More cards from the CMSS- August 2024

 I managed a few more presentation watched and two cads inspired by Jess Crafts and one by Desiree Kuemmerle. 

First up are the two cards I made following Jess Craft's template and cutting guide - using 6"x6" papers. Her templates use double sided papers, which make it a no scraps cut...but some of my papers are only one sided.   The templates show how to get two cards from one sheet.  I made one where I used the double sided paper to act as the matting layer which means I need two sheets.  And the other used one sided paper and some of the double sided left over pieces. 

First up the double sided paper card. 

I cut the papers following the template and added some Christmas ephemera.   A few red gems finished off this one.

And the second one.

For this one, I changed the orientation to portrait.  I love the grey stripes with the navy blue and then the pop of colour from the ephemera.  Added tiny red gems to the flower centres.   The sentiment was a freebie from a previous class I attended. 

And my card inspired by Desiree.... Her presentation was "Use any image Holiday ready"  - how to change any image to make it a Holdiay card. 

I took a Pinkfresh Studio stencil and die set to make this Christmas card.  It's called Daisy Wreath.   The way to make any image into a holiday card is all about choosing appropriate colours.   So for me it was about using reds and darker greens to add the colour to the image.   I used Altenew inks - Burnt Red and Mahogany Bark with a touch of Grey Denim inks for the flowers and Eucalyptus and Forest Fern inks for the leaves.   After die cutting I added the wreath to a grey panel and added a red and white foiled sentiment - from Yana's Christmas sentiments by Spellbinders.   Added some Pinkfresh clear gems in Scarlet. 

My Christmas stash is growing and there are so many more presentations to watch so I'll be sure to have enough cards to send in November!  

Quick and simple no stamping card.

Hi there.  It's been a week since my last post... another week of super busyness  - getting ready for Christmas and not a lot of crafting done.   We held our annual neighborhood Christmas party on Tuesday evening.  The weather played it's part and it was a nice warm day and into the evening.  We had a great evening with a good turnout of neighbors.

Today I packed some supplies to take with me for our week away.  Might not get time but at least I'm prepared!   Before I did though, I was tidying up some paper patterned scraps and ephemera to put away.  And wouldn't you know it... a card sort of appeared!

I used one of Jess Craft's designs from the Stress Free Cardmaking Summit.  It is a fast favourite now!  Not sure who the ephemera is by... it was in an baggie with no identifying labels.  I trimmed my scrap to make the three panels.   2 are 1.5" x 4" and one is 1" x 4" - worked well as the piece had a circle cut out of it and I wasn't able to get three even pieces.    I used some kraft card to make my layering mat.  The colours on the ephemera matched the flowers on the paper reasonably well.   Addes some light brown ink onto the white centre panel and around all the white areas on the flowers to match the creamy background of the paper.  Some little blue gems finished it off.

I'm going finish with a quick pic of my littlest Grandson.... 

Finn was gifted this little Santa suit onsie

Merry Christmas from me to you.