Another Christmas Card!

Well as we are well and truly in September I thought I would stop by and share another Christmas card - don't feel quite so bad saying that now!

This is a very quick post as I am about to dash off on a short break - a couple of days spent carriage driving.  Who knows my next post may include some photo's of other things I love doing apart from card crafting!

For this post I have done the same card in two colourways. I have gone for a very classic gold and black look, and then reversed it on the second card.

Both cards are fairly simple to make, with quite a few mats and layers.

And again with the colours reversed.  Which one do you prefer?

Unfortunately you cannot see much of the embossing in the cards as it doesn't show up well in the photographs, so here is a closer peek!  I really like this die set and think it really does not need much else to set it off.

For this card I used the following:

Foundation cardstock in black and vintage gold

Sue Wilson's Santa's Sleigh

Sue Wilson's Christmas Scene Mini Background

Sue Wilson's Pierced Rectangles

Until next time

Crafty hugs sent with love

Ginny x

Well it is almost September!!!!

Well it is almost September, so thought it was about time I started making some Christmas cards!  I am not a huge Christmassy person but really enjoyed doing this one.

Anyway, this will be a very quick post as am short on time, but thought I would share this one with you.  It is another card I completed on the MISTI workshop I attended in Bath.


We used the Best Christmas stamp from Clearly Besotted, which is a lovely fun stamp.  This was then hand coloured with alcohol pens.  If you look carefully you can see the balloon strings which do not show up well on the photograph, but it is clearer in real life! 






It is a very simple stamp but hope you will agree that it gives a nice clean card.

Until next time, take care.

Crafty hugs sent with love

Ginny xx

The MISTI Tool

Well I hope everyone is enjoying this amazing weather!  It certainly has warmed up a bit - I'm afraid my horses are not overly impressed with it as their native Iceland is nowhere near as warm as this!

This week I had the opportunity to attend a workshop in Bath with Iliana Myska, the designer of the MISTI tool and founder of My Sweet Petunia.  Just in case you have not met this tool before, MISTI stands for 'The Most Incredible Stamping Tool Invented'!  Well I have to say that I was very impressed with it as it makes stamping so much easier.  If you are making large numbers of cards it is an absolute Godsend ;-)

I always found my stamping could be a bit hit and miss and this allows you to go back and restamp if you need to and you can guarantee it will overstamp perfectly.

We completed a number of cards on the day and used some large background stamps from The Ton and then heat embossed them - in the past this would have given me palpitations but with the MISTI is was a breeze. 

Of course, I had to have one so got to bring one home with me, so you may get to see more stamped cards from me in the future!











Anyway, that's all from me for now but I hope you all have a great Bank Holiday weekend and lets hope the weather continues to shine on us all.

Until next time

Ginny x

Stepped into a whole new world!

I'm afraid I haven't posted for a while as I have been away on holiday - a few days in North Wales visiting my daughter and her husband, along with her menagerie of animals ;-)

Well today I stepped into the whole new world of jewellery making!  It was nice to do something totally different but am not sure its for me.  Anyway I thought I would share a couple of the items I made - I haven't taken photographs yet of the necklace and bracelet so may post those at another time.

Well here goes, hopefully you will like them!

I have made a few more cards and also done some mixed media, so watch this space and hopefully I will get some time to post them soon.

Until next time, take care

love

Ginny x

Antiquity Book Box

Well this weeks post is once again something a little different.  I attended another workshop where I had my first attempt at working with MDF.  We used the MDF Antiquity Book Box which  is a really useful storage space

Firstly we started by painting the box with Americano Décor Chalky Finish paint.  I think it was the Yesteryear shade but cannot be 100% sure as I did this a while ago!  We did this before assembling the box as this made it so much easier to access all the nooks and crannies.

Once the box was dry we assembled it before we started the decoration.  Firstly we stamped on the base of the inside of the box just to add some additional interest on what would have been quite a large blank space.  This was done in a pale colour cloud ink to add a slight vintage feel.

After this we started working on the outside of the box.  We used Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Polish in pearl lustre and colour cloud to soften and distress the corners, using the same colour cloud colour to do some messy stamping on the box using a word stamp - this really is not that visible from the photo's I'm afraid.  Pearls were also added to the base of the box to add additional interest.

Once this was all done we were able to start adding the embellishments.   Now we got to play with the flowers, leaves and raffia which were all secured using silicone glue.  Once these were set we added the MDF items (hearts and gate) which were again highlighted with the CS pearl lustre gilding polish.

I was really pleased with how this turned out and ended up giving it as a birthday present for my mother.  Hence why it has taken me a while to post it!

Anyway I hope you have enjoyed this little project and it inspires you to try out working with MDF!  I so enjoyed doing this that I have booked myself on a course with Anna-Marie Designs later on in the year, so watch this space for some more samples!

Until next time.

love & hugs

Ginny x

Under the Sea!

Over the weekend I attended a workshop in Bristol and had an amazing day - really relaxing which is just what I needed after a busy and stressful week at work!

There will be picture overload on this post as the amount of detail that went into the bag was tremendous.  The dies are from Heartfelt Creations which was the first time I had worked with these, and have to say that I was impressed.

Oh well, here goes:

Each piece of the bag was cut in card and then we assembled it and was covered in the Heartfelt Creations paper.  I loved the colour combo of turquoise and peach.

There were lots of different elements included, from shells, sea horses, jelly fish and even the odd tortoise gets featured!

                               

I particularly like the seahorses and I added a couple in different colours!

And how about the jellyfish - these were just adorable!

All the elements were stamped onto cardstock and coloured in using watercolour pens and also aqua pencils, which were just lovely to work with.

I have also been playing with some MDF items so may share those with you next time.  Then I must get back to making some cards;-)

Until next time, take care.

love

Ginny x

Motorcycles!

For this card I have used an old (and retired I think!) Stampin' Up! stamp which is of a motorcycle.  Obviously a mans card and a stamp that is really useful!

I used a white card base and layered up with black and an olive green cardstock, and then hand tore the top layer of white card.  I stamped the motorcycle and heat embossed it in black and then painted elements of the motorcycle with a watercolour pen.  Lastly I used bakers twine to pull the layers together.

Another very simple card and not overly fussy, which for a man is ideal.

I used the following on this card

Black, olive and white cardstock

Stampin' Up! Motorcycle stamp

Black embossing powder

Watercolour pen

Bakers twine

I hope you like this and until next time

Ginny x