By Candlelight

 Hello again

This Festive stuff has taken over my life and I was so tempted I ordered more Sweet Poppy stamps and stencils.  It is approx 6th Christmas present to myself - I need to stop!!!

For this one I used 7x7 inch white card base, teal/Kraft card mat/layer with white front panel

Versafine Clair Morning mist

Distress oxides Speckled egg and Gathered twigs

Sweet Poppy stencil Bauble Square

Sweet Poppy stamps - Festive Candle

Koh-I-Noor Mondeluz watercolour pencils blended using Wink of Stella pen

Quickie glue pen for the Decoart Gold Glamourdust glitter

Glossy accents

water splats over background

Thank you for visiting me again - really appreciate it

Elaine xx

Merry and Bright

 Happy weekend everyone. 

Time to craft, craft, craft!! (for those that do not have to work weekends)

For this one I used the following ingredients

7x7 inch cardbase with pink/black mat layering with watercolour card front

Versafine clair Morning mist

Distress Ink pad - scattered straw and tattered rose

Sweet Poppy stencil - Snowflake Aperture and Stripe backplate

Sweet Poppy Stamps - Mistletoe Bauble and Merry and Bright

Koh-I-Noor Mondeluz watercolour pencils

Quickie glue pen

Decoart Crystal Glamourdust 

Glossy accents

(I have tried to showcase the glitter and glossy accents, difficult to capture them)

 

Thank you for coming on over today

Elaine xx

Christmas Carols

 Hello everyone

I have managed to put one card together after making mistake over mistake with another design altogether.  Just so tired but wanted to get this one posted.

For this I used the following products

7x7 inch card base with black and yellow mat/layer

Versafine Clair Nocturne

Elements - Sundance, Sahara and Russet Orange

Sweet Poppy stamp - Musical Tree

Marianne Design Stamp - Christmas Carols

Bleach/water splatters over the background dabbing immediately with kitchen towel 

Decoart Glamourdust gold glitter over the musical notes using quickie glue pen

Thank you for visiting me

Elaine xx

Christmas Rose

 Hi again

Yet another festive card.  I am getting a lot of the cards finished for my manager to give out to the team and of course my neighbours to give out. 

I enjoyed making my cards today and hope I will keep the mojo going for the weekend

I used the following items

Ivory DL card with red mat and ivory front panel

Versafine Clair Nocturne

Sweet Poppy stamps - Christmas Rose and Merry and Bright

Koh-I-Noor watercolour pencils

Glossy accents on a few berries and a few flower petals

Thank you for coming on over

Elaine xx

Candlelight

 Hi everyone

I have been busy today, made 3 cards, again festive

Here I am showcasing 2 of them

For this one I used the following

White 7x7 card base and white panel

Versafine clair Nocturne

Distress ink pads - Scattered straw and Tattered rose 

(for the second card I used Old paper and Weathered wood)

Sweet Poppy Stencil - Snowflake Aperture

Sweet Poppy stamp Festive candle

 and Merry and Bright

Koh-I-Noor water colour pencils

Black sharpie and glossy accents

1st Card

2nd Card

Thank you for visiting

Elaine xx

Let it snow

 Hey all, hope you are well

Yes I put together another festive card.  Won't be long we will be making Valentines card, the year has gone so fast

I used the following

Ivory DL card, with deep red mat and watercolour card for the front panel

Versafine - Nocturne

Distress oxides - Gathered twigs, Stormy sky and Chipped sapphire

Lavinia stap - seasonal words

Snowman in branches stamp unknown origin

Koh-I-Noor watercolour pencils blended using wink of stella

Bleached splatters

water splatters

White posca splatters

glossy accents

black fineliner and sharpie

Thank you for visiting me

Elaine xx

Festive love

 Today I put together festive card using just four stamps, and couldn't resist the robins

For this I used the following items

6x6 card base, red and black mat/layers

Front panel watercolour card

Versafine clair Fallen leaves and Portobello

Elements - Della blue, blue atoll and olive

Water splats to sky and and water to move around the green to create some sort of texture

Lavinia stamps - Bobby, Jemima, Seasonal words and Christmas Mistletoe

Ivory posca

White, red and browns Koh-I-Noor watercolour pencils

Brown fineliner for legs, beak and tail

Torn paper to create the perception of hills

Thank you for coming on over

Elaine xx

Forest

 Hello again

Another Festive card today

I have used 

Versafine clair Nocturne

Elements - Confetti, Paprika, Graphite and Mulberry

Lavinia stamps - Snowy fir tree and birds

Crystal paste 

White pan pastel

Bleach and water splatters in the sky

Thank you for visiting

Elaine xx

Shining light

Hello again all

I have managed to put together another card using my cut offs from other projects. This is the last one for today - back to work tomorrow

I used the following items to create this card

DL card gate fold ivory

Black sharpie edging - saving on the black card

Versafine clair Nocturne

Element inks - Bermuda, olive, blue atoll 

Lavinia stamps - Annie, North star, Snowy Fir tree and snowy fir tree small, mini jinx and mini rune

Yellow and white pan pastel

Crystal paste

black and white pastel pencils

Bleach splatters 

Placed sentiment vertically to make a change

Thank you for visiting again

Elaine xx

Heart in the home

 Hi all 

Today I have made a Lavinian card.  Not made one for a little while and want to use some of my scraps, mainly A6 size. 

I have used the following

A6 Ivory card blank with watercolour card front panel with red mat

The black edging around the card has been made using black sharpie and ruler - saves on black card

Versafine clair Nocturne

Elements Olive, Della blue, Blue atoll and Mermaid 

Various watercolour pencils

Lavinia stamps - Words from the Heart, Tree scene, Woodside View. Meadow Cottage, Woodland Cottages, Orchard Grass

Wink of stella 

Bleach splatters over the blue sky

Thank you for visiting

Elaine xx

Raven - not festive

 Hi everyone

This is my final day of being signed off work so making lots of cards will slow down lol (should have asked for more time still very tired after surgery) 

Anyhow, using another latest purchase(Raven) I have put together this card for my future gothic daughter in law

For this I used the following

Ivory 8x8 inch card, water colour card for the front panel with black/red mat/layering

Versafine clair - morning mist

Distress inks stormy sky, seedless preserves and black soot

Sweet Poppy stencil - Net

Sweet Poppy stamp Raven

Various shades of purple, blues, red, orange, greens Koh-I-Noor Mondeluz watercolour pencils (did not note the numbers of the pencils)

Black sharpie

Glossy accents

Crystal glamourdust glitter

Winsor and Newton Silver drawing ink for the splatters

Wink of stella

White gel pen

Thank you for visiting me today

Elaine xx

The Spirit of Christmas

 Hello and good day to you all

I am still on the festivity theme, it is so close now

My card was inspired by Eileen Godwin 

I have used the following products for this card are as follows

Ivory card base 6.75 inch square

Watercolour front panel with red/black mat/layer

Versafine clair Morning mist

Adirondack Lettuce, Red Pepper and Sunshine Yellow

Sweet poppy stencil - Stripe Backplate

Sweet Poppy stamps - Merry and Bright and Holly Baubles

Koh-I-Noor Mondeluz watercolour pencils - greens, orange and red (I did not take note of the numbers on the pencils)

Glossy accents

White Uniball broad gel pen

Thank you for coming on over to see me today

Hugz Elaine xx

Robin Redbreasts

Hi all

With my colourist head on I decided to make this card using one of my latest purchases from Sweet Poppy Stamps.

 I used the following

7 inch square ivory card bases with red mat 

Front panel watercolour card

Verafine Clair - Fallen Leaves

Sweet Poppy stamps - Robin and Holly

Faber Castell Polychromo pencils - lots of browns, reds, orange, yellow, green and greys - too many to list

Lime green and Holly stickles

glossy accents

white gel pen

White posca

white enamel accents

Sizzix Crystal paste for the snow on branch

Thank you for visiting me again

Elaine xx

Cosy cabin

  Good day all

Hope you are all well

I used the following ingredients

7x7 inch cardbase  with Blue/yellow mat/layering

Versafine Clair Fallen leaves

Distress Oxide inks - Iced Spruce and Fossilized amber

Lavinia stamps -  Seasonal words

Inkylicious stamp - small cabin

Sweet Poppy Stencils - Snowflake bauble

Sizzix Crystal paste for the subtle random snow effect - barely see in pics

White posca 

Thank you for visiting

Elaine xx

Angels

 Hi all

Today I am back with two cards I have put together so listing them both in this post

For the Blue bell card I used the following

White 5x7 cardbase 

Versafine clair Nocturne and Twilight

Adirondack - Cloud blue and Denim

Sweet Poppy stencil - Large bell

Visible Image stamps - Angels and Peace, Love and hope

navy sharpie

Decoart glamourdust Crystal

For the Sepia bell card I used the following

Ivory 5x7 cardbase 

Versafine clair Nocturne 

Archival inks- Sepia, sienna and Potting soil

Sweet Poppy stencil - Large bell

Visible Image stamps - Angels 

navy sharpie

Decoart glamourdust Gold

Thank you for visiting me appreciate it

Elaine xx