Mistletoe Kisses

Morning all

How are we out there in blogland?? Its Mel here again with a little festive cheer

A great wee set of last minute Christmas cards using some adds and ends from different paper packs and using my trusty Silhouette Cameo for the frames and mistletoe. If your really good with a craft knife you could do the frame yourself but here's how I done it

Firstly on my Silhouette program I made a 4x4 square with the text on it so when it was cut the text would leave a space. I also added my mistletoe shape to one side that I cut

I next removed the white text and stuck the white panel onto some red paper from my Basic Grey Hey Boy pad and used some of the green to cut the mistletoe from the Hey Boy pad as well

I've kept the text for another card, us crafters throw nothing away!

Next I covered the back of the red panel with foam pads and stuck it down on to a card blank, making sure it was certain and leaving a white border all around the red

Taking the mistletoe leaves just one large and 2 small, I embossed the back to give them some shape

before adding foam pads to the leaves and glue to the stems

the sticking to the card, in the middle just at the top of the white panel

Next I took some of my Card Candi and stuck it down to form the start of my mistletoe.

The folding another Card Candi in half with the pattern to the inside I stuck it on top of the other piece already on the card.

To finish I added a piece of red satin ribbon and thats it!

I also used some of the lighter green paper from the Hey Girl Basic Grey pad to form the lighter mistletoe steams! I think both are very festive!

Well thats all for me! Till next time everyone

TTFN

        

Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo .....

Good Morning all

Well its Friday again and that only means one thing Mel here with another wee post! And this week I have gone all Halloween for you all!

Yeah I made a little pumpkin card with some more of those lush Hey Boy Basic Grey papers

Firstly I drew out my pumpkin on scrap paper than drew round it on a card blank before making panels with the papers, layering the vibrant orange onto brown to help it pop! I distressed the edges with Vintage Photo before sticking together and layer onto the card blank. Added some die-cut leaves then some swirl and gems to finish

A nice easy simple card but perfect for the season!

Well lovelies until next time TTFN

         

Use those Scraps

Good morning lovelies

Its that time on Friday again so its Mel here and this week I have decide to share how easy it is too make some quick cards using up scraps! We all have them and so why not use them and create some of those "last minute" we're always needing cards!

The papers scraps I used are Hey Boy from Basic Grey and some cream coloured 5x5 card blanks I had lying around! I wanted to show how easy it is to use up the little scraps you always have left over when you use up most of your paper pad

This wee star card was made from using paper strips about 2cm wide stuck down directly onto the card blank. Next I took the card blanks and cut off one of the fronts and run it through my Silhouette Cameo to get the stars. The using foam pads I stuck it over the papers, just so they peeked through. Added some Hey You stickers, some twine and some enamel dots to finish it off

I made this wee card using one of only a few left over full sheets to make the background paper next added a wee Polaroid shape cut in my cameo stuck with foam pads. I then stamp out Gorjuss Girl- The Lost heart with tuxedo black Memento ink and coloured with Promarkers, before embellishing with some of the cut out stars, twine and more Hey You stickers

Lastly I mad this wee card using lots of the scraps making ribbon style panels, some circles with my dies cutting machine a dies. Adding buttons from my stash with the some twine, some brads I had lying around and Hey You stickers

I hope these wee cards influence you to use on your scraps. Just added some extras from your stash, you can make simple "scrap" cards stand out!

Will till next time