Three Vintage Christmas cards - CMSS inspired.

 NB - lots of photos 

Over the last few days, I've been working on some more Christmas cards inspired by the Card Makers Sucess Summit.    Today's cards were inspired by Sande Woodson and Erin Reed.  Sande's presentation was about making an e-card or you could print it.   She provided a lovely freebie with some awesome Vintage Christmas images, which inspired me to make some hybrid Christmas cards using the digital images. 

First up -

Started by choosing my image and importing it into Word on my computer - at A2(US) size. Sande used CANVA but I find I can work adequately in Word.  Once I had printed the image, I used a Gina K Master Layout to trim it.  I added some Vintage Photo Distress Oxide all around the edges of my card base and lightly blended around the focal panel.   I created a sentiment sheet using the Merry Christmas using EFCO Brookshire font.  I used a die cut banner to cut it out and added ink blending around it. 

First time I printed it, the panel went skewwhiff so I couldn't use it... but waste not, want not - I die cut out a circle and that became the focal point on my second card

I used the circle from Gina K Master Layout #12 to cut it and then took some navy card and cut out the frame.  Used the circle that it cut out to add a bit of dimension behind the circle panel.  Found a lovely background paper in my stash and added it to the base.  Used another of the printed sentiments matted with some of the navy card to finish this one. 

My third card also used one of Sande's free images, but the card design is inspired by Erin Reed.  Her presentation was a fun fold - which I believe is called Flying Seagull fold.  I did mess up the measurements, but you can't really tell too much!

Card standing open showing the "wings"

Card lying flat for posting.

I printed the image and then die cut with a square die from a Gina K Master Layouts set.  I decorated it with a Spellbinders Poinsettia die which I spritzed with water and scrunched up.  Once they layers had dried, I carefully unfurled them and added gold Glitter Glue to them before layering them up.  Found some pearl swirls and added them to the card with the poinsettia.   Added the same sentiment again.  It's the perfect font for vintage cards. 

Thank you if you made it this far... I appreciate it.  

Card Chain Challenge.... May 2020

I took part in May's CCC and the was a bit of a blog hop for the reveal.  However I had to wait for my card to reach it's recipient as I had forgotten to take a photo.   Did you know that the Card Chain Challenge started in October 2009 - and I was there for the first challenge.  I've missed a few months over the years.  In fact, I realised that it has been going so long when I check out the first reveal Here
I'll share my first card after the May one

I made this one using a freebie from Catherine Pooler Designs. It is a digital image that Catherine made.  I stamped with Catherine Pooler's Tilly's Garden stamp set.  I cut out the centre part and matted it with the purple card and popped it back in the space.

And here is the very first card I sent to my dear bloggy friend, Arlene.

My goodness, my card making has progressed a lot since Oct 2009.  At that stage I had only been crafting for a year or so.

So here I am over 10 years later I still as enthused with card making as I was then - just with many dollars worth of supplies more!

Today this my birthday.  I've had a great weekend away with friends at Mangawhai and on our way home we stop off to visit with Grace. She is growing so quickly.   Tomorrow will be my first time back in the office in 12 weeks.  Started working on Monday  23rd March and NZ went into Lock-down Level 4 on the 25th March.  It will be strange going back into the office.  I got to enjoy working from home.... no commute, starting early and finishing early so I could get my exercise done.   This coming week I am rostered to work at our Front of House - seeing anyone who comes into our office for tax assistance.  It's from 8.45 to 4.00pm so a bit latter than I have been used to.

Polkadoodles Digi Choosday Craft Challenge - Outdoors

Hi there.... It's Chooseday again at Polkadoodles....

 

The theme is as always "Anything Goes" but the team challenge is Outdoor.... and oh what fun it was to choose an image to use... so many to choose from that would fit the bill... but I chose to use a cute little girl - Jump for Joy - Winnie Celebrations 3.   

I used some Patterned Paper from  Winnie Celebrations 3 Papers to paper piece her top.  And I found the perfect sentiment in Quotes - Winnie Special Moments.  I added some grass with a Fiskers punch.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes.
Fussy and Fancy - Summer Fling 
Simply Papercrafts - anything goes 

Thanks for stopping by




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May Flowers at Die Cut Divas

Happy May Day all.... in the Northern Hemisphere it's spring time and flowers are popping up everywhere... Die Cut Divas theme this month is Flowers.  Our sponsor is Gracielle Design

 

I used a flower from Sending Kindness set  

I printed the image and sentiment and coloured up with my Prismacolor pencils,  before cutting with a Catherine Pooler Designs die cut scalloped die.  I cut a second piece to add as the back of card.  I added a penciled frame around the image.

I am entering this into the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp 
- Shaped Card challenge at A2Z Scrapbooking
-  Anything Goes at Joy Clair  
- April Showers Bring May Flowers at CAS-ual Fridays

Hope you will join us at Die Cut Divas this month .

Festive Wishes

Chalk'n'stock has it's monthly challenge under way.  As usual our challenge is Anything Goes and Bugaboo are our sponsors.    For our challenges you can now use any medium you wish.

For my card I chose to use a sweet little deer image.

I embossed the red background.    This card is a little smaller than the usual size card but it suits the smaller size.

Do come and join us at Chalk'n'stock

It's April!

Can you believe it's April already!  Where is the year going? 
So 1st of the month means some new challenges underway.  Two of the teams I am involved have their monthly challenges starting. 

Over at Die Cut Divas, we are have a Birthday Challenge.  The team got to work with some images from Fabrika Fantasy. 

I chose to use a pre-coloured image and then enhanced it will Prismacolour pencils

A great way to get a card made quickly. 

And over at Chalk'n'Stock we have our usual "Anything Goes".  As usual, chalk needs to be used on your project.   We are sponsored by Bugaboo and I used a sweet Easter image

My background was made with a stencil and versamark and then I used chalks to colour it up.  I made the sentiment on my computer. 

We finished Daylight Saving over night... which means winter on it's way!  However with a temperature of 25C degrees (77 F.)and very humid.    I spent some time indoors creating... but that's for another day!

Thanks for stopping by. 

It's time for a Vacation over at Die Cut Divas.

First of August... so time for a new challenge at Die Cut Divas.     Our theme this month is Summer Vacations and our sponsor is Simply B stamps

For me it's was fun in the middle of winter, to think about making a summer card.  To me, summer holidays are all about going to the beach and taking lots of photos, so my card covers these both

I've used Sunhat Betty Munster from Simply B and used a Lawn Fawn Polaroid die and a Simon Says Stamp sentiment die.  My background PP is some of the Kaisercraft paper I had from a couple of months ago.

So come and join us this month with your projects inspired by Summer Vacations. 

Critter Stack...

Here I am with another card for Die Cut Divas.  This month our theme is "June Bug"  I love Bugaboo images as they have lots of cuties.

I've used a Critter stack on my card.  I used some colour pencils and Gamsol to colour my image.  I used a Spellbinders circle die and an embossed background.  I used some Core-dinations card and sanded the embossing back. 
A line of PP down each side and a white embossed Hero Arts Sentiment finished off the card.

Well it's the day that I head off on my European adventure.  We leave at 11.55pm  night, heading first to Singapore for two days before heading onto Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Zagreb, Split and Dubrovnik before heading home.  I'll be away till late on the 13th July... but never fear, I will have a few scheduled posts for my DT work. And maybe a post or two from Europe if I get time and the internet!  If not... the there will be some posts afterwards. 

Adieu for now.

New baby card

One of my colleagues became an Auntie last week and asked me to make a card to celebrate the birth of Liv Florence...

I just adore the this image from Mo's Digital Pencil... It can be for a girl or a boy depending on your colour scheme.  Here I've gone with the pink scheme.  I used some PP which I embossed with a folder.  Once I printed the image and coloured it, I cut it with a Spellbinders oval die with a scalloped frame.  Sentiment has been printed on the computer.   Finished with a Cherry Lynn bow die cut.

And pop back on the 18th to see a boy version I did for my Die Cut Divas sample.

"Grant me the Serenity"

I'm here today with a card that's my design team sample for both Die Cut Divas and Creative Craft Cottage.

Our theme at Die Cut Divas is Words and we have the amazing Quietfire Designs  as our sponsor.

I've totally fallen in love with with their stamps and I've combined with a gorgeous digi from All Dressed Up, our sponsor at Creative Craft Cottage 

 

Our theme at Creative Craft Cottage  is "In the Garden"  My garden is made with my PP. I used the God give me the Serenity sentiment stamp from Quietfire and stamped in black Versafine and clear embossed.  I added an Obsession Impression fence die behind my little girl.  I finished with a bow.

I'm at the beach at the moment as we had a public holiday yesterday and about now I'll actually be at a concert at the Ascension Vineyard in Matakana listening to some New Zealand artists - Dave Dobbyn, Anika Moa, Don McGlashan and Supergroove  Hoping the weather is good as after a long time of fine weather, we've had a few days of rain.

Wishing you all a great weekend.

A "Kiwi" Christmas

I got an order to do a few "Kiwi" Christmas for one of the team leaders at work.  He wanted 7 cards with a "Kiwi" flavour.  Christmas in NZ is mid summer ( not that summer has come yet!) so I thought I'd use some Bugaboo images from a series called "Tropical Santa"  I did 3 of one images and 2 times two other images.

I changed up the sentiments on each one.  The green and red branches are supposed to represent the Pohutukawa tree (aka NZ Christmas Tree)

One of my other collogues saw the them and asked for me to do the surfing one but with sunnies on and with a bottle of beer on the sand...

 
Hope these have given you a bit of a giggle...

I'm a Fishing Widow this weekend with Hubby heading off for a weekend's fishing trip.  He'll be back Sunday afternoon.  So you can guess what I'll be doing this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!  Not all crafting as I do have some household chores to do... but already made a couple of little 4" x 4.5" cards and envelopes.   Just need a few more Christmas cards.

Have a great weekend