Lets make cards series Part 3: "Merry Christmas again"

Hey everyone, this is part three of my kraft card making series and I've got three christmas cards to share with you again. 

For the first one I used patterned 6x6 paper from the DIY Shop by Crate Paper for the background. I put a piece of kraft cardstock on top, stamped a few different snowflakes and doilies with Versamark Ink and heat embossed them with white fine embossing powder. To finish that card of, I added a heat embossed sentiment and a bow with some bakers twine and a button. 

The second card is pretty simple - I just cut out three circles in different sizes from green shiny cardstock and added patterned paper scraps behind each one. After that I applied a tiny bow on the top of each ornament and drew some faux stitching lines around with my white gel pen. At the end, I heat embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder on a piece of vellum and glued it at the bottom of the card.

The last card I really like the best. It's a scrap lift of a card which I found on the Hero Arts blog. I really love the wreath and the color combo. To create that wreath, I punched out a lot of branches in two different tones, as well as a few little stars in silver and pearlescent rose paper. A few of the stars are covered with silver glitter and a few are covered with stickles in Diamond. Before I glued down the branches, I spritzed a little bit of pearlized water on the background for some extra shine. I added again some faux stitching around the edge of that card with my white gel pen and added a christmas sentiment above a piece of ribbon. 

And that's a closer view on the pretty little wreath. 

I hope you enjoyed these cards, thank you for stopping by and hope to see you soon again!

Let's make cards series Part 2: "Merry Christmas"

Hey crafters, here's part two of my kraft card making series.

The first one is quiet simple. I used a Christmas paper stack by Glitz design for the background as well as for the four little banners. I topped the card with red velvet ribbon, a tiny button and a little bit of bakers twine. For that little extra I sketched down the word "Merry" and created a 3D look by using liquid pearls in buttercup and garnet. 

For the second card I stamped a lot of different snowflakes on the edges with Versamark Ink and white heat embossed them. After that, I inked all the edges with white chalk ink for a frosted look. In the middle of the card you can see two die cut pieces: a scalloped circle made out of vellum, and golden snowflake. I don't have any glitter paper so I used double sided adhesive tape on some paper scraps and after die cutting, I topped it with fine golden glitter. To prevent a mess, I used a bone folder to rub in the glitter so it won't come off. I've seen this technique in a video by Jennifer McGuire Ink (here's the link to her video). In the middle of my snowflake I glued a golden sequin for a finishing touch.

The third christmas card is a shaker card. I created a vellum pocket by stitching three sides of a rectangle. After stamping and gold heat embossing my sentiment, I filled the pocket with different sizes and shapes of sequins. Then I stitched the fourth side of the rectangle, too so that the sequins won't fall out of the card. At the end I glued a few punched out stars and crystal gems to the card.

My fourth and last card is pretty simple, too. First of all I die cut a snowflake into a piece of cream cardstock and stamped my sentiment with Archival ink. After that I run the piece of cardstock with an embossing folder through my Big Shot to emboss a dot pattern. I used the die cut snowflake and set it a little bit of to create a layered effect and topped it with a little button and bow with bakers twine. To finish the card, I wrapped some of the bakers twine around the card and glued everything to a mat and then to the card base. 

Thank you for stopping by!

Christmas 2013 - Sketchabilities # 105

A very merry Christmas to you all! 

We had a fabulous day together with the family and a great meal. Just scrapped our decorated living room in the latest sketchabilties #105. Here's my take on their beautiful sketch:

I wanted to use some classic Christmas colors (green and red) and mix it with a rather unconventional color (black/grey). I used some fine red glitter to make it even more festive. On the background I used some black gesso with a flourish mask and sprayed some glimmer green over that. 

For the banner I used three different green papers and layered them. On top of them I used liquid pearls (avocado) and distress stickles (shabby shutters).

I covered the wooden snowflakes with my "lime" Maya Metallic mist and added some glittered brads.

That's their sketch #105:

Wishing all of you a merry christmas and some blessed days :) 

Thanks for stopping by and have some happy holidays! 

✮ Warm Winter Wishes ✮

Hey Crafters, tonight it's time for my latest work! I created this scraplifted card for my best friend for christmas . I found my inspiration one more time on Pinterest. I stamped the background with vintage photo distress ink to make it look more vintage :)

The two bigger snowflakes are made of felt with a cutting die from Tim Holtz. The smaller snowflakes are embellishment which I found in a local Home Decorating store. The paper the candy cane is glued on was once white; I heat embossed it with clear embossing powder and used distress ink afterwards. 

Besides, I put this card in the SEM Decemeber challenge :) 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Time for even more Christmas Cards... :)

Ho ho ho together... It's time to showcase my new Christmas Cards... :) And to add them for the Christmas Challenge from Scrapping Everyday Miracles!
Both cards are for my coworkers, the one wanted a winter landscape, the other asked me to use something soft and plushy. 

And this is what I came up with: 

I wrote the sentiment by hand, since I don't have any polish stamps ;) I did the icicles with some glossy accents and sprinkled some distress glitter over it while it was wet. Really like how that turned out! The cutting dies are from Marianne Design (except for the Christmas trees). 

On that card I used white felt for the snowflake, to make it look even softer :) 

These circles are my new christmas stamps from Joy! Crafts. Really LOOVE them! :)

Thanks for stopping by and feel free to comment if you like ;)

Vintage Christmas Cards

And another one! :) You just can't have enough Christmas Cards ^^ These two cards are for my coworker, too. Hope he's going to like them! :) Both cards are inspired by some cards I found on Pinterest (you can find them on my wall "Christmas Cards") I added the first card also in the Christmas theme Challenge from Scrapping Everyday Miracles.

With a French sentiment, an embossed background and with crackle paint covered snowflakes. The patterned paper is from the Heirloom Collection from DCVW.

On the second card I used the same background paper as for the first one. The Winter landscape is also an image I found on Pinterest, using the words "Vintage Winter Landscape". Just printed it out with my printer at home. The two flowers are made by using the tattered flowers die from Tim Holtz, the Mistletoe is from Prima. 

I haven't a cutting die in the shape of a window,  so I cut that out by hand - very annoying... But I like the result and it was worth it. The window frame is painted with crackle paint, too.

The sentiment is German and means Merry Christmas. It's heat-embossed with an copper embossing powder. 

Have a nice evening :)

Card Challenge - Mojo Monday 321

Merry first Advent to you all :) Just finished a Christmas card for one of my coworkers. He asked me to create one with a bicycle, so I guess he's going to give away a bike ^^ For the layout of the card I used the Mojo Monday Sketch 321. It's so adorable! I used a snowy theme and different shades of light blue, white and silver. Here's my take on their sketch:

The blue background paper is from Papermania (Vintage Notes Collection and Mistletoe Kisses). You can't see it too good, but there are some very light snowflakes on the paper :) I inked all the edges with "Broken China" Distress Ink. I did the border with one of my Martha Steward punchers, using it on both sides of the paper strip. After that I applied some InkaGold in silver, to make it shine. I did also some heat-embossing with silver powder. On the outer circle I used two different shades of liquid pearls (platinum and white opal). The two little banners and the bicycle are cut out with cutting dies. In this case, I wrote the sentiment by hand. 

In the detail-picture you can see the perfect pearls on the white circles. I just stamped some tiny snowflakes with embossing ink, and brushed some perfect pearls in interference blue on it. At the end, I used some "true snow" from Aleene's to top the bicycle with it :)  

And that's their sketch:

As you can see, I decided to take the Square Sketch :)

Besides, I added this card in the Christmas theme challenge from Scrapping everyday miracles, too :) 

Thank you for stopping by and wishing you a wonderful 1. Advent!

Gettin' prepared for Christmas... :)

Some more Christmas Cards! Really like how the first one turned out. Very monochromatic :) Hope you like them, too! 

Cardabilities #87

Happy Monday Crafters :) 

Today we had the first snow! Winter's coming and I'm getting prepared for Christmas. I created this vintage looking card tonight for the Cardabilities #87. My first card for a challenge by the way :) Besides I was on a Creativity fair this weekend and bought a lot of stuff on sale. I guess you can call it a big haul ;) 

The best thing about this card is, that I could use a lot of my scraps. Only for the base I needed a new piece of cardstock. For the background I used creme paper with tiny grey dots and painted it in the middle with gesso. After that I applied some pearl molding paste to create the snowflakes. In this case I created my own stencil by using a thick piece of cardstock and my Tim Holtz Movers & Shapers. 

I looked for some Christmas stamps in my stash and just found out that I haven't any with Christmas sentiments ^^ But since I absolutely wanted to use one, I just wrote it by hand :) This took me a bit of time, but I really like the result.

And that's their awesome sketch for the card: 

Thanks for stopping by and have great week :)