Just a few Christmas Cards

Hi All
It has been another wet and miserable day here in Surrey. Perfect crafting weather, you don't have to feel guilty for sitting inside and playing lol.
I have finally finished all of my DT cards. I will share one of them on Thursday as soon as Hobby Art Jenny has been on the TV. You never know I might even get around to scheduling a post to go live when she is on the box, now that would be a first.
As I am up to date with things it is always time for a little bit of a clean up on my desk. And as it is also the start of a new month I thought that I had better count up how many Christmas cards I made in February.
I have to say that once again I have impressed myself. 33 cards, nearly all of them made from bits and pieces from my Christmas drawer. Maybe I will finally get them sent out on time this year. Now that really would be a first :O)

With a drawer full of Christmas cards, perhaps I should share a few of them with you. The weather is certainly appropriate, we have just had a huge hail storm.

The backgrounds to this set of cards were all made quite some years ago during a demo day at SirStampalot in Peterboro.

The large snowflake stamp has been stamped and embossed using Versamark ink and white embossing powder.

The colour has then been added using the Direct to Paper technique and some chalk ink pads, if memory serves.

As is always the case with a demo day you end up with loads of bits all very similar which is why they often just end up in the bits box. At least I don't throw them in the bin, that really would be a waste.

The toppers are all Lili of the Valley images which have been die cut using various shapes of Nestie.

Some have had sentiments added to them which is the only bit of new stamping involved.

I have even got my cards ready to send for all of the March birthdays so I think that I might check out a couple of challenges.

By the way don't forget to check out the new Anything but a Card Winter and/or Slap It On challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers and More.

It is the first of our Mixed Media challenges today so I can't wait to see what the Girls have come up with.

In fact I think I will pop along now and check them all out. Or maybe I will just play for a little while longer.

Hugs Kimx

Inspired by Davina

As I expected class today was one long round of playing with the Magic Stamp.
Not a single card was made but I think a good time was had by all.
Here are just a few of the little pieces of Art that were created.
As I said yesterday I had searched through my craft room for anything suitable to use with the Magic Stamp.
Sylvie and I also picked up a few leaves on our way since they always work well.

In fact there is a fabulous Japanese Maple in the front garden at Davina's so we helped out Mother Nature and saved Davina having to sweep up all those leaves.

The central panel on my card was actually inspired by a piece that Davina originally made. You see I always learn something on a class, or pick up an idea or two.
The Magic Stamp was heated and then pressed into the Burlap Fabric Square. 

Once Pigment ink has been applied using a Colorbox Queue a real Maple Leaf was placed on the white cardstock and then the inked Magic Stamp was stamped over the top. Once the maple leaf was removed it left an open space into which I stamped and embossed the sentiment.

The fabulous stamped and embossed leafy panel is a Stampendous stamp which I have coloured using Pigment inks and the Direct to Paper technique.

The single leaf  has been cut from the leafy panel and layered onto some of the threads taken from around the edge of the Burlap fabric square.

Of course there had to be a tag for the Girls to add to their books, and some more bits and pieces to finish off. So you know what I will be up to tomorrow lol.
Hugs Kimx