Advent Calendar

During the school summer holidays I have been thinking of Christmas, I have worked out a class for Tithe Barn on the 14th Sept which is a Christmas card and a mini box. But this is what I made for myself, a Christmas Countdown also known as a perpetual calendar when used throughout the year.

I found out which numbers go on which block from the internet.

I made the holder to fit the blocks, to find the size I measured both blocks then added 1/8 inch



 

I already had the blocks so I painted them cream, used distress inks on the edges then added the matts and numbers. I sprayed the numbers with spray and sparkle so they had a glittery effect.

I made the holder out of chipboard which I covered in my favourite Basic Grey paper and inked the edges. in fact the whole thing is made with Basic Grey papers, I am now feeling a bit lost as I have used them and cannot keep taking them out of the box to look at, I'm so sad!!

 The top is die cut using a Tim Holtz edger die. The words are rub ons I found stashed away and the baubles are from a Martha Stewart stamp and punch set with glitter added.

When I had finished this project I showed my son's girlfriend who love Christmas, she wants one made in blues so when I have finished it I will post the pics.  

And Another One

I originally made this card for a Wedding Card, purple was the bridesmaids colour, but I think it looks really cute as a small square card.

I like the way the card can stand either way, it would make a great thank you card.

Yet Another Triple Flower Card

I googled the triple flower stamp and found a whole lot of lovely images of cards people had made.

I liked this one so much that I just had to make it.

I love the summery feel the card has even though it has a brown background.

Hope you like it as much as I do!!

Another Triple Flower Card

I have found some more pictures of cards I made using the triple flower stamp, it is now retired from Stampin Up but can be found on Ebay sometimes!!

I made this triple flower card by using kraft card, Basic Grey paper, thin brown ribbon, scallop edge punch and the triple flower stamp from Stampin Up.

 The hardest part was keeping the beads on the string and waiting for the glue to dry to hold them in place.

I inked the eddge of the card and added brown and cream pearls to the flowers.

Triple Flower Card

I love stampin up products, and like to revisit what can be done with them.

When I first got this stamp I did not buy the two punches that went with it but I soon saw the error of my ways and bought them , I'm so glad I did as one is not made anymore!!

 I have added mini pearls to the petals but you cannot see them in this picture, I think the paper I used is from stampin up

Name Plaque

I made this name plaque for my niece, can you guess her name?

She loves Mini Mouse, I much prefer Donald Duck!!!

The end result looks very vintagey, is that a word? Poppy loved it and is putting it on her wall when her bedroom has been decorated.

I used my cricut to cut out Mini Mouse and the letters, punches for the flowers, recycled tissue paper, stickles, distress ink, gilding flakes, glossy accents and varnish.

 I started off with a blank bit of MDF, my fantastic hubby found these at work, they were going to be thrown out so thinking of me he brought them home, aren't I lucky? I sanded it down and covered it with cream acrylic paint.

I added gilding flakes around the four edges, not sure what colour they are but they had different gold tones in them.

I then attached torn spotted tissue paper to the front. On the back I put cream card stock.

I added Mini Mouse, Poppy's name and the flowers I had made, Mini Mouse has black stickles on her nose, tail and outlining her ears. I filled the bow in with glossy accents then added stardust stickles to the flower centres.

To finish off I added a brown distress ink to certain parts of the plaque front, then thinly varnished the whole thing.

I am so pleased with the end result, but I did run out of time to make Poppy a birthday card, so I wrote on the back of this lol!!!



Tithe Bard Class

 

For those of you who come to the Craftbuddies Crop at Tithe Barn, Horsford, this is the class on Saturday 10th August, it is a box card that holds various things, money, gift cards, cards.

If you would like to join in please contact Karen over at craftbuddiespapercrafts.co.uk