Special Kangaroo Delivery

March 25, 2021 Claire Taylor

I have been playing with my favourite card layout rather than using the snowman, I decided to play with presents.

I loved the Kangaroo the moment I saw it. I love that it can carry flowers, a joey or presents. I have seen some gorgeous gorgeous cards using the different stamps and dies.

I thought that the presents would be perfect for a Christmas card and had decided that the Perfectly Plaid sentiments would work well. I have adored the sentiments since the stamp set was released, I was not sure if I liked the trees, but have used the sentiments previously on cards and tags. The tree stamps were not used on this card, but they will be featured in the next few cards,

Measurements:

My Metric

10.5 cm x 14.5 cm

Inside White Panel – 9.5cm x 13.5cm

Snow panel - 10.5 cm x 7.5 cm

Metric

10.5 cm x 14.8 cm

Inside White Panel – 9.5cm x 13.8 cm

Snow panel - 10.5 cm x 7.5 cm

Imperial

4." x 5.5"

Inside White Panel – 3.5 x 5”

Snow panel - 3” x 5.5

I think that the Cinnamon Cider Kangaroo looks the best, which do you prefer?

CASEing my favourite design

March 21, 2021 Claire Taylor

I love searching for inspiration either by searching Google images or using Pinterest, although I can spend hours searching and not enough time crafting. Whilst looking for inspiration for a snowman card, I found an amazing card created by Karina’s Kreation’s the card can be found here. I loved the simplicity and that it had layers but not what I would call ‘normal layers.’

I have to confess that my first card that I tried, was not that amazing. I think that the snowy panel is too large and the Stitched Shape die is too small. I then went back to the drawing board, looking at the panel sizes and also the snow banner.

I finally came up with a size that I liked, which I felt is balanced for the card.

Measurements:

My Metric

10.5 cm x 14.5 cm

Inside White Panel – cm x 13.5cm

Panel 1 – 11.5cm x 7.5cm

Panel 2 – 11.3cm x 7.3cm

Snow Panel – 10.5 x 3.9cm (to fit in 1 ½ inch groove in the triple banner punch)

Metric

10.5 cm x 14.8 cm

Inside White Panel – 9.5cm x 13.8 cm

Panel 1 – 11.5cm x 7.5cm

Panel 2 – 11.3cm x 7.3cm

Snow Panel – 10.5 x 3.9cm (to fit in 1 ½ inch groove in the triple banner punch)

Imperial

4." x 5 ½ "

Inside White Panel – 3 ½” x 5”

Panel 1 – 4 ½ ” x 3”

Panel 2 – 4 6/16 x 2 14/16

Snow Panel – 4” x 1 ½

I used traditional blue snow colours, but I think that this would work with lots of different colours. I prefer the Night of Navy and Balmy Blue, whats your favourite?

Simple Ink blended Snowman Seasons cards

March 11, 2021 Claire Taylor

I decided that I would doesomething slightly different today and use the Snowman Builder Punch. It is a super cute punch which creates the snowman, a hat, a nose and two arms when punched. It makes quick simple cards and tags really easy and multiple card making a dream.

I have also been inspired by a number of butterfly cards recently which has ink blended backgrounds. I am in love with the new blender brushes. I have a collection, from Amazon to make up brushes and even other companies. The new Stampin’ Up! brushes are super soft and amazing at creating gorgeous backgrounds.

My tips for using a blending brush are keep a brush for each colour family, tap off the excess ink before blending the colour on the card and use a light touch, you can add colour but you can not remove excess.

Card Measurements

My Metric

10.5 cm x 14.5 cm (10.5cm x 29cm scored at 14.5cm)

Inside White Panel – 9.5cm x 13.5cm

Metric

10.5 cm x 14.8 cm (10.5cm x 29.6 scored at 14.8cm)

Inside White Panel – 9.5cm x 13.8 cm

Imperial

4." x 5.5" (4 x 11” scored at 5.5”)

Inside White Panel – 3.5 x 5”

Snow Options

There are a number of ways to add Snowflakes:

Using the Stampin’ Chalk Marker
Using a Blender Pen and the Uninked Pad with white refill
Stamping the snowflakes in the White ink
Any white pen/ gel pen.

I love that you can change the look of the Snowperson on every single card. What is your favourite embellishment?

Snowman Season - Easel Card

March 7, 2021 Claire Taylor

I have to confess, I love sparkly snowmen and I love the Snowmen from Snowman Seasons. But I sometimes find the dark lines of using Momento ink to stamp the Snowman distracting. So I have been experimenting with different colours and types of ink to stamp the Snowman, whilst I am continuing with my Christmas card challenge.

I have tried to do something a little different creating a easel card which is simple to do and all you need is a scoring tool. Also the other thing to remember is only to glue the bottom of the card ( even I haven’t got this bit wrong.)

I have been using different colour combinations on these cards, these are:

Night of Navy and Balmy Blue

Night of Navy and Pool Party

Highland Heather and Blackberry Bliss

Highland Heather and Balmy Blue

Dimensions - Easel Card

My Metric

10.5 cm x 14.5 cm (Tent fold) – Score at 7cm

Outside Coloured Panel - 10 cm x 14 cm cut in to 5cm, 5cm and 4cm

Outside White Panel - 10 cm x 14 cm

Inside Coloured Panel – 10cm x 14cm

Inside White Panel – 9.5cm x 13.5cm

Coloured Panel – 9.5cm x 4cm

Inside Sentiment – 8.5cm x 3cm

Metric

10.5 cm x 14.8 cm (Tent fold) – Score at 7cm

Outside Coloured Panel - 10 cm x 14.3 cm cut in to 5cm, 5cm and 4.3 cm

Outside White Panel - 10 cm x 14.3 cm

Inside Coloured Panel – 10cm x 14.3 cm

Inside White Panel – 9.5cm x 13.8 cm

Coloured Panel – 9.5cm x 4cm

Inside Sentiment – 8.5cm x 3cm

Imperial

4." x 5.5" (Tent fold) – Score at 2.75”

Panel 3.75 x 5.25

Outside Coloured Panel - 3.75 x 5.25 cm cut in to

Outside White Panel - 3.75 x 5.25

Inside Coloured Panel – 3.75 x 5.25

Inside White Panel – 3.5 x 5”

Coloured Panel – 3.5” x 1.5”

Inside Sentiment – 3.25 x 1.25”

Measurements - ‘Normal Card’

My Metric

10.5 cm x 14.5 cm

Inside Panel - 10 cm x 14 cm

Metric

10.5 cm x 14.8 cm

Inside Panel 10cm x 14.3cm

Imperial

4." x 5.5"

Inside Panel 3.75 x 5.25

I love the supercute Snowman and think the Wink of Stella is a perfect addition to make him shine. I do love the Night of Navy Colour Combinations but I am a bit bias. Which is your favourite?

Snowman Season - simple Stamping

March 5, 2021 Claire Taylor

Another day, another Snowman Seasons simple card. Todays card uses stamp, inks and paper (do Stampin’ Write markers count?)

I saw a gorgeous card with this simple design on Pinterest and thought it was the perfect card for making multiples. I also thought that it was a fabulously gorgeous card.

You could stamp the Merry Christmas in lots of different colours. Also you could use any Stampin’ Write marker to colour the hat. I have seen some gorgeous combinations with Pool Party.