Festive knit card

Today's card on my blog is the second of the festive card in preparation for the Christmas season and with the last blog challenge of the year for us at Let's Craft and Create we celebrating it with a traditional festive theme.

When I made my card, I had just received my new Autumnal embossing folder by the Dreamees  - cable knit. These 6 x6 3D embossing folders leave a lovely embossed detail to the card and I think this embossing folder is going to be my new favourite as it can be used with so many projects throughout the year.

On my 300gsm card base, I used sage card from the Dreamees followed by some rich colour core red card from my stash, saving the 250gsm cream colour core card for the top. The design of the folder resembles my jumper, so I got the idea to thread a piece of wool through the card to make it look as if the robin was pecking it. (probably not the best choice of colour to photograph).

I used the Little Red Robin stamp set from last Christmas and coloured this little fellow in with my Dreamees watercolour pencils. Adding a little foliage from a mix of a few more past stamps from the Dreamees, the Fall & Foliage leaves stamps and an acorn from the Winter Woodland stamp set. 

I stamped the holly leaves using the Sketched & Shaded Pointy flower stamps using the sparkle 2nd gen dinky inkys in crocodile but as my card is quite dark, it's not very visible in the picture. 

The sentiment has been heat embossed with white embossing powder using one of the sentiment stamps from the Santa Paws stamp set and I have also used the smallest oval dies from the Dreamees Loops & Lace die set.

I had some stitched red ribbon that matched my red card that was just right to sit behind my holly. 

No flowers on this card and I have deliberately kept this one quite simple. As I have a love of nature and I feed the robins that nest in my garden all year round, it seemed very apt to finish this year's challenge including one on my card.

Our design team have also been busy this month with projects of their own and there is always lots of fabulous inspiration shared by the crafters on our blog too. If you are interested,  there is a prize for the winning entry, following our theme and a badge for your blog for the top 3 runners up. Just click on the link below which will take you to our blog challenge. 

Happy Crafting

Winter Wonderland bunny card

For this months challenge over on our blog challenge at  Let's Craft and Create, the theme is 

"let it snow."

So for my DT card, I have made a Bunny Wonderland card using Dreamees products.

 I have used:-

• Dreamees Winter Wonderland pre printed card toppers
• Dreamees sketched and shaded pointy flower stamps
• Dreamees Christmas double sided backing papers
• Dinky Inky pearlescent/sparkle ink pad in phlox
• Design Team mini pine branch die from the mini wreath die set  - a wreath for all seasons collection
• Promarkers
• Dusky pink woven stitched ribbon from The Range
• Stickles glitter glue in frosted lace
• Ranger glossy accent gloss medium
• pearls

On 100gsm white HP colour printer paper, I stamped the second smallest flower from the sketch & shaded stamp set using the phlox dinky inky

Dreamees - Sketch & Shaded pointy stamp set

It's difficult to capture the hint of sparkle coming off the flowers. As I had used my reinkers to top up my ink pads recently, my dinky inky was quite juicy with colour and you can still see the fine details of the stamps.

Each flower has 4 layers to it and as I was using one of the smallest flowers, I used a quilling tool to curl the ends of the petals.

I thought the mini pine branch added just enough foliage for my Christmas flowers. I used this mini pine die for my last batch of samples by Design Team, part of Tattered Lace.

The Stickles glitter glue is a must for Christmas themed crafting as it dries with an opaque slightly dimensional glittery shimmer. Leave it to dry overnight to ensure it has set solid.

I also used it as a base to ground my bunny sitting down tangled in his tree lights.

For the winter wonderland topper I used one of my pre printed card toppers. A good 300gsm smooth card which takes your inks perfectly.  I bought this pack of Christmas toppers on one of the Dreamees workshops.

My bunny was coloured in with some promarker pens and I used the sentiment inside

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These winter wonderland Christmas papers in pastel hues are a lovely alternative to the traditional festive ones. The dusky pink woven stitched ribbon from The Range gave the card a nice contrast.

You can find Dreamees products on either Create & Craft TV where they have regular shows demonstrating their products or you can purchase direct from their website.

https://www.dreamees.org.uk/

https://www.createandcraft.com/gb/

Have a look at the great inspiration provided by the rest of the design team over on our blog page

http://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/

There is also a prize for the best entry.

Happy Crafting!