Coming Home and Trimming the Town

 Some fun pics today.......just love the cute Coming Home Bundle

and Trimming the Town papers and all....

I did this as a kit class.......lots of die cutting, but I love it when dies match the papers,

and theres sheets of greetings too, so no stamping required.

The houses are so cute, and I had such fun making more of the same cards,

but forgot to put trees on these!

I also ran out of the tree paper, so used the people instead

I inked a blue edge to the snow and mounted greetings onto card.

All the houses and trees were backed with white card to make them stronger.

Have a Superb Sunday

Lesley

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Poinsettia Petals

 Hi there, howya doin'?

Why is everything being changed and updated, in such a way I can't find anything?!

Is it just me?!

Mind you, it doesn't help that my internet is sooooo sloooooow.

Anyone any tips on how I can get fast fibre?!

Anyhooo......enough of my moaning, here's the card...

which I would have credited the designer for, except I can't find it....

EDITED TO ADD: I FOUND IT AT PUMPKINHILLSTAMPERS.COM 

I'm sure I pinned it....but looks like someone ate that....so soz if it was yours..

Poinsettia Petals and the lush flocked paper, so soft to touch,

some dry embossing, a snippet of tartan, some snippets of green sprigs using the

Mistletoe Punch........

Then I added greetings......

....Then did a gold version, offsetting the flower....my fave....

oh and don't forget the gems to add.....if you only have clear rhinestones,

colour them with Blender pens.

Lots of snippets used here, so I’m entering the Snippets Playground Challenge

And I can also enter the Rudolph Day Challenge for Christmas cards

Have a Super Saturday

Lesley

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Trimming The Town

 Hi again

I'm back with some christmas cards made using Trimming The Town.

I tried various ways of layering the sentiments, the one above I backed with two scraps 

of card, balmy blue and navy

There's even little wreaths you can cut.

The trees and other papers can be cut as backgrounds.

I like edging the "snow" with a little blue ink applied by dauber.

I just need about 96 more cards like these!

Enjoy your day

Lesley

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Good Luck Trimming The Town

 Oh how I love this set Trimming The Town.

It is so cute, fun, and bright.

You can get the stamp set, bundled with die set,

and some gorgeous papers that can also be die cut.

My first project is not all about christmas.

I needed a good luck card for a nephews new adventure at University.

I used dies to create the hills, sky and road,

stamped a die cut a car, and die cut some trees from Pine Woods.

Can you see my road sign?.........I used the street lamp stamp, and adapted it!

I tried to make the buildings look like a campus.

The papers below are just some contained in the pack.

A fab snowy scene, some tiny houses you can fussy cut,

and sheets of greetings, so no stamping required!

There's also sheets of the houses you can die cut, and even the uncomplete ones 

can be used to decoupage with, or build layers.

Amanda Bates is one of many Stampin' Up! demos with fab ideas.

Come back tomorrow for some christmas cards......

Have a great weekend

Lesley

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Pine Woods

 Today is a simple tree......from Pine Woods....

that you can use in many different ways.

This is just two dies from the set.

One cuts the internal branches spaces, the other the outline, 

which is nice and fine, with many uses.

Above I cut another from Stampin' Up's fab blue glimmer paper...

hope you can see the sparkle in some of the pics.

Believe it or not (yes, I am a bit nuts), 

I placed each segment into place using tombow glue  and a cocktail stick! 

This one above is just laid over some of the blue glimmer paper

Above is place over balmy blue card, which looked a little plain,

so I placed pieces of white bac into some of the spaces,

with the same glue and cocktail stick!

Here's all 3 samples, very plain and simple,

and above you can see how easy it is to decorate the envelopes.

Have a super Sunday

Lesley

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Whale Done Mermaid

Hello, I'm sharing a little underwater scene ,

that is mainly the fab DSP ( designer series paper) from Whale Done,

with a stamped mermaid...........but

..........it looks simple, but took longer than expected.

I had to mask off the "stone" she came sitting on, then inked just her.

I used the Stamparatus, so I could repeat stamp, making her nice and solid black.

You must remember to remove the mask before you stamp the image.

I then decided to use the "fishes" as her focal point....

the seahorse that comes in the set (which I LOVE) was a bit too big.

I then coloured bits of her with some old Sakura glitter pens,

and some wink of stella for a bit of glam shine.

I also used an offcut of paper to decorate the envelope.

Have a good weekend

Lesley

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Beautiful Moments

 Sympathy cards are not easy, and ones for the loss of a much loved pet even harder.

For this one I chose Beautiful Moments, a stamp set that gives a sketched look.

I added to the "meadow" in a paler ink, then added some blue butterflies,

which I believe are sometimes used to symbolise loss,

a few birds in the sky, and some glittery dots.

When I finished stamping, I die cut the frame, embossed it twice with 

the Subtle embossing folder, and raised it up on foam,

then put it all onto a Balmy Blue card base

Lesley

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A Good Man

As you know I love this set, A Good Man, for mens cards,

this one for "him next door"......that's what he says every time he phones!

He doesn't get much time to relax, with a big garden and lots of projects on the go,

so hopefully this will encourage him to get his deckchair out! 

I used Very Versailles to create the "tree", well you need shade in case you nod off eh?

Lesley

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