Merry Christmas

Wishing all my readers a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and happy new year!

And if you don't celebrate Christmas I wish you Happy Holidays.

Thank you for visiting my blog, I hope you call back again soon, take care, Dawn x

Welcome Christmas

Here is my second card using this gorgeous Welcome Christmas stamp set.

I used real red as my square card blank, a strip of old olive card across the centre and then very vanilla for my layer, cut using my fleur de lis shapeabilities die.

I stamped the wreath from this stamp set in old olive (another fav colour) and added red glitter for the berries, again I tied a knot in a small piece of real red grosgrain ribbon to add an extra detail and cut the four corners of my base card with my scallop trim corner punch. Simple! another easy but effective card. Let me know what you think, leave me a comment. Happy crafting Dawn x

Welcome Christmas

Here is a very simple card I cased from the Stampin' Up! leaflet showing this stamp set "welcome Christmas" which has now become one of my favourites and I'm sure I will use lots making cards for next year (but not yet!)

Unfortunately my photo was not very good, the card base is actually real red, the strip of paper was from the Christmas cocoa paper set available exclusively with this stamp set, the greeting was stamped in chocolate chip ink and cut out by hand, I also added a small tied piece of real red grosgrain ribbon and red glitter as the berries on the wreath. Simple but effective, I think. Dawn x

Advent box two

Here is another of my advent boxes, don't worry I'm not going to add all twenty five of them, just these two!

The box was made in the same way as the other one and decorated with the small Christmas tree die, also from my fanciful holiday shapeabilities die set. The tree was cut from old olive card and I stencilled through the die to add the colour with inks and cut n dry foam. I added a silver clip to each of the boxes. I hope you like my advent calendar, I love how it turned out although I was quite surprised at how long they took to make.

Until next time, Happy crafting Dawn x

Advent calendar

This year I made my children's advent calendar and here is one of the twenty five boxes that I made.

I used a mini milk carton die for the box base, I cut twenty four chocolate chip boxes and 1 gold mirri box, I stamped each box with the triple snowflake from the serene snowflake stamp set in whisper white craft ink, I love this ink it's sooo white!

I then made embellishments to decorate each box, this one was using the reindeer from my fanciful holiday shapeabilities die set.

I cut him from whisper white card and inked him with crumb cake and chocolate chip ink to add definition, I also added a red nose as this had to be Rudolf!

The mini tag was stamped in chocolate chip and cut out using the mini tag punch. I added a silver clip on the top of each box and filled with a selection of sweets that my children enjoy.

I hope you like my advent calendar, please leave a comment to let me know what you think. Happy crafting, Dawn x

Bauble card 4

Here is the last of these cards.

I have used cherry cobbler as my base card and one of my mats, old olive ink, always artichoke ribbon, delightful daffodil as my punched mat and whisper white craft ink on the base. Please leave a message to tell me which colour combination is your favourite Dawn x

Bauble card 3

A bright cheerful colour combination, not everyone's usual Christmas colours, this one was influenced by my friend who loves pink!

Melon mambo ink and card, whisper white craft ink, tempting turquoise ink and ribbon and so saffron card, with a couple of basic rhinestone jewels. Dawn x

Bauble card 2

Here is my second colour combo. Yeah I know other people can put multiple pictures on one post, well, I can't, it just goes funny or the pictures end up where I don't want them, I'm really not good on the computer.

This card uses riding hood red and so saffron card, and baja breeze ink onto a white square card blank. Dawn x

Bauble card 1

Do you remember me saying about the Stampin' Up! colour coach?

Well these next cards were made using the colour combinations from there. The card is basically the same but I tried it in a couple of colour ways to see which one I liked the best.

This card uses bravo burgundy, so saffron, whisper white craft ink, baja breeze ink and a basic rhinestone jewel onto a small white square card blank.

Please feel free to leave me a comment letting me know which colour combo you preferred. Dawn x

Church..

Here is a card made using the church from the retired silent night stamp set, stamped in chocolate chip ink onto very vanilla card, layered onto crumb cake then on a chocolate chip card base. I added chocolate chip taffeta ribbon across the top left corner and embellished it with two layered flowers and a pearl. I added glitter to accent the main picture, as you can probably tell I really like this stamp set and I'm not ready for it to retire from my stamp collection! Dawn x

Retired Silent night!

Here is another card using the now retired Silent Night stamp set, simply stamped in black onto whisper white, layered onto black card and sprayed with spray and sparkle-silver, a simple white satin bow finishes this card. I like it, I hope you do too Dawn x

Retired Silent Night

Here is a simple z card made using the Stampin' Up! now retired Silent night stamp set, a beautiful stamp and perfect for Christmas and other occasions, its a shame it had to be retired but then they had to make space for all the lovely new products! I hope you like it and the other cards for today, until next time, Happy crafting and Thanks for visiting Dawn x

Colour coach

Here is the amazing Stampin' Up! colour coach, each card shows the colour on the front and on the back it tells you combinations that will co-ordinate and work well together, with the help of this I am gradually being brave and trying combinations that I wouldn't usually use. I highly recommend this product especially for anyone like me, who struggles with colour co-ordination. Dawn x

Tree trimmings 2

Here is my alternative colour combo using my tree trimmings stamp set. I used the colour coach to take me slightly out of my comfort zone (I know I didn't venture far with the colours but I am definitely trying new colour combos with its help) Hope you like it. Dawn x

Tree trimmings

Here is a small square card made using Stampin' Up! tree trimmings stamp set another I really like. This is what colours I would usually reach for but I made another card the same in a different colour combo, I will put that one on next. Dawn x

Gorjuss girl

I also like the Gorjuss girl range of stamps and although the stamp doesn't shout Christmas it is mission to use my stamps in a variety of ways. The background is made with snowflakes cut using a die in the same colour as the base for a subtle but textured card base, the poinsettia is also a die both by marianne designs. Another simple card, I think, my favorite style. Dawn x

Serene snowflakes!

I Love, love, love this stamp set and reach for it often, maybe a little too often, nah!

I don't usually go for pinks but my close friend loves pink so I try to add pink into a card every now and then.

Dawn x

Pretty baubles

I copied this idea somewhere from another blog but sorry I can't remember where, it was a while ago now. I changed the colours, quite frilly and girly.

Dawn x

Argh! Christmas is coming...

Oh no, I have been so busy and the family have been poorly with all the usual bugs and germs that I have been naughty and not been on here to add pictures of my Christmas cards, I'm sorry!

Well here goes, you know me with my lack of computer knowledge so, I guess they will have to be added one at a time.

Here is a simple square card that actually doesn't have to be a Christmas card, quite masculine I think. Dawn x