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September 2, 2023

Merry melody Christmas pines card

Hello and welcome. As it’s the first Saturday in September, there is a sketch challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown.  I created this standard sized card using dies and stamping…

After diecutting the stitched rectangle, I decided to stamp some foliage around the edges in pool party ink using the Christmas Pines stamp set by Stampin Up. It would have been much better to stamp first then die cut as the stamp missed a little bit in the bottom corner, but at least it shows it’s a handmade card.  I embossed the centre deckle edged rectangle using the merry melody 3D embossing folder by Stampin Up, then popped it up on foam dimensionals.  The greeting was heat embossed using copper embossing powder on whisper white card.

Finally, I added a diecut snowflake by Tim Holtz in whisper white card, tucked diecut pool party foliage by Lora Bailora behind, and added a sprinkling of copper foil punched stars.

When making my challenge cards, I audition several different options before finally landing on something I’m happy with.  This was my first version which for some reason I wasn’t quite sure of…

I used two sizes of deckle edge dies to cut the centre panels, the same stamps and ink colours, this time adding the foliage in smokey slate.  The center panel was embossed using the softly falling embossing folder by Stampin Up, and I added a diecut from the Merry Tags framelits set, paper piecing pool party and copper foil card to add accent colours.

I hope you’ve been inspired to join us this week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown as we’d love to see what you make.

Enjoy your weekend

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February 26, 2022

Paper piecing with Julie Nutting prima doll

Hello and welcome.

The wonderful challenge set for us this week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, is to use paper piecing.  I’ve tried this technique a few times in the past and loved the results, but looking at my stamp collection, I have very few stamp sets that lend themselves to this.  So, I took out my much loved and used Julie Nutting prima doll, Mindy, and had fun dressing her up for Christmas…

As this is a tall stamp, it suited being used on a DL size card base. This is usually a great opportunity to use up all your paper scraps, but this time I treated myself to a new (to me) Christmas paper pad by Prima instead, as it has lots of small patterns, ideal for paper piecing small images. It’s a little difficult to see in the photos, but you may just about be able to see Santa on her skirt…

I stamped the doll onto neutral typeface scrapbook paper by Stampin Up, and coloured her using Derwent watercolour pencils from the hair and skin tones pack, blended with a water brush.  Her hair was stamped onto Prima Julie Nutting neutrals paper, and shading added with watercolour pencils.

The pompoms on her shoes were fussy cut from one of the Prima Christmas papers, and the tag from one of the tag sheets in the set.  I added a layer of pink pirouette cardstock to the card base, and layered the snowflake paper on top, tearing the bottom edge to add a little interest.  I added various snowflake die cuts in shimmer white card by Stampin Up, and the Tim Holtz sprigs in silver card by Sizzix.

To finish, I added two washi tapes in silver and a sprinkling of rhinestones for sparkle.

You can see my previous paper piecing projects here Take a Sip, Meet Mindy, and Paper piecing

I hope you’ve been inspired to join us at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week – we’d love to see what you create.

Enjoy your weekend

 

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