An Autumnal Thank You

I made this card with some of the new goodies that I got at the Hobbycraft show at the SECC last month; I had such a spend up, I'd saved up all year and it was great to have a big splurge, and I'm loving having new toys to play with.
The stamps used here aren't new, and neither is the embossing folder, but the dies, waxes, paint and embossing powders are.

To make the topper, I heat embossed the Woodware stamp with bronze embossing powder, and went round the image with two shades of grey coloured pencil to make it pop.  I then used to Stampendous Embossing Enamels round the edges of the topper, Shabby White and Aged Bronze, for a distressed look.  To colour the berries, I painted on Imagination Crafts Starlights Paint in Red, then once it had dried, I covered each one with Glossy Accents.  This gives the berries an enameled look that hasn't been captured in the photos.
The background was created by embossing a piece of kraft card with an Embossalicious folder, then applying Imagination Crafts Alchemy Waxes in three colours to it; I used Copper, Bronze and Coral.
The sentiment was stamped with a Personal Impressions stamp and I used copper and red mirri for the matting and layering.
To embellish, I used a Tonic die set to make some leafy die cuts from kraft, which I inked with Ground Espresso Distress Ink.  The final touch was to add a few gems.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Crafty Cardmakers - #177 - Embossing
Sparkle 'n' Sprinkle -  Anything Goes with Loose Product
The Crazy Challenge - #235 - Thank You
Fashionable Stamping - #117 - Tis the Season - Autumn
Pile It On - #121 - Thank You
Crafty Calendar - Autumn Colours
Creative Corner - Thank You
The Stamping Boutique - Fall Colours

Kitty Bee Spotlight Card - It's That Cow Again

It's the third Wednesday of the month which means that it's time for my Kitty Bee showcase project, which this month is card, using the same image as last month: Cow Barely Over the Moon.  It's just so cute, I couldn't resist using it again!

 I printed the digi twice, flipping one of them so that once they'd been coloured with Promarkers and cut out, they could be glued back to back and hung in the aperture.  The moon was coloured with a Crafter's Companion clear glitter pen over the Promarker colouring, I then drew on craters with a Quickie glue pen and applied yellow glitter.  The moon sparkles beautifully in real life, I haven't been able to capture it in the photos, in fact the whole project was a nightmare to photograph, it looks so much better in reality than it does in the pics.
I used a sheet of old Papermania Forever Friends paper on the inside of the card and a sheet of magazine freebie paper on the outside, the edges of which I gently inked with Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink.
I added a decorative border to the top of the card, made with a Tonic punch, and border round the aperture, made with Spellbinders dies.  The star embellishments were made with Xcut dies, the sentiment was stamped with a Personal Impressions stamp, and the numeral is a Papermania sticker.  The final touch was to add some gold gems.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
Sunny Day Crafting - #19 - Anything Goes
Dream Valley - #142 - For the Boys - This is for my nephew
Love to Scrap - #88 - Anything Goes

Pop Up Poinsettias

I'm back on the Christmas cards again!  I've made a pop up box card using my Mum's Tattered Lace dies to make the box and to do the matting, this time filling it with festive poinsettias.

 The papers are Papermania, Bellissima Christmas, I chose sheets with a poinsettia design to match the die cut toppers that came as a sheet in a Docrafts goody bag years ago, and that, until now, I hadn't got round to using.  The flowers are slightly pearlised and catch the light nicely, I used pearl card for the box base too to the whole card has a Christmassy shimmer.
I used a Tonic die to cut the sentiment from red mirri, it's the perfect size for this box card.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

CRAFT - #373 - Christmas
Crimbo Crackers - #111 - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - Christmas in July
Through the Purple Haze - #104 - Peaceful / Harmony
Crafty Gals Corner - #81 - Christmas in July
Deep Ocean - #133 - Christmas in July
Dream Valley - #136 - Christmas in July
The Glory of Christmas - #89 - Dies and/or Punches but no Stamping
Christmas Card Challenges - #33 - Colour Palette
My Time to Craft - #315 - Christmas in July

Tonic Blooms

I've got a card made with Tonic dies today, made at our Monday night crafty play session.  My friend, Donna, recently treated herself to a Tonic die bundle from Create and Craft, and she brought them along for us to play with, here's the first of my makes, a card in lavender and cream.

 It's a very simple card, all the dies are Tonic, and all the paper and cardstock is from Papermania, from the Capsule Collection in French Lavender, except for a little bit of kraft card from my scrap box.  The only other extras I added were some lilac ribbon and a few assorted cream pearls.
What you can't really see in the photo is that the flowers have two layers, a solid bottom layer with a darker lacy overlay.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Cuttlebug Mania - May Flowers
Creative Fingers - #108 - Anything Goes
Crafting With Friends - #20 - Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft - #28 - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - #315 - Monochromatic
Inspiration Destination - #85 - Anything Goes