Thursday, 31 October 2024

Case me a Christmas Card with Mary Gunn

Welcome to Case me a Christmas Card for 2024 - a Christmas Card blog series!

For more background info on the who, what, where, when, how and why of this series, please visit my first post for this year HERE!

Today's guest

Today, my guest is Mary Gunn. I have CASEd one of her cards that you can check out HERE.

 All of the products I used are linked below (except for the Sweet Holiday Penguins from MFT, which is sadly discontinued)


This is the card I Cased: 

Using Ardyth's LIMES technique: 

List:  cute critter, check pattern, zig zag circle die cut, sequins, yellow and black mats

Include: cute critter, check pattern

Modify: scalloped circle

Exclude: sequins, yellow and black mats

Spin: Christmas!

Mary also Cased one of my cards - you can find it HERE

Thanks for visiting :)

 

 

Wednesday, 30 October 2024

It's the most Betterpress time of the year

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I can't get enough of this betterpress plate from Spellbinders - I went with slightly more traditional Christmassy colours for this one!

 
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Tuesday, 29 October 2024

Using up leftovers for Hero Arts

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 I had some leftover pieces from a couple of cards I made earlier this month for Hero Arts, so I put together two more quick cards.



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Monday, 28 October 2024

Case me a Christmas Card with Therese Calvird

Welcome to Case me a Christmas Card for 2024 - a Christmas Card blog series!

For more background info on the who, what, where, when, how and why of this series, please visit my first post for this year HERE!

Today's guest

Today, my guest is Therese Calvird. I have CASEd one of her cards that you can check out HERE.

 All of the products I used are linked below :) 


And I made a video! 

 

This is the card I Cased: 

Using Ardyth's LIMES technique: 

List:  floral outline, patterned paper, coloured bird, layered one word sentiment, glitter drop embellishments

Include: floral outline, patterned paper, layered one word sentiment,

Modify: Gold embellishments

Exclude: coloured bird,

Spin: Christmas!

Therese also Cased one of my cards - you can find it HERE

Thanks for visiting :)


 

 

Sunday, 27 October 2024

Festive Poinsettias

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 Today, I'm sharing one more card using the Festive Poinsettias BetterPress plate from Spellbinders.

 

Thanks for visiting :)



Saturday, 26 October 2024

Craft Roulette #238

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This week's Craft Roulette parameters are:

Project - Collage  (paper piecing)

Colours - Italian Restaurant (red for tomato, green for basil, pink for salmon, white for mozzarella)

Element - Short (mini-slimline, and the elf is short!)

Random - Diagonal lines 

Here's what I came up with: 

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O Christmas Tree for Paper Rose

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 Today, I'm sharing a simple Christmas card for Paper Rose Studio.


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Friday, 25 October 2024

Case me a Christmas Card with Sandi MacIver

Welcome to Case me a Christmas Card for 2024 - a Christmas Card blog series!

For more background info on the who, what, where, when, how and why of this series, please visit my first post for this year HERE!

Today's guest

Today, my guest is Sandi MacIver. I have CASEd one of her cards that you can check out HERE.

 All of the products I used are linked below :) 


This is the card I Cased: 

Using Ardyth's LIMES technique: 

List:  coloured card base, postage stamp die, floral, white embossing, postage stamp cancelling stamps

Include: postage stamp die, floral, white embossing,

Modify: foiled sentiment

Exclude: coloured card base, postage stamp cancelling stamps

Spin: Christmas!

Sandi also Cased one of my cards - you can find it HERE

Thanks for visiting :)


 

 

Thursday, 24 October 2024

Case me a Christmas Card with Debbie Pamment

Welcome to Case me a Christmas Card for 2024 - a Christmas Card blog series!

For more background info on the who, what, where, when, how and why of this series, please visit my first post for this year HERE!

Today's guest

Today, my guest is Debbie Pamment. I have CASEd one of her cards that you can check out HERE.

 All of the products I used are linked below except for the Sweet holiday penguins stamp from MFT, which is sadly discontinued) 


 
This is the card I Cased: 

Using Ardyth's LIMES technique: 

List:  Square card, white lower case die cut letters, Stamped and coloured image of children, aqua panel with distressed edges, olive green ink smooshing, die cut bee

Include: Square card,  aqua panel with distressed edges,

Modify: Stamped and coloured image of penguin, white lower case die cut letters with pink and green ink blending, embossed aqua panel

Exclude:  olive green ink smooshing, die cut bee

Spin: Christmas!

Debbie also Cased one of my cards - you can find it HERE

Thanks for visiting :)


 

 

Wednesday, 23 October 2024

Amaryllis Christmas by Yana Smakula

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Today, I'm sharing a layered and textured card using products from the Amaryllis Christmas Collection by Yana Smakula for Spellbinders.

 
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Tuesday, 22 October 2024

Case me a Christmas Card with Daniel West

Welcome to Case me a Christmas Card for 2024 - a Christmas Card blog series!

For more background info on the who, what, where, when, how and why of this series, please visit my first post for this year HERE!

Today's guest

Today, my guest is Daniel West. I have CASEd one of her cards that you can check out HERE.

 All of the products I used are linked below :) 


This is the card I Cased: 

Using Ardyth's LIMES technique: 

List:  Floral, pink, gold foil, stenciled colour, sentiment banner bottom right, gold embellishments, gold mat

Include: Floral, pink,  stenciled colour, sentiment bottom right, gold embellishments

Modify: Pink mat

Exclude: gold foil, sentiment banner

Spin: Christmas!

Daniel also Cased one of my cards - you can find it HERE

Thanks for visiting :)


 

 

Monday, 21 October 2024

Thanks for the Memory with A Blog Named Hero

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The current Stay Crafty Challenge on the Hero Arts blog with A Blog Named Hero is "Thanks for the Memory" -  I made this layered stencil card using a single stencil - I just shifted it one square to the left for the 2nd layer!

 

Thanks for visiting :) 

 

Sunday, 20 October 2024

Case me a Christmas Card with Ceal Pritchett

Welcome to Case me a Christmas Card for 2024 - a Christmas Card blog series!

For more background info on the who, what, where, when, how and why of this series, please visit my first post for this year HERE!

Today's guest

Today, my guest is Ceal Pritchett. I have CASEd one of her cards that you can check out HERE.

 All of the products I used are linked below :) 


 
This is the card I Cased: 

Using Ardyth's LIMES technique: 

List:  Butterflies and leaves, peachy pink, green and white, mat with die cut decorative border

Include: peachy pink, green and white

Modify: mat with die cut stitched border, floral, pale grey mat with pale betterpress image

Exclude: butterflies

Spin: Christmas!

also Cased one of my cards - you can find it HERE

Thanks for visiting :)