It's about time I shared the card projects I made for the Hey Little Magpie blog last month. :)
I picked out a mix of papers and embellishments from three collections to get my Christmas cardmaking started:
- Elle's Studio - Joyful
- My Mind's Eye - Christmas on Market Street
- My Mind's Eye - Cozy Christmas
The full details for all the cards can be found via the blog link above. :) On with the photos!
First up the cards using Elle's Studio Joyful - I just loved this collection. All my favourite colours for Christmas - the traditional reds and greens mixed in with vibrant pink and aqua tones.
Paper: Elle's Studio
Sentiment: Elle's Studio
Dies: Lil' Inker Designs
Other: 3D foam tape
I absolutely love using the Lil' Inker tree die for this technique - and it looks even nicer with this bright and bold shades.
Another cool die technique is making dimensional stars with regular star dies:
Paper: Elle's Studio
Ephemera: Elle's Studio
Dies: PTI, Mama Elephant
Enamel dot: MME
Other: 3D foam tape
Even with small star die cuts you can really make them stand out.
Finally this card using Joyful features another favourite Christmas colour of late - grey!
Paper: Elle's Studio
Ephemera: Elle's Studio
Die: Mama Elephant
Enamel dot: MME
Other: 3D foam tape
The tag and heart were from the ephemera pack and worked great as a greeting.
Next there were a couple of random papers I picked for some festive projects.
Paper: Simple Stories, Crate Paper, Elle's Studio, Simple Stories
Stamps: Neat & Tangled
Die: Spellbinders
Sentiment: MME Christmas on Market Street ephemera pack
Other: 3D foam tape
The night sky is actually a Halloween paper by Crate Paper. I thought it would look nice as a background to the snow globe look using my favourite Neat & Tangled stamp set. :)
These next projects use papers, journaling cards, and ephemera from the two MME collections.
Paper: MME
Ephemera: MME
Enamel dot: MME
Other: 3D foam tape
I think the Christmas on Market Street papers are nicely balanced with light grey as a neutral tone.
Journaling cards: MME
Ephemera: MME
Dies: Lil' Inker Designs, PTI
Other: 3D foam tape
I used two Christmas on Market Street journaling cards as "paper" and used a Lil' Inker Designs stitched rectangle die for a little contrast. The sentiment and candy canes are from the Cozy Christmas ephemera pack.
Paper: MME - Christmas on Market Street
Ephemera: MME - Cozy Christmas
Other: 3D foam tape
I really like this B-side pattern - a great neutral background to bright pops of red and darker greens.
Then there's this busier floral paper in the Christmas on Market Street collection:
Paper, journaling card, ephemera, enamel dots: MME - Christmas on Market Street
Die: Lawn Fawn
Other: 3D foam tape
I die-cut the journaling card down with a Lawn Fawn die to get the stitched border and simply added a banner from the ephemera pack behind it to make it stand out more.
This next card uses some paper from last year and a 6x4 journaling card used as paper:
Paper: Pink Paislee
Journaling card, ephemera, enamel dots: MME
Other: 3D foam tape
There's a fair bit of layering and concealing on this card and those large enamel dots work as great berries. :)
Finally I used one of the 6x4 journaling cards as a sentiment:
Paper, ephemera, journaling card, enamel dots: MME
Die: PTI
Other: 3D foam tape
I cut the floral ephemera apart so that it could be popped under the journaling card in places.
Here's everything I used:
Oh how awesome! I had seen the top ones but look at all that lovely inspiration! TFS girly! :D
Posted by: Dolly | Friday, 20 November 2015 at 02:32 PM
beautiful cards!!! such sweet details. You were featured on the LID Blog for the You Made it Monday post. have you seen it? Congrats.
Posted by: Lisa Henke | Tuesday, 08 December 2015 at 05:27 PM