Candy Cane Card from Christmas Kitsch

Hello I made this card tonight this one was a quick one. These cards are good for certain people that we still like to send a card to but i don't think they quite appreciate the work that goes into a handmade card so I still make them a card but they are quicker type cards with not a lot of embellishment or time gone into it. Mind you, i was still happy with how this turned out I really like the kraft colored card and the red and white candy cane; The card was from the Christmas Kitsch cartridge. I cut the little holly berries out of some red glitter cardstock. I stamped in Versamark ink and embossed with white embossing powder. The stamp is a set I won last year from Verve Stamps. Inside I used the same stamp set and stamped "from our house to yours". Thanks for looking, have a lovely day.

Baby Card

Hello Happy Wednesday! I had a baby card to make I haven't had one to make in ages but one of my clients (their dog is Ginger) are going to have a baby girl on Monday and I won't see Ginger till February so I will give them this card on Friday. I think it turned out quite cute. I started with a pink card then added a white then pink layer. The dress is cut out from the Baby Steps cartridge. It came with little socks but I decided to just do the dress. I used a Close to My Heart stamp for the greeting, I also stamped one inside which says "on your little bundle of joy". I put the dress on 3D dots. Thanks for looking, have a nice day.

Choo Choo Santa's coming

Hello another card today I made this one tonight, isn't it cute? I love cute Christmas cards. This one is for my brother Darren who is a Train Driver so I thought he would like this. I started with a ready made red card and then cut a layer from Art Philsophy in green striped paper. I used my Cricut pens and Explore to write the greeting. I couldn't find a Christmas train in my Cricut library so I went searching and found one at Lettering Delights.com, the file was only $1.25 and it came with other carriage cars and Christmas characters it was so cute. I chose to just use the little engine and the car with Santa in it. There was lots of bits to cut but it was worth it and I stamped the face using a Peachy Keen face stamp. I went around the carriage and engine with a glitter pens to give it some sparkle. I also added some glitter glue on the hat pom pom. Hope you like my Santa Choo Choo card!

Gorgeous jolly snowman card

Hello I have another card today from the Christmas Kitsch cartridge, sorry about the shadow on the card it's a lovely sunny (although windy) day and it's cast a shadow but you can still see it. This is probably my favourite card from this cartridge it's so cute, I hate snow but love snowmen lol. I cut the card to fit a standard A2 size envelope and I cut the card from some lovely glittery card I had from a DCWV stack. All the layers are cut from scraps in my box. I added some plain blue on the insert of the card and stamped a greeting. I love my little Frosty the snowman card, hope you do too : )

Glittery Reindeer

Hello I have another card made from the Christmas Kitsch cartridge. The card itself though is just a regular card blank from a box I got at Michaels. I then added a layer of dotted paper. The reindeer is from Christmas Kitsch he's so cute isn't he? I added a stamped greeting along the bottom, the stamp is from an old set I got a while ago with a magazine from the U.K.

There is glitter on his antlers and his nose. Some of it went a bit uneven though with the glue so once it's dry I'll touch up the bare areas. Speaking of glitter the craft room and Greg is really sparkling it's a bit funny but I asked Greg to help me unscrew the lid on my glitter container as it was hard to do and then he passed it to me but I think I must have held it by the loose lid and then glitter went flying everywhere, all over the carpet and Greg and on me, I vacuumed it up but I still see sparkles everwhere and no doubt Greg will be glittering (I think he's a shining star anyway!) for a while. Glitter can be a nightmare but it does look nice at Christmas. Thanks for looking.

Ho Ho Ho

Hello everyone Happy Sunday we've had a lovely Autumn day today, we went out this morning and it was nice to get out in the sun together.

I made this card over the weekend. I had some credit to use in my Cricut account so I bought the new Anna Griffin "Christmas Kitsch" cartridge it's really cute with some lovely cards on there so I made two cards. The first one I loved the bell design and I used some non traditional colors for this one for something different. I used a stamp that I got free from a magazine last year on the bell. The only trouble was the card didn't stand up too well with the bell shape so Greg suggested adding a strip of matching card along the bottom so it would stand and it works perfectly.

The next one is my favourite. The card itself is a card with the "Ho Ho Ho" on it in layers. I added the Santa myself from the Winter Frolic cartridge, I hid the face on the Cricut Design Space so I could add a Peachy Keen face, I recently bought the Christmas Character Face Assortment set as these have been on my wish list for a while and they were on sale so I got them. I love the cute face on the Santa now! Santa cards are my favourite cards as i love Santa : ) Thanks for looking, have a nice week.

Some Christmas gifts

Hello everyone I have 2 little gifts I've been working on this week, these are cute hot chocolate holders. I got the files from Treasure Box Designs they are called "Mug Pals" and so cute that I really wanted to try them for Christmas. They were really easy to cut and I really enjoyed putting them together. I made them to measure on my Cricut Explore. The stamped greeting on the Santa one is from Close to My Heart. Thanks for looking, have a nice weekend.

Christmas Card

Hello Happy Friday evening I made this card tonight, I was in the study/craft room with Greg this evening whilst he was working on our house design I made a Christmas card using a new Embossing folder I got recently. I got a Sizzix Embossing folder Set it came with a cute snowman Embossing folder, 3 tiny embossing folders and a small Christmas tree die (not the tree I used on this card though). I was struggling with how to use my embossing folder as it's such a cute design that I didn't want to cover it up too much so my lovely husband threw around some ideas with me and we both came up with this. I then used a stripey paper on top of the card and a green layer, then I embossed with the folder onto some silver cardstock I love how the snowmen look on the silver. I then cut a tree on my Cricut Explore it's from the Holiday Cakes cartridge. The banner is from Artiste and I used my American Crafts Slick Writer red pen (which can be used in the Cricut to write) to write my greeting. I put this on 3D dots and I decorated my tree using a hole punch to cut out circles out of scrap and a mini star hole punch for the star.

Hello I'm back and 2 cards I made

Hello I am back now after my wonderful trip to Italy, we both had such a good time it was lovely also to celebrate with Greg on our anniversary, it was the best day of the whole trip but the trip itself was wonderful, lots of great memories and photos of our time together there.

I've been able to make 2 cards today it's nice to start doing my crafts again and be in my shared craft room/office with Greg. My friend Conny and I did a "twin swap" recently which is we each make a card with a theme and then send each other the same materials to make a card with. It's fun to see how both cards will be different. Conny sent me a red card and envelope, also some snowflake background paper, a fern leaf, 2 red Christmas tree die cuts, some star die cuts, a die cut greeting and 2 snowman images that were stamped. So this is what I made, it turned out cute. Greg gave me some input and I think it turned out very cute. I colored in the snowman with pencils and then added glitter glue for the "fur" on his hat and pompom. I also cut a strip from the red card and embossed that with my swiss dots embossing folder.

Because I had an extra snowman I decided to make another card and here it is

I used a patterned card that I got in a pack from Michaels a while ago. I then got a scrap of navy blue and used my holly punch along the bottom. I stamped in Versamark ink and embossed with white powder. I colored the snowman with pencils again and added some glitter pen and added some silver snowflake stickers.

Both of these cards are going the Caring Hearts card drive, I do this each year.  The cards get collected and sent to nursing homes across the U.S.A and Canada to elderly people who are lonely at Christmas or need some Christmas Cheer. I don't have any Grandparents anymore so I love to do this. I hope to get a couple more done but if I don't at least I've made these two. You can find out about the drive here.

Thanks for looking, have a nice day.