A Winters View

Hello there :)

There are some lovely Christmas stamp sets released this year and it's fun to mix and match them with older sets so we can give them some more love 😊

I have done just that with this card I made for my DT blog post at Seven Hills Crafts this week...

I've used the new City Sidewalks from Mama Elephant to make the background scenery and the older Winter in the Park from Lawn Fawn in the foreground. The layers open up to see the view unfold...

The middle layer of trees are from an MFT stamp set called O'Christmas Tree, I love how basic they are so they don't compete with the detail in the city scenery. I have a few more details on the Seven Hills Crafts blog here but basically I made the card in three parts..

I decided to make a card stand and attach it to the back of the card... it did stand up of its own accord but I thought this would display the card better...

Love the City Sidewalks set, I can see it will be good for other cards aside of Christmas with those blocks of buildings. This card was fun to make.. more of a special card rather than one for repetitive production though 😉 

Thanks for stopping by

Jenny x

Two Masculine Cards

Hi there :)
Not the most original title but I'm playing catch-up with my DT cards... I have to say that these cards are not exclusively for a guy but it's always nice to find stamps that will cover those 'hard to make' cards :)

The beginning of November is awash with birthdays in this neck of the woods and this is one of the cards I made....

I fancied doing something different and colouring those piggies as rare breed piglets... great for having fun with Copics. Love how they're parading across the card... just what the sentiment calls for :)

This second card is pretty gender neutral too and you could easily leave it open inside until you know the occasion you're sending it for :)

This TV looks not too dissimilar to our set when we were growing up ;) I love the 'fuzzy screen' stamp to go with these MFT dies.... I can certainly remember having to move the aerial around to make the picture clearer!! To add a bit of colour to the scene I added a small leafy plant.... the leaves are oval shadow dies cut in green card and arranged in the planter :)

Stamps used:
Hog Heaven, Stay Tuned - MFT

Dies Used:
Television, Oval Shadows and planter - MFT

Thanks for stopping by :)
Jenny x

A New Home

Hi there :)

The CASology challenge caught my eye with the cue word being WELCOME.... it just so happened that I needed to make a New Home card for my Sister in Law and hubby who moved house at the end of last week.

I found a fabulous stamp set on Etsy called Moving Sentiments... it has some great images and sentiments perfect for that most stressful event in life!!

I used three different colours of card to make the boxes all different and inked the edges with distress ink.... love that you can add the labels to whichever box you want :) I basically paper pieced everything and inked edges for some dimension..... yes even those leaves!!

Did you spot the mishap with one of the boxes?.... moving is not without its perils *wink* .....I gather everything went fairly smoothly for my Sister in Law... phew :)

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

"Inspired by Christmas" Challenge

Hi there :)

Well the start of November brings our last challenge for 2016 over at Seven Hills Crafts, and we are asking you to be inspired by a Christmas Movie, Song or Carol for your project...



My mind jumped straight to our favourite Christmas film to watch.... Elf.
I have been inspired quite literally as you can see...

Buddy's green elf coat is quite iconic especially when paired with the sentiment :) I started by cutting the belt and buckle using the Waffleflower Santa Add on dies, making the belt longer than the die actually cuts. I then cut the green card to match the belt width and glued two strips of card down the middle for the coat edging. I found a squiggle of confetti in an Avery Elle stamp set to make the gold detail down the front of the coat and the collar is made with white felt cut with a heart shape die.

I was so pleased to find the sentiment in Mama Elephants Alpine Caroler's stamp set :)

We hope you can join us for the last challenge of 2016... we can't wait to see what you choose and how it inspires you. All the challenge details and link up gallery can be found here

Thanks for stopping by :)
Jenny x