New Releases at Unity Stamps

Hi there been working some long hours so I've had no time for crafting but finished a little earlier today so made this. I've been dying to play with all the new releases that Unity Stamps have just released so in the next few days I'll be creating and showing off a few. All the releases are here at Unity.

So here is Aubree Girl for starters.

Stamps: Unity Stamps - Aubree Girl

Papers: First Edition - Nordic Christmas

Embellishments: Docrafts ( I think)

Sharon

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Little Claire Monthly Stamp Set

Time for another Little Claire monthly stamp club and this time it has a Christmas theme.

It's called Christmas Scotties and can be found here on the website.

I have made a few samples to show off the stamps

Here I have embossed the background to look like snow and I've used the new Little Claire paper pack called "Puppy Christmas"

Again i've used Little Claire papers and this one is from the "Falling Snow" set.

This one has the "Pastel Tartan" papers.

And here is one of the papers again from the Falling Snow set.

And finally just a little tag using kraft card and white embossing powder.

Shary

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Little Claires Monthly Challenge

I finally have time to show you some of my recent makes! But first it's time for the Little Claire Monthly Challenge.

Our theme is

A Special Card

I have used two of the stamps from the Christmas Snowmen stamp set. Snowflakes are a little stamp which I used to make a background. All the stamping and edging has been done with the stamps, a mixed media glue and Wow metallic gold sparkling embossing powder. Really easy but very effective and it really sparkles! I couldn't get the sparkle to show up in the pic.

Here's the fab prize 

2 x 'Snowflakes on Pale Blue' Papers (12 x 12)

1 x pack 10 Cards & Envelopes (6 x 6)

1 x pack Red Bling Stones

1 x Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Ripe Persimmon)

1 x metre Red Tartan Ribbon

1 x Little Claire Santa’s Hat stamp

3 x Asstorted Die Cut Sheets (18 colour images)

My other teamies have done some beautiful projects and we'd love you to join in all details are over on the Little Claire blog here.

Shary

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All is quiet layered Christmas card.

It's my turn on the Snapdragon Snippets blog to show off a project.

I have chose the "All is quiet" Christmas layered card by Crafty SVG Designs. You can find it here in the Snapdragon Snippets store.

File:- Snapdragon Snippets - Crafty SVG Designs - All is quiet layered christmas card

Card:- Papermill smooth white and sky blue

Background glitter:- Little Claire glitter film self adhesive

Sleigh bling: Wow embossing powder - Sparkling snow

Snowflake glitter: Cosmic Shimmer - Diamond Sprinkles

"Snow" - Puffy snow - lost the label

I cut this out on my Cameo Silhouette but you can also use a Cricut Explore too. Crafty SVG Designs includes a tutorial with each file. 

Shary

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Cute Card Thursday

Another Thursday and another Cute Card Thursday challenge and this time the theme is

One Layer Card

I have used a brand new stamp by Little Claire for my card. It is from a set called Christmas Snowmen. The sentiment is included.

Card: Papermill - white hammered

Colouring medium: Chameleon pens

I've used a little glitter on their hats and snow.

We are sponsored this week by Whimsy Stamps.

Hope to see you join in.

Shary

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Little Claire Monthly Challenge

Here's my first project as GD for the Little Claire Designs Challenge blog  and it's for their monthly challenge. The theme is

Christmas!

I have used one of the new Little Claire Christmas stamps called " Scarves & Hats" and I've coloured the image with my new Chameleon pens. 

Sentiment: Little Claire - Merry Kissmas set

Papers: First Edition - Silent Night

Snowflakes: free mag die cut in vellum and then embossed with Wow Sparkling Snow embossing glitter. 

I've used my machine to stitch around each layer.

Here is the fab prize you could win 

                                       

1 x white spots on red paper, 1 x red spots on white paper

1 x red tartan paper, 1 x brown tartan paper

1 x snowflakes on pale blue paper

1 x vanilla Bazzill card,  1 x pack Bling

1 x Joy, Hope & Wonder stamp set

1 x double sided tape

1 x A4 sheet Christmas Designs

1 x pack 10 Flower cards & envelopes

The DT girls have made some really gorgeous Christmas cards so why not go over to the blog here and leave us some love. You'll also find all the details on the blog too. Hope to see your gorgeous makes :0)

I'd also like to enter this card into the Papertake Weekly challenge as it's a Anything Goes theme.

Shary

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Sketch & Stash Challenge

A little Christmas card from me today, just for fun made for the Sketch & Stash Challenge.

Image: Little Claire Stamps - Merry Kissmass coloured with spectrum noirs

Card: Papermill Buff

Papers: Dovecraft - Krafty Christmas

Stars: Hobbycraft

NB I need a new trimmer!!

Shary

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Papermill Christmas Projects

We are thinking about Christmas over at Papermill Direct today. At the moment the offer is on for

Forest Green card 160 gsm

A small A4 box which is around 140 sheets for just £7.36

All the offers are here on the website.

I've made a couple of projects using Papermill card.

The first is a pop up card.

Card: Ivory Linen from Papermill Direct

Papers: First Edition - Silent Night  ( I have to say that these papers are gorgeous and my pic doesn't do them justice. They are from last year and I've been hoarding them)

File: Lori Whitlock cut on my Cameo

Embossing folder.

My second is a fun gift box

Card: Christmas red, plain black and plain white from Papermill Direct

File: Studio Illustrado cut on my Cameo.

Glitter

Papermill have some great card to start you off on your Christmas projects. We'll have lots of great offers coming up in the following weeks.

Shary

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Cute Card Thursday Challenge

This week's challenge for Cute Card Thursday is....

Too Cute

Stamp: freebie on mag coloured with SN and shin han pens. I've added a little bit of icicle stickles to the "fur" on her hat.

Sentiment die cut: freebie on mag.

Papers: American Crafts - Merry Mint

Snowflakes, ribbon and twine from Hobbycraft.

I've also used the Sketch & Stash challenge sketch for this card and would like to enter it into the challenge.

We are sponsored this week by Whiff of Joy. We'd love to see you join in with us.

Shary

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Papermill have a lovely card on offer just now.

A4 Small Box Platinum Pearlised Card 300gsm

£7.50

We are delighted to offer you beautiful Platinum Pearlised Card 300gsm

This comes in a small box, approximately 70 - 75 A4 sheets for only £7.50.

I've made a couple of ornaments with the card using my Cameo.

I've used some frantage and bling dots on this one.

I have embossed this one with embossing folders.

Shary

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Cute Card Thursday

Thursday again, too quick for me and it's time for Cute Card Thursday.

The theme this week is

Christmas Catch Up

I've used a lovely paper pad and embellies  from a My Minds Eye collection called Lost and Found Christmas. I've added a stamped image from Papermania Urban Stamps from the Home for Christmas collection. I've stamped it onto some of the paper. I finished off with a little Frantage.

The girls have made some gorgeous cards as always. You can see them all here.

Shary

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Christmas Inspiration for Papermill Direct

Papermill Direct have some great card for your Christmas makes. If you pop on over to the Papermill Blog you'll see some great projects.

I've used my Cameo to cut this and they've all been made with Papermill card. I have used Kraft, Christmas Red (which is on special offer at the moment), Mocha Brown and a little pearlised green. 

The cameo files are made by Pebbles in my Pocket in the Silhouette online store. 

Shary

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Cute Card Thursday &Sketch Saturday

Morning sorry quick post today as everything is going wrong!! Hubby supposed to go to work but the £$&** car won't start which means more money we don't have!!!
Anyway onto this week's Cute Card Thursday Challenge and the theme is

Snowflakes

Image: Magnolia
Papers: Kasiercraft
Die cuts: Cameo Silhouette.

You can find all the details of this week's challenge here.

I've also followed the sketch on the Sketch Saturday Challenge.


Shary
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Creative Expressions

The weeks are flying by, I can't believe it's time for another Creative Expressions project but it is!!

So today I made 3 ATCs using canvas, acetate and the gorgeous Heartfelt Creations Medalion set.

I first clear embossed the smaller images onto each of the cards, they are canvas ATC blanks. I then went over each one with TH distress inks and then with a darker shade around the edges. I then cut out the heat resistant acetate to fit around the ATCs making sure I cut them a bit larger so I could dome them. I stamped out the larger images onto each one with an embossing ink and then heated with a white embossing powder. I did the same for the sentiments which are from the Let it snow stamp plate. Then adhere each side to the back side of the ATC making sure you leave a dome effect in the middle. I really love the look of the medalions in white.
I was thinking that maybe you could make these as tree ornaments too. Just add a hole and some ribbon, you could even add a little glitter for the tree lights to dance off.

I''ll be bringing you more Creative Expressions projects next week.

Have a good weekend.

Shary
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Cute Card Thursday

Another Thursday rolls round, how quick??? This week's theme is a lovely sketch on Cute Card Thursday.

Here's my card

 

Now I wouldn't have picked these sort of papers but...... when I went into WHSmith I saw this mag set called Molly Blooms Carnival and do you know what caught my eye??? The bow with the button and jute!! So I had a go and I think it looks quite folksy? I stitched around the papers as I do :0) and also added red gems and some corners that I cut out with my Cameo. The image is coloured with Copics.

You can turn the sketch , add whatever do what you will with it as the other DT girls have done. They have made some fab cards again this week. You can see them all on the CCT blog. Hope to see you join in.

Shary
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Creative Expressions monthly DT project

Another Friday comes along and I can't believe this time last week I was on the train to SECC. It's gone so quick!!

This month the Creative Expressions DT were lucky enough to receive 2 stamp sets to play with, The Heartfelt Ornament Medallion set and The Let it Snow set.
I've used a bit of both this week.

So I cut a tag on my Cameo with the Inkessentials speciality stamping paper. I then used Tim Holtz distress inks to colour the blank tag, just rubbing them over with a blending tool. You can't really see in the pic but I then inked up one of the ornaments from the Heartfelt ornament medallion set with versamark and stamped randomly over the tag adding clear embossing powder. I love the flourish on Sam Poole's Art ladies , so I stamped that in black again randomly.
The reindeer and sentiment from the Let it snow set were stamped onto an old book page with versamark and white embossing powder. I tore around the images and added some gold pen around the outlines. I adhered them with 3D pads. To outline the actual tag I used versamark and a detail gold embossing powder. I then added a jingle bell, which was silver so I used the detail gold embossing powder to cover it. A ribbon was added and voila that's it!!

Hope you like my tag, I'll be back next week with my next Creative Expressions DT project.

Shary
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Cute Card Thursday

Time for another Cute Card Thursday Challenge and the theme this week is

Christmas in September

OMG don't faint but there is NO stamping on my card!

The papers and chipboard elements are from My Minds Eye and are called Snowed In. I received them free with a mag , I think it was Cardmaking and Papercraft. I'm very naughty I sometimes buy mags just for the freebies only it's not really a freebie to me cos I don't read the mags!!
I distressed the papers and chipboard and stitched around the papers. I then gold embossed around the elements and used some twine to hang the round element. Simple card but with great effect I think.

As always my teamies have made some great cards and you can see them on the CCT blog here. Hope you join in!

I also have some news of Design Teams too, I've made some changes but I will do a post at the weekend to bring you up to date. :0)

Shary
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Cute Card Thursday

Another post from me today and it's the turn of the Cute Card Thursday challenge card.

The theme is...

Clean & Simple

Love the way this card turned out, not my usual style but I still like it.

I've used a Tatty Bear stamp and coloured his coat and hat with a blue copc. I've used stickles for the bits of fur. Just a sentiment and blue ribbon to finish him off.

The DT girls have made some fab CAS cards, please go over and take a look they are gorgeous!! Hopefully you'll join in with us too!!

Rest of the samples.

Here are the rest of my samples for the Here Comes Christmas CD Rom by Polkadoodles.


Love the colours in this one. The reindeers are a ready made topper on the CD.

When the card was finished I sprayed it with glimmer mist. It gave it a lovely snowy look.

A little penguin easel card.

And last but not least my little gingerbread tag.

Everything has been made using the Here Comes Christmas CD Rom by Polkadoodles.

Polkadoodles Challenge

This is our last Polkadoodle challenge for the year and the theme is

Through the window

I have used mostly Polkadoodle items from the shop.
Image, sentiment and papers:- Sundae of Seasons CD Winter
Window frame:- Kraft paper from the Magical Winter CD part 2
I coloured the images with Copics and added a touch of diamond sprinkles to the trees. The border was punched with a Martha Stewart border punch and the snowflakes are punched with a Karl punch. I added some little gems to the border and snowflakes for a bit of bling.

Because it's our last challenge for the year and it's Christmas, Nikky is offering up a £10 Polkadoodle voucher to one lucky random winner! So it's well worth going over to the Polkadoodle challenge blog and entering your through the window creation. Don't forget to take a look at the other DT's work, amazing as always!!