Friday 21 October 2011

Creative Expressions Christmas Cards

For my CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS DT piece this week I decided to make a Christmas card.

I started of with a piece of black and white dotty paper and die cut the edges with Martha Stewart punches, I attached it to a white card blank. I stamped the trumpets and masked them before stamping the music, then I tore the edges. I stamped the carol singers and sentiment onto white card and then cut them out using the Spellbinders small labels set of dies. I wrapped a piece of music ribbon round the music and attached the sentiment, then I attached it and the carol singers to the card. I put a little bit of glitter glue to the images and added some of the snowflakes that were left from when I die cut the edges.
The Creative Expressions stamp sets that I used are
Partridge In a Pear Tree set for the trumpets and music.
Vintage Christmas set for the carol singers and sentiment.

Here is another Christmas card.
I started of with a fancy edged card blank and edged it with teal ink then I attached a piece of background paper from my stash. I stamped the image and sentiment onto turquoise card and embossed it using white embossing powder that has some glitter in it. I distressed the edges and coloured them with the teal ink. I wrapped some turquoise ribbon round the top and then tied a piece of silver mesh around it. I added some die cut snowflakes that I'd covered with stickles, not sure if I should have put them on.
The stamps are from the Winter Wonderland set.
I used a Martha Stewart punch for the snowflakes.

15 comments:

  1. 2 beautiful cards Hazel! Valerie

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  2. Great cards Hazel and nice to get an early start on the christmas ones!!

    Thank you so much for my lovely birthday card which came today, love those images.

    Sam xxx

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  3. Lovely Christmas cards Hazel, love all the layers of interest. Tracy x

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  4. Two lovely cards Hazel. I especially like the Winter Wonderland card. I have this set and it is lovely. Nice to give the old typewriter a wee rest!!
    Siobhan

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  5. 2 great christmas cards Haze;, hard pushed to pick fav :) but love the teal one x Debi x

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  6. Hi Hazel. Both are beautiful cards. It would be hard to chose a favourite. Great alternative colours for Christmas.
    Regards Florence x

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  7. Two beautiful cards. Love them both Hazel, x

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  8. Gorgeous cards, lots of lovely layers and interest, love them , Gay xxx

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  9. Love the embellishments and detailed designs on these cards

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  10. great cards - my fave is the teal one ! I have to get myself in gear and start making christmas cards.

    darlene

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  11. Two very classy cards Hazel! I love them both! xxx

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  12. Two beautiful cards Hazel, I couldn't choose between them, very elegant. Julia xxxx

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  13. These are both beautiful cards Hazel! Love the teal one especially - gorgeous colour for Christmas. Maria x

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  14. Goodness me Hazel both of these are so beautiful both gorgeous and sumptuous designs .

    Marie

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