Rudolph Day for April

 Rudolph Day is here!

25th of the month means it’s time to add some cards to our Christmas stash.

So, here goes using up some more backgrounds I’ve have for a few years, from a batch make 🙄

I layered that lovely tree die over my sparkly pasted trees,

added the truck from Gummiapan, loaded up with the tree and gifts 

I used pens to make it shabby (perhaps too much 😂)

Next up that cool Santa, sat on a wall, cut from yet another pasted background 

(I did make quite a few, so it’s my challenge to use them all 😉)

Santa was cut from card, snipped and layered.

Above I coloured the gifts with pens,

below I just did the “ribbon”

A piece of embossed white for the snowflake background.

This Santa was also cut from card, but I cut his trousers short and coloured his pink legs 😃

I also used up some old tea bag folding card blanks.

You can just about see the teapot.

It’s amazing how you can use up old stuff in a different way.

The bits from the aperture were used for sentiments etc.

Happy Rudolph Day!

Challenges:

Rudolph Day

Peace on Earth

Christmas Kickstart #85

NBUS #61 (truck and tree)

Lesley

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Lots more of the One horse open sleigh paper

Hello crafty friends

I thought I’d share some more ideas with the Open Horse Sleigh papers,

so grab a cup of tea…

I wanted to show it can be used for birthdays too…..

the paper is just wintry, and so is the stamp I used inside

A pink one with some favourite deer

simply stamped onto the lovely scene

A kind of bridge fold, showing the cute fox

Simple Kraft colour with white spots

A gold deer and red cardinals (a lovely gift from a friend)

Wishing you a peaceful Sunday

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your visits and comments.

Lesley 

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A little dear in the pink plus THAT star

Another Christmas card inspired by the Aspen dies from SU.

Its another from that paper pack!

I used a delicate pink cardstock to compliment the paper, 

and positioned it to show him peeking through the trees.

It doesn’t show, but the trees are cut from velvet white paper, so so soft.

I think that is all the papers used and shared?

Do you remember this….

Finally found a star…stamped one….die cut one… and added one of the new SU metallic ones.

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your visits and comments.

Lesley 

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Gorgeous Garden leaves

There’s a die set in the annual SU catalogue that I overlooked until I saw someone use it.

There are two background dies, one with leaves and one with flowers.

The detail is as the name suggests, Gorgeous Garden.

Loved make the background on this, with Blending brushes.

With the offcuts I die cut some leaves that emboss detail at the same time.

Added my favourite tiny tag, and a twine bow

 

Come back tomorrow for the floral version and a couple of tips!

Meantime I’m popping over to NBUS , a place that encourages you to use your never before used stash,

as it’s the first time I’ve used this die set.

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your visits and comments.

Lesley 

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CAS Aspen Trees

 Here’s a couple of simple cards I made some time ago, 

using Aspen Tree Dies, and some old background papers.

The beauty of this die is it creates the oval as well as cutting the trees.

I added a simple sentiment

Then a simple die cut deer in gold

I made another just using different paper and sentiment.

That’s another two for the box

Lesley

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Aspen Dies meet Storybook Gnomes

 Today’s was inspired by a colour challenge.

I used my Aspen Dies for the first time (NBUS)

Along with the Storybook Gnomes paper, which includes some cute animals,

Which I fussy cut, using the deer from an edge as if he was sitting down.

(His legs were missing but no deer were harmed during this process;) )

I never like wasting any paper haha.

The colours were Cream, Kraft and Aqua.

I used aqua to stamp the snowflakes and sentiment.

I added some sequins, and wink of Stella for some sparkle.

I’m entering these challenges

Colour Throwdown #710

NBUS Challenge #42

Lesley

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email: gillettlesley@gmail.com

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