A chubby snowman card

Good evening crafty people, how is your Monday going?  Its been so cold the last few days but apparently its going to get much colder next week.... I'm hoping it will snow woohoo!

I made this card last night for a couple of challenges:

silhouette challenge blog~use a christmas shape: echo park snowman & snowflake
pixies crafty workshop~snippets used: blue paper, green card & cream card
crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge

I loved the echo park snowman and thought he would be really sweet to use on my card, I also die cut a snowflake and placed some ribbon and a button over the top. I used papermania Christmas stamps and hand stitched around the card. The Christmas tree was made with leftover embossed card which I added some buttons too.

 

Well that's another Christmas card done, I thought I was doing really well but when I went to see how many cards I made there was far less than I first thought...what's that about? I must of dreamt that I made much more or I have finally gone round the bend ha ha :)

 

Thank you so much for stopping by I hope you have a great week!!

 

Vic

A very cute plaster

Hello crafty friends how's your weekend going? My daughter is loving her jigsaw puzzles at the moment so that's keeping us busy! Along with crafting of course!

I made this card using a cute image from the silhouette store and just thought it was adorable. Anything with a smily face always makes me smile :) so I just had to use it on a get well card. I think it would also cheer up the person who gets this card too.

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges:
totally gorjuss challenge 202-dotty

marianne design divas-anything goes

 

The products I used to make the card were:

 

Plain white cardstock 

Large grid paper 

Small grid paper by cosmo cricket found here

Pink card

Brown cardstock

Plaster image cut with my cameo using this image-miss kate cuttables

Handmade flowers & leaf using Marianne rolled flower die English rose

Sewing thread 

Brown marker pen

Marther Stewart border edge punch

Polkadot ribbon by hobbycraft 

Nellie snellen doily

Paper smooches stamp found here

Versafine ink pad

Light brown ink by hobbycraft 

 

I would just like to say thank you so much for stopping by my blog today, if you have any questions please ask me in the comment box or email me :)

 

Vic

 

 

 

Warm thoughts butterfly card

Hello lovely friends, I hope your all enjoying your weekend. I cant believe we are in September already!

I have made this card for a couple of challenges:
totally gorjuss challenge 199 texture
simon says stamp anything goes
.silhouette america-any downloaded shape
marianne design divas summer sun
the shabby tea room week 182

 

Okay so there is a bunch of bits I have used on this card.

The shapes from silhouette are:

3d rolled spiral flower by Lori Whitlock

3d rolled spiral flower by Lori Whitlock
rolled rose by Silhouette
echo park butterfly by Echo Park

flower papers by Digital Pink Ink

 

Extra products:

Paper smooches stamp

Marianne rolled flower die English rose and leaf die

versamark ink

Black thread

white thread

Nellie snellen doily

handmade rag flower with a button

prima flowers

Textured mesh (under the doily)

 

This card took a long time to make as I got extremely carried away with my hand stitching and flowers he he.

 

I wanted to make a card that would suit different occasions get well/sympathy, as I never seem to have a card on hand when needed. Well I probably do but most of my cards seems to hide when I need them, or maybe I just need to get more organised :)  

 

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog, I really appreciate it. I hope you have a fantastic week.

 

Vic

Seasons greetings

Hello thank you for popping by and having a look at my blog today. I have to be honest, I have been really behind with making my Christmas cards this year. In fact, I am so far behind that I have not sent one card yet, which is pretty terrible!
I sometimes think that as a cardmaker we feel that we have to make every single card that we send which is sometimes not possible, and as much as I would love to do this the reality is slim, so I have finally got round to making a few cards tonight which I will give to close friends and family. Does anyone else feel a little pressure to make most of your cards?

A lot of my elements on my card was made using my cameo and digital pink ink designs , I just adore their pretty patterned papers.

To make this card I used:

White card blank
Digital pink ink background paper
Digital pink ink Christmas tag
Echo park tag
Designs by dani star
Christmas postmarks by Sarah Hurley
Cosmo cricket paper (for the Christmas tree)
Brown thread
Small peg
Red & white twine
Glossy accents

I first cut down my backing paper to fit my card front and I then hand stitched the edges with brown thread. After adhering this down onto my card front I cut out the black and white echo park tag and looped through the twine. I placed the tag at the top left of my card, and then added the Christmas tags and star.
The Christmas tree was then placed at the bottom left of my card and I added the greeting and Christmas postmark.

To add more dimension to my card I went over the star and greeting with glossy accents, and then added clear balls onto the Christmas tree.

I hope you like the end result, and if there is a question about the card or products used please ask.

I would like to enter this card to word art Wednesday challenge 59, this is my first entry to the challenge. The ladies over their seem so friendly and kind, also there is so many beautiful cards to look at and be inspired by, it's definitely worth visiting at:
Wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/

Thank you so much for having a peek at my blog and cards today.

Vic x