, brand unknown.
I have already made a fair number of Christmas cards – I like to be ahead of the game if I can! Over the next few posts I shall share my makes.
This card was again made with the half cut. I like the way the Christmas tree looks with this technique.
The tree was decorated with self adhesive pearls and the corners rounded with my “favourite” corner punch.
I made this for a guitar mad friend.
I am a big fan of the half cut (see here for a little tutorial). It gives added dimension and is a much under rated technique.
The guitars were cut from patterned paper using Yvonne Creations Guitar die #CDD10023. The front was embossed with a circle embossing folder.
I made this for a friend’s son, who loves football.
The card blank is embossed with a happy birthday embossing folder.
As my regular readers know, my cats feature on my blog from time to time. I like cats and I like making cat cards!
Both cards are made in the same style but the top one has a frame. They are made using the paper piecing technique. The squares are hand coloured using Promarkers and Copics. The greeting computer generated and printed on white card.
A birthday card for a little girl. I used my lacy square dies for the background. The stamp was coloured with Copics.
Made in exactly the same way as the get well pandas (see previous post), with the addition of an embossed “Happy Birthday” square.
My card for Dh for his birthday.
Although the photo doesn’t really show it, the sax is “free standing”. I part cut the die on the card blank, so that when the front was folded, it would release the sax. I then cut the sax man again from white card and carefully glued it in place.
Dear friends of ours became grandparents for the first time. Such moments in life need celebrating, so I decided to make two rocking chairs for the new grandparents.
My apologies in advance as this is a long post, with lots of photos.
The die used: Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die - Chair, 3-D #658985
All the pieces cut, ready for assembly
The seat piece, with double sided tape
Folded along the score lines
The seat ready to be glued to the chair back
I made a book and some glasses for grandad’s chair and some knitting for grandma’s.
All done!! Ready to be given in their handmade acetate boxes.
NB: Opa = Grandad Oma= Grandma/Nan
DH and I recently celebrated our wedding anniversary. I wanted to make him a flamingo card or a panda card (to remind him of our trip to the zoo). Surprisingly (no, not really!!) I chose the flamingo.
I cut two flamingos from glitter card (remembering to turn the paper over for the second, so that it would face the opposite way). The beaks and legs were coloured with Copics.
A birthday card for a dear friend. As my regular readers know, I have a “thing” about cards for men . . . . so much so that I end up with creative block, panic and a conviction that I cannot come up with an idea!
I used my new die to shape the front of the card and again for the white card. This was embossed with my big dots embossing folder by Craft Sensations. The hat, glasses and moustache are from a men's collection but I’m not sure of the brand.
For an adorable 3 year old.
The card blank was embossed with my big dots embossing folder from Craft Sensations. I coloured the elephant and ‘3’ with Copics
Flamingos are so on trend this year and I’ve been waiting for the chance to use my new flamingo die (I think I will be using it as much as possible from now on!!) I needed a card for my dear friend for his birthday (oh dear - a card for a man again!).
As usual, the greeting was computer generated an printed on white card. The card blank was embossed using Sizzix Textured Impressions Hearts #4 – #656797. I used metallic tape across the middle of the card blank to give extra interest. The oval was cut using Sizzix Framelits oval #657563. The flamingo legs and beak were coloured using Copics and a black self adhesive pearl was used for the eye. The wing was mounted with foam pads.
A birthday card for a dear friend who loves butterflies.
The butterflies were cut using Sizzix Thinlits dies - butterflies, Intricate #659971
The front edge was cut using a wave border die (sorry, brand unknown).
I loved making this one! It was one of those cards when everything came together. The greeting was computer generated and printed on white card. I used the Sizzix Framelits Circles #657551 to cut out the greeting and the red scalloped circle using Sizzix Framelits Circles, scallop #657552. The hat (as before) was cut using Sizzix Originals Medium Doll Graduation #654605. The front of the card was embossed using Sizzix Textured Impressions A2 Chevron Texture #660506.
