Continuing to make loads of Xmas cards for charities, in lots of different styles and techniques to appeal to different people.
but even so, deer seem to crop up in many of them!
on an eternal quest to use up some of my stash!
Continuing to make loads of Xmas cards for charities, in lots of different styles and techniques to appeal to different people.
but even so, deer seem to crop up in many of them!
Then it is pleasure to rediscover everything I put away 9 months ago.
I have so much stuff, that I do not really need to buy any more papers, sentiments, stamps or embellishments.
So these first few cards are the start of making an in-road into that pile. They will go in the charity box, so can be in a variety of styles and colours.
I tried it a couple of times with paste and spray paints, but never like the effect, so it sat at the bottom of a drawer, forgotten and neglected for 8 years.
Now, I have discovered it makes a lovely birthday card for gardeners using pink, purple and blue distressed oxide inks. Finished it off with a metallic purple dragonfly brad, that I have probably had for 8 years too!
Following from my previous post - here is the birthday card with the cat face on it - this stamp is called Tabitha's Portrait by Anita and is one of my oldest and most favourite stamps.
It also featured on my blog 12 years ago and also in 2015 !
I picked up this little pack of 20 small cards with a green stripe down one side for only £1.20 and challenged myself to use them up asap!
So they became the central focus on several cards. They stamp well with either a sentiment or image
And the green stripe can be linked into the colour scheme
Made a couple of birthday cards suitable for children
We all have those forgotten stamps, that have been unused and un-inked for years, don't we?
So I dug out a couple of old stamp sets from Inkadinkado that date from 2008 & 2009 to use again
Despite being 15 years old, they still stamped nice and crisp images.
This card was made with a freebie stamp - possibly from creative stamping magazine?
We all have some images or toppers that we don't like or are not our style in our stash, don't we!
I had these vintage style Hunkydory toppers for ages but didn't like the Lady in the middle - I finally realised I could cover her up and use them!
It's quite a bright pink, but makes a nice contrast to the toppers and makes them 'pop'.
Also useful for a 'get well soon' card.
And this layout has helped to use up a few old toppers that have hanging around for ages!
I haven't done any heat embossing for over 2 years, in fact I struggled to find my embossing powders and ink pads in my craft room - and I very rarely use vellum on my cards.
However, I did make a lovely card using white embossing powder on clear velum at the recent Honey Doo workshop that I attended and thought it was time to have a go at home. I found some patterned vellum that has been sitting at the bottom of a pile for well over 5 years. I was pleased how the gold on the red vellum came out - would look good on a Christmas card too.
The pearly white leaves on the green was more subtle, but still made a nice texture. I tried to also do some flowers, but that was not a success and they ended up in the bin!