Black and White Blast....

I LOVE pattern and colour and there's nothing I love more than fussing over a card but when time is tight you can't really beat the simplicity of black and white and some great dies... and that's kind of where my journey started with these cards.

I've already made a very similar card with a reindeer on it but I just love this die so...

I tried it with an oval window, snowflakes and one of my favourite Waltzing Mouse sentiments

...then I tried it with just a single star for a cleaner look...

Then I decided I'd done that one to death (for now...) so

I dug out this lovely die which I bought at Newbury Artstamps wayyy back in the summer. It works so well with the black and white. I think the sentiment stamp is Inkadinkadoo. Whatever it is, I should definitely use it more. It's so pretty.

THEN I found these lovely medallion dies by Spellbinders tucked away in my stash and thought how great they'd look in black and white... (Hmmmm somebody should have brushed down their work before they photographed it. Looks like I left half my anti-static pad on this card. WHY do you NEVER notice these things until after you've uploaded your piccies?)

Guess what! They look pretty fab all gussied up in aqua, white and red too...

Looks like my black and white phase could be over. It's back to glorious colour tomorrow....

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Soooo... No Mags for Months...

and then two come along at once ;oD. As well as having a really cool set of bauble stamps as the free gift, there were some great ideas for rocker cards in Quick Cards magazine so I threw caution to the wind and nabbed a copy. I couldn't wait to have a try and I just happened to have another of the Whipper Snapper snowies glossied up and ready for action so I set to with some sparkly Thickers to make this...

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I rarely buy craft magazines these days

but Homemade Magazine just happened to have a set of stamps that really caught my eye this month and I thought they'd be great for embroidering/stamping/embossing etc

Here's just a very quick set of gift tags using traditional colours and red and green embossing powders. The actual stamp doesn't have berries on it but it was a matter of moments to go round with my trusty embossing pen and add a few dots and some red embossing powder. I think I feel a matching gift box coming on...

....and I couldn't resist making another little Goodnight Angel in between coats of paint yesterday, so now there are three...

but now it's definitely time to move onto another sewing projects so I think I'll call these done.

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One little, two little....

Couldn't wait to get another angel finished...

I think there really needs to be another one but maybe a little break for some papercrafting is needed.... IF I can tear myself away from my sewing machine that is :oD

Must be something in the air today... Two is the magic number by all accounts. I had TWO visitors on the sofa this morning. Looks like evil is catching ;oD Seems Harvey just couldn't resist jumping up to join Miss Luna for some sneaky snoozing in the sunshine; and DON'T THEY LOOK COMFY...!? Tsk Tsk...

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Goodnight Angels

I really love these gorgeous Goodnight Angels by Tone Finnanger. They are an absolute joy to make and SO darned CUTE; so much so, in fact, that I've already cut out a second one. I'll be racing through my chores today hoping to get a little sit down time at my sewing machine later on.

I used some fabric I got free in Sew Home & Style Magazine for the nightshirt and some stripey scraps for the hat and pillow.

Have a great day. I know I plan to :oD

Lx

Sleigh Balls...

From the sublime to the ridiculous. I just threw everything I had at this card. Clearly having Glitter Withdrawal...

Definitely a more is MORE card :oD

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It's Grim and Grey so there's Time to Play!!!

...yes, you did hear me right. It's been grim and grey outside ALL flippin day BUT on the bright side this means I can't see to paint and it's too yuk to go out anywhere much sooooooo it seemed like the perfect excuse to have a lie in, stay indoors for a much needed 'jama day, and I've been playing with my new Whipper Snapper Snowies since breakfast. Even broke out some Basic Grey Christmas papers I've been saving... Yeeha!

Here's my first card. I just LOVE this little guy...

Oh yes! It's goodbye to Quick and Simple; Glitter and Glossies have been deployed and I am a happy little crafter once more ...

Hope you're having a great day too.

Lx