Yule Blessings

I have been working on some cards with Yule greetings on for all of us out there who celebrate Yule.  This was created using the new simply serif mini alphabet Stampin' Up set to create the YULE sentiment.  I mounted this on a small heart with the full heart using punches & then embossed them with silver to give it a festive feel.  Using soft suede card stock & stamping using soft suede ink for added texture.

Bird builder punch

This is a lovely Christmas card using the Stampin' Up bird builder punch.  I sponged the bird to create a lovely pair of robins and used Snow festival DSP for the Christmas tree background.  I love this series of papers as for £9.95 you make make 32 cute little cards & have lots of papers for plenty of other cards.  Such good value and I really love the versatility of this pack.

Stampin' Up products used : -

• bird builder punch
• soft suede & more mustard card stock
• Snow festival DSP
• soft suede, poppy parade, early espresso ink pads
• Sassy salutations sentiment

If you would like to order any of the Stampin' Up products or would like a catalogue please get in touch allmark.j@sky.com

Thanks for looking.

hanging chocolate tree decorations

Have been having some fun today making this yummy little tree decoration using some chocolate coins (thanks goes to Lauren for coin idea)  Well I  got some gold chocolate coins the ones that come in a little bag & decided to make individual tree decorations.  I stuck a circle of card stock to cover the gold coin on both sides, put a heart & a little sentiment on top & then added some twine to hang on the tree.  As the bag contains 9 coins I now can make 9 decorations to co-ordinate with my red & green theme on my tree.  Can't wait to get my tree in from the garden & the decorations down from the loft, but a bit early yet so time to make the other 7 decorations.

 
 

 
Stampin' Up products used : -

• lucky limeade card stock
• Festival of Prints - Designer series paper
• full heart punch
• decorative label punch
• sentiment stamp is a retired set but there are lots of yummy ones in current catalogue

If you want to buy any of these products then please get in touch allmark.j@sky.com

Christmas robin card

As I wait for my Stampin' Up starter kit to arrive with all the goodies, I have been busy practising techniques and creating more cards.  Robins are such a christmasy bird with their bright red breasts & chirpy happy faces & christmas to me is all about love so the heart just complimented the card perfectly.  I used a sponging technique for the robin's body & red breast & then sponged round the outside of the punched shape to give it some depth.

The Stampin' Up products I used were : -

• owl punch - (such a versatile punch as you can make so much more than just an owl)
• poppy parade & soft suede & early espresso ink pads
• lucky limeade card stock
• full hearat punch
• decorative label punch - (again one punch & you can create a variety of different sized labels)

If you would like any of the above products then please don't hesitate to contact me at allmark.j@sky.com

Thank you for looking

Hare Card

Working on trying to make a card with a hare on it.  This cheeky little chappie was created using the owl punch (for the body) the heart punch (for the ears) & the owl punch (for the eyes). I do love hares & so will be working on a few more ideas during the coming weeks so keep looking to see what I come up with.

 

 

Have made this a christmas card, but could easily be any other sentiment.

 

Dont forget if you wish to buy any of my cards just email by allmark.j@sky.com

 

 

Four calling birds

A subtle christmas card with four calling birds sitting in the trees, just right for the run up to christmas.  It is that lovely time of year when everything starts to feel like christmas & for me I love spending time making cards & gifts for my loved ones.  As this always takes a good few weeks, by the time I have finished it is almost christmas eve.  What better way to spend  time in the dark winter evenings than sitting at my craft table being creative.

Cards - hearts & trucks

You've got to love hearts, well I do anyway.  So I have created a heart card full of sparkles. Each heart is embossed in glittery tinsel & so is the background.  Hard to tell from the photo but trust me it sparkles. An alternative card for christmas, or any other time really, using a green theme it is perfect for everyone & not just us girlie girls.

 For all the guys out there & us girls that just like trucks here is a cute little card of a pick-up truck carrying home the tree for the festive season.  One card I printed the truck as it was, & the other I washed in blue watercolour & painted the little guy driving.  Fun to do so I hope you like them.

Remember all my cards are for sale so just drop me an email allmark.j@sky.com if any of them catch your eye.

Hare card

Well I was given the task of creating a card with hares one of my favourite creatures. Not being an artist this was something difficult for me as I could not draw a good representation of this beautiful animal.  So I set about creating a silhouette.  This is my first attempt and I am quite pleased as it has given me some other ideas which I will be working on over the next few days.  The hare was cut out of black cardstock with a background of reds, yellows & oranges using a brayer & masking out the sun & then sponging in with yellow.  The picture doesn't really do it justice as the yellow doesn't show up very well as there is far more colour depth to the card.

 I hope you like them as I will be trying to create some more hare cards over the next few days.

Selection of cards I have made

Some of the cards I have been making recently using the fanastic Stampin-Up punches, stamp sets, cardstock & DSP papers.I love the diversity of these products as you can let your creativity run wild & make each card individual & fun. With christmas/Yule just around the corner I have designed some really fun cards using festive colours & papers to add that festive flavour.

Some of the stamp sets I have used from Stampin-up are : -
"Christmas deer" which I embossed with glittery silver & put a little red heart in middle of antlers (pic11)
Robins made from the "owl punch" (pic2)
Fun gingerbread men, candy canes, tree & mugs from Stampin-Up "Scentsational Season". (pic 3 & 9)
A pretty embossed butterfly with ribbon & leaves in two of my favourite Stampin-Up inks "rich razzleberry" & "wisteria wonder" with my current favourite sentiment stamp set "Pursuit of Happiness" with the great phrase "Live in the Sunshine"

I really enjoy making cards & am starting to successfully sell them in my local area.