It's Christmas time - well nearly

Another christmas card idea for you today, using a stamp from Denami Designs.

Materials: Black cardstock, Gold cardstock, Christmas red and green printed papers from Making cards magazine insert, Denami Stamp, Cuttlebug Swirl embossing folder, Copic Pens, Stickles glitter glue, Green ink pad, white cardstock, red stickles glitter glue, black brilliance ink pad, ruby red color box ink pad

Method: Stamp image onto white cardstock and trim to size. Go around edges with green ink pad and then color in image using copic markers and highlight areas with stickles glitter glue. Fold black cardstock to create top fold square card and attach gold cardstock. Trim christmas patterned papers to size and go around edges of green with green color box ink pad and the red with red color box ink pad and attach to cardfront as shown. Run strip of gold cardstock through big shot using Cuttlebug swirl embossing folder and attach to card and then attached stamped image. Attach rhinestones.

Cupcake Day

Well it's Friday and nearly the weekend so definately a day to indulge - cupcakes my favourite.

I am hoping to spend some time this weekend trying to Photograph my cards instead of using scans. Jowilna very kindly posted some tips on her website this week so will give it a go and hopefully will then be able to post better images for you.

This is an image from Denami - I love their stuff.

I used black cardstock for the base and then took Green Bazzill cardstock and ran it through my Big Shot using Sissix embossing folder and then attached to cardfront as shown. I then added strips of pink check paper and olive green flower pattern paper. Both of these papers are from Pink Petticoat designs - they offer lovely downloads - paper and images and well worth a look http://www.pinkpetticoat.co.uk/.

I then stamped the image onto White cardstock and went around the edge with a pink color box ink pad and then coloured in using Copic markers. I then stamped What's up Cupcake by MFT directly onto the cardfront and added some rhinestones for bling and some prima flowers with a jewel brad.

Now just wish there was a pile of cupcakes ready next to me to eat.