Another JOY card and more inspired by the 12 Days of Christmas.

 Today I’m sharing another JOY card, along with two smaller cards I made during my time at home this past week. I’m really enjoying coming up with different ways to use this die! I still have a few cards to catch up on from Justine’s 12 Days of Christmas, but I made time for these projects, including two inspired by Days 4 and 5.

For my JOY card, I chose an NZ A6 card base, which fitted the die a little better. I embossed the background panel with Altenew Dotty Circles, then cut JOY from pale blue glitter card and the centre of the O from dark blue card. For the Nativity scene, I used textured, sandy-coloured card and added a star cut from gold glitter card. The scene die came with a magazine many years ago!

My next two cards use 4-Bar bases, measuring 3.5” x 5”. These were left over from cutting my 5” square card bases, so this was a lovely chance to use up the offcuts.

Inspired by Day 4

For the first of these smaller cards, I used the Altenew Dotted Starburst Debossing Cover Die for the background and added strips of red, gold and green glitter card. The poinsettia was already in my stash, cut from red card that I’d sprayed with glitter spray. It’s so shimmery and shiny in real life! I cut the largest poinsettia layer from green card to sit behind the flower, added a gem cluster to the centre, and finished with a Merry Christmas sentiment die-cut from dark green card.

Inspired by Day 5.

For the next card, I embossed the base with the Snowfall 3D folder and added a Catherine Pooler Trellis Frame die-cut, keeping all the little pieces in place. I’d originally made this for the Day 4 card but changed my mind, so I was pleased to find a home for it here. The Couture Creations Ringing Bell image was also waiting in my “to be used” container, already stamped and cut with my Scan’n’Cut. I added a touch of colour to the bow and holly, then gave the bell a generous layer of Wink of Stella for extra shimmer.

It’s always satisfying to use up offcuts and give those waiting-in-the-wings pieces a place on a finished card. Between the glitter card, textured backgrounds and little touches of shimmer, these three makes have given me plenty to enjoy!

Justine's 12 Days of Christmas - Day 4 and Day 5

Today I enjoyed some time in my craft room, catching up on Justine’s 12 Days of Christmas. Days 4 and 5 gave me two different cardmaking briefs to play with, and it was lovely to spend the afternoon creating.

The Day 4 brief called for an embossed background, glitter strips and a large focal image. I chose a slightly different colour combination: teal green, silver and bright blue. Such a lovely mix!

I started by embossing my front panel with the 3D Snowfall folder from Creative Cardmaking Magic. For the focal image, I die-cut a large white snowflake from Elizabeth Crafts and added a little silver snowflake. Justine used a white-on-black sentiment on her card, but I went with black on white, matted with black card. A few silver dots finished it off.

 

For Day 5, the brief was to combine a coverplate die, a shaped frame and a cute image.

I used the Pink Fresh Studio Floral & Diamond Tiles coverplate to create my background, then found an image from a Tiddly Inks stamp set that I had already stamped and coloured. Using Nellie’s Multi Oval Die set, I made a frame and cut out the image. I attached the frame directly to the panel and added 3D tape beneath the centre portion for a little dimension. Three small silver glitter stars provided the finishing touch.

It was a lovely afternoon of crafty play, rounded off with a video chat with my daughter and littlest grandson. He had decided that the middle of the day was just the right time for a bubble bath! A lovely way to end my afternoon.

 

Saturday Afternoon crafting.

 It's been a cold and wet Saturday afternoon here in Auckland.  So I tucked myself into the craft room and had a play!  Yesterday afternoon I had spend some time cutting out some Spellbinders Be Bold Flowers from some Francheville Ombre Blue card.  It's 176gms so perfect for layering flowers.  I made up a pile of them, despite keeping losing dies... all good by the end of the evening- they were all there.  So, this afternoon while hubby was out watching some local rugby I made a card. 

I made my background by taking a piece of patterned paper and used Altenew Dotted Starburst Debossing die to add some subtle texture.   I found a blue circle in my scrap pile and used Altenew's Sentiment Strips - after a bit of stamp surgery so I could stack the sentiment.  I smudged it a bit, so took the big ball of my stylus and some Altenew Galactic Stream Fresh Dye ink and made some dots.  Added to the BG and then added the flowers.   

I'm adding this card to AAA Birthday Challenge - Fabulous Flowers.   

And to The Flower Challenge

I also found a 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" panel that I had hot foiled Altenew Vibrant Florals onto with some black foil.   I decided that it would look good in the July Inspiration Challenge colours. 

So pulled out some ink pads so I could use the matching stencils to add the colour.  In the end I used - Coral Bliss, Coral Berry, Orange Cream, Misty Moor and Sweet Leaf inks.   Once I done the colouring, I cut the panel to make two cards. 

I added an encouraging sentiment.  It's from the Altenew set - Monstera and Quotes.  A few Altenew enamel dots finished. 

and the second one 

The sentiment this time is from Altenew - Classic Greetings set.  Again, finished with some enamel dots.  Just love that I got two cards from the one hot foil image.  

Off to make dinner and then watch the All Blacks versus England in rugby.  

And I've got another post scheduled for later this evening.