Doily Die = Wreath Die

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Oh hooray for Friday. If your week has been anything like my last couple, you’ll be as excited as I am to see the weekend approaching! :)

I've somehow managed to squeeze in a teeny tiny amount of inky time and managed to whip up a few samples to give you sneak peek of what’s coming your way from Clearly Besotted Stamps in a few days time (Oct 6th).

You may have seen on the CBS DTs blogs a peek at a gorgeous set (with a coordinating die) called Delightful Doilies. Well, I took one look at the doily die and thought Christmas (what else at the moment?!). Yup, that’s not just a doily die, but a wreath die too of course!

I added a sentiment from the new set, Modern Christmas (designed by myself – eek!), in the centre of the wreath. It fits perfectly. Score!

And you know that I was too lazy to separate the larger and smaller doily dies when I ran them through my Cuttlebug with green felt, right? So it made sense to make a mini version of the same card. The mini ‘Joy!’ sentiment from Modern Christmas fits perfectly in the mini doily-wreath. Double score! :D

• Decorate your doily-wreath with a variety of embellishments! Buttons, sequins, gems etc…. It’s the perfect way to use up any embellishments you may have lying on your desk.
• Don’t feel like you have to stick with the traditional colour combos either. I'm just a sucker for red and green, always have been, always will be!
• To add an extra Christmas/holiday vibe to the cards I stamped CBS's Basic Stripes at a 45 degree.

So there you have it. A doily die that has magically transformed into a wreath die – ta-dah!

Must dash, got my final day of madness at work to get through before I can look forward to World Card Making Day tomorrow! I hope you can stick around/visit here tomorrow for it as we’re also celebrating Clearly Besotted Stamps’ 1st birthday. Cue amazing prizes, peeps and projects; you don’t wanna miss it!

Pinwheel Poinsettia...

This is my second post for today. Please scroll down for my CASE Study card. Thanks! :)

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So. Did you know? Saturday is a special day for us card-makers. Yup, it's World Card Making Day (WCMD) this Saturday October 5th (It falls on the first Saturday of October).

A day dedicated to this wonderful hobby? Count me in! A day dedicated to celebrating not only this hobby, but the amazing community that surrounds it? Sign me up! :D

I'm totally honoured that one of the key peeps in keeping the fun and community spirit alive in this hobby, the one and only Cath Edvalson of Moxie Fab World, has a fun post today featuring card-makers from around the world (including me!) sharing our thoughts on WCMD and of course, a card too. I have to smile that some of the peeps representing the the corners of the globe on today's post are people I am so blessed to know already through this hobby. They're so talented and the sweetest too! Those that I don't even know that well, I'm an admirer of. :)

Today's card is my contribution to the post inspired by the Christmas/Season's Greetings category. What can I say? I have Christmas and poinsettias on the brain right now when it comes to any creative time I can find. I know I'll thank myself later in December when I can just send these cards out in plenty of time but for now, I guess you'll have to put up with them here on the blog way before the season - sorry!

• The poinsettia was simply created by using a pinwheel die and cutting six petals as oppose to your usual four.
• The reverse side of the patterned paper I used for my pin-wheel poinsettia was originally white so I  coloured it with a red marker. This bled through to the patterned side which made both sides a lovely rich, warming red. Happy accidents - gotta love 'em! :) 

Be sure to check out the post if you can. I guarantee that you'll be treated to amazing cards created from amazing peeps from around the world! :)

 



Products Used
N.B The jewelled brad used is discontinued. For those interested it was by American Crafts and came as part of the Margarita collection. 

   

Inspired by poinsettias...

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Oh hooray for Friday! It is Friday, isn't it? Please say it is!

Things are still amazingly busy here but I'm popping in to say that a while ago (when times were a little less busy!) I was invited by Paper Crafter's Library to be there featured artist again. I'm totally honoured to be asked on board again (I was featured earlier on in the year here if you're interested). 

On my featured artist post I'm sharing how poinsettias have inspired some of my Christmas cards this year. I'm hoping not to be stamping on Christmas Eve this year. You may laugh, but I've been known to be making Christmas cards right up Midnight Mass - seriously! Procrastinating crafter right here!

Anyways, if you want to take a peek then please do. This card is just one of three that I have featured over there. I wanted to show how being inspired by a poinsettia, doesn't mean you have to have poinsettia themed supplies. Some die cut flowers from red card and added bling make a great substitute don't you think?

The busy times aren't slowing down here. Tomorrow I have the pleasure/fun of joining Clearly Besotted Stamps at the Happy Stamper Northwest Festival at Hulme Hall. If you're coming along then please come and find us! We'll have make and takes, prizes, and of course, stamps! :D