Phew!! Final Christmas Cards!!

This using a cuddlybuddly download
This is using a Madabout Cards Download

Another Version of my Christmas fairy card

Two days to go & still making Christmas cards!!!

This is a very quick & easy card to make but its very glittery & bright.

I RECEIVED THIS WONDERFUL CARD

THIS Fanastic card was sent to me by LOULY. Thankyou so much.Checkout her blog xx

First Dolly I've made

This is using the pattern in the Crafts Beautiful January 2008 Magazine.
I made this for my youngest daughter.

CHRISTMAS FAIRY

THE FAIRY IS JUST SLOTTED ONTO THE CHRISTMAS TREE SHAPE BASE, SO SHE CAN BE TAKEN OFF AND PLAYED WITH OR HUNG UP AS A DECORATION. ALSO THE BASE FOLDS FLAT SO MAKES IT EASY TO POST.

Christmas card

I made this card using bitz from the new 'LET'S GET CRAFTING' magazine, which comes out monthly & your get a multitude of bitz and pieces with it in the pack.

Quilled Roses

These cards I made with quilled roses,I love making them. the slipper card I made completely from scratch, I used glitter glue on acetate, then when it was dry I renoved it from the acetate to leave the glitter slipper. Then using strips of co-ordinating paper, cut into strips I quilled the Roses.

How to Tea bag fold-Pictorial

First cut equal squares of your chosen design,you usually need 8 squares.

Fold a square in half,horizontally,design side inwards.
Open and fold in half again,vertically,designside outwards.
Open & it gives you a cross in the square.
Fold in half,corner to corner, crease well with a fingernail or bone tool.

Open & fold in half again, with the opposite corner to corner.
Hold a opposite corners in either hand and push together, to form the star,then flattern each of the four 'v's
Which gives you this shape.


Take one corner & crease in half to centre line,carefully ensuring the point is perfectly creased.

Do the same with the opposite corner,creasing into the centre line,to form this shape,neat creasing is essential for the design to matchup. this is the finished piece.
Now do 7 more

Slide together,with the points linked,tape on the underside to hold together.

Carry on round until you have a circle,add a brad in the centre for decoration.

Pop out Christmas card

This is the front of the card,I used Teabag folding to decorate it.
Then.......

This is the inside of the card, with a swinging snowflake in the centre.

'bookatrix' Christmas card

This is made using a 'Bookatrix Board' and the image is from Joanna Seen's Victorian Christmas cd.
See link for Bookatrix & other boards by the Glitter girls under Recommended sites.

CHRISTMAS CARDS

This is a variation on the first card but is a gatefold card, it opens from the centre.

Another gatefold card, opening from the centre.
These are using the images from the fantastic JOANNA SHEEN CD ROM 'VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS' it fills you will imagination, as the images are perfect for card making. SEE RECOMMENDED SITES FOR LINK TO HER WEBSITE.

'No1 Dad' Bottle

Again using an ArtyFarty template,this can also be adapted to suit any occaision.

GOLDEN WEDDING GLASS

A Golden Wedding gift, this is using an ArtyFarty Template,the glass is made out of Acetate,it can be adapted for any occaision

Teabag folding

These are a few of my teabag folding Christmas Cards.
Teabag folding is when you have identical patterns or images cut into,identical squares & then folded exactly the same way, so the pattern or image matched up, it gives a great effect.

My Daughter made this!!!

I was so impressed by this Christmas tree my eldest daughter made,she will be 10 on Boxing day, I think its fantastic, she used newspaper for the tree and different foil sweet wrappers threaded on thread for the baubles.

I've won the Member of the month for December Crafts Beautiful website forum!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!

I've been picked as the Member of the month for Crafts Beautiful forum!!

Couldnt believe it when they picked me,it for the person who has added the best input on the forum for the month, by topics added, advice,pictures of makes & general chit chat & information. You should register, its a fantastic forum,really friendly,the moderators are always on there so they keep control of things,it has just be re-vamped so old & new members are joining all the time!

These are my goodies they sent me!! A fantastic array of crafty items. thankyou Jenny & all at Crafts Beautiful website.xx

Crafts Beautiful Challenge Card

The Challenge was to make a card with the word 'NOEL' incorporated in it.

I used the stars and backing paper form the new 'Lets Get Crafting Magazine, cut an aperture out of a glitter card, equally spaced invisible thread along the aperture,then punched 8 circles out of gold mirror card,used 2 N,2,O,2 E& 2 L's peel off Christmas letters on the circles,and attached to the thread with matching letters front & back,glued the stars on with silicone glue, so they stick to the glitter card, double sided wont work, unless you scrape some glitter off first. Then attached the backing paper to the inside of the card. The circles twist in a breeze.

Christmas Lantern

I made this lantern, by heat embossing white sparkle on to parchment, them pricked out the extra decoration, doing the same for the small one in the centre. I made the tassle out of crochet cotton.

ATC-ARTIST TRADING CARD

Using Vellum I stamped & heat embossed the fan images, then used watercolour pens to add the detail.
This was made stamping the image on vellum,then cutting out, which made the dragonflies wings curl. Then again finished with the ever faithful watercolour pens & added Sakura Gelly Roll glitter pen over the top.
These were the first two ATC's I ever made.
These are a few ATC I have made and swapped

CRIB

This crib is made using a ArtyFarty Template,even the mobile swings.

CHRISTMAS SCREEN

This is using backing papers printed from the cd by Joanna Sheen's 'VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS' and the centre section I cut out and then stamped a greeting, with white Brilliance, on a piece of Acetate.
P.s Spot the mistake....... the backing paper is upside down,whoops!!!