Make It Crafty Seasonal Blog Hop - Christmas Creation

Welcome to the •MAKE•IT•Crafty• Seasonal Blog Hop!  This month we will be featuring Christmas and Winter creations.

If you’ve arrive from Lisa at Prettypaperiesweets, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way around.  If you get lost, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants here.

This month we have a number of Close To My Heart Consultants from Ottawa sharing their creations using various CTMH products to help you get in a festive mood for the holidays.
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At this time of year, everyone's "To Do" list seems to get longer and longer, so here is a quick and easy card so you can get back to all those other things like decorating, baking and spending time with loved ones.

O Tannenbaum - Mon Beau Sapin

To create the wood texture on the green cardstock, I used a stamp from the Pathfinding cardmaking WOTG kit with New England Ivy ink. I also used that ink to stamp the image of the Christmas tree. I added some Glitter Gel to make it sparkle.

TIP
You can also use CTMH's woodgrain embossing folder (Z1996) to create the wood texture.
Cut the gold shimmer trim in 2 smaller pieces - no point in wasting what you can see behind the tree...

Supplies

Card base and envelope in Daisy white  (X254)
Cardstock: Ruby red, New England Ivy green and Daisy White

Shimmer Trim: Gold (Z1985)

Ink: Archival Black (44571), New England Ivy green
Tree image: Always Grateful stamp (C1559)

Sentiment: Perfect Fit -Holidays stamp (B1412)

Wood texture: Pathfinding cardmaking WOTG kit (G1083) 

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Thank you so much for following along on our Blog Hop today! I hope you enjoyed all the lovely artwork… Now it’s time to head on over to  Wendy's blog at DoddsyDesigns and see her artwork! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas! And please leave comments for the other bloggers as you hop through!

Look for our next Blog Hop where we will feature beautiful Valentines projects, à bientôt!

Dominique

Everything ABC's Blog Hop - letter V

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we are featuring the letter V. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set, an embellishment or a style. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their V element will be featured in their post.

If you came from Catherine Nowak at Catscrapbooking  then you're on the right track!
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I confess that the letter V is not an easy letter to use for inspiration. I came up with VINTAGE.
So I took this vintage clock stamp set available for purchase by hostesses, and used a VARIETY of brown tones to give a sepia feel - just like in old photos. I used colonial, cashmere, champagne and chocolate cardstocks. But then I added some gears and a face to the clock and made an easel card for something different.   

Easel Card

And here is what the card looks like open

Inside

To make the base
Colonial White: 10 1/2" x 4 1/4", score at 5 1/4" and at 7.7/8"
Yuletide patterned paper: 2 5/8" x 4 1/4"
Bronze shimmer tape: 4 1/4"
Cricut Artiste: Gears cut out of Cashmere
Sentiments stamped in chocolate

In fact I made a set of these cards as part of a swap with other local CTMH consultants.

Swap-ready

To make the front
Chocolate mat 5 1/4" x 4 1/4"
Colonial 5"x 4", embossed with quaterfoil folder
Cricut Artiste: Clock base, clock face, clock hands and gear
Stamp mustache and eyeglasses
Bronze shimmer trim at edge 5 1/4"

TIP

Swipe you ink pad across the embossing folder before running it through the machine for added dimension.

Use liquid glass in the spectacles, it will dry clear gloss - helps makes it look more realistic.

Side view

Here is a side view to show you that I popped up the mustache after fussy cutting it out. I used the CTMH gold metallic marker to colour in one of the gears so it would look metallic.

TIP
Pop up the gears to give the card front something to rest on.

Thanks for visiting. I love getting your comments and feedback. Be sure to leave a comment below before you move on in the hop!

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is Lauren Moore of CTMH Craftings. In case you get lost along the way, go to Linda's blog ~ Scrappy Therapy for a complete list of participants!

And don't forget
Friends don't let friends craft alone.
à bientôt,
Dominique