Good Luck!!

Materials used:-

Magenta peel off "Cats"
Peel off "Words"
Sakura Stardust pens
12 x 12 silver pearl scrapbook card
6" x 6"  white linen card blank
Black card for layering
All available from:-
www.woodware.co.uk
your local Exmouth stockist is:-
www.japonicadevon.blogspot.com

As the year draws to a close the theme this week is "Good Luck" & let's hope that we'll all have lots of it in 2014. It's all done with peel offs this time & featuring the cute black cats from Magenta. Simply placed onto some white card & coloured with shimmery Sakura Stardust pens with the help of a little water colouring. Cut out the cats (mind their whiskers!!) & mount onto a square of silver card with some foam pads. Now add the Good Luck words & finish with some love in the shape of the Magenta hearts. Happy New Year!

The design team is taking a break for the next 2 weeks but don't worry they will still be loads of great inspiration on the Woodware blog www.woodware.co.uk/blog So may I wish you all a very happy, healthy  & peaceful Christmas. See you all in 2014!



 



December Sketch Challenge

Materials used:-

Craftworks Cards "Christmas Post" paper pad

JGCL 532 Christmas Greetings

1" holly punch

Liquid Pearls

Red & white twine

Buttons

Mark Richards Elements- red

All available from:-

www.woodware.co.uk

Your local Exmouth stockist is:-

www.japonicadevon.blogspot.com

 

One last Christmas card & although it's our usual sketch challenge it's a quick card too. It's all made from the lovely vintage papers of Christmas Post & every panel is a different sheet so they all work well together. I've simply layered onto Christmas green card & embellished with twine, buttons & elements. The robin has been decoupaged, sculpted & attached with some silicone glue. The greeting comes from Jane's Christmas Greetings & is stamped with Versafine Crimson Red & given a touch of sparkle with some Stickles. 

 

Here's the original sketch  

Coffee & Cream

 Materials used:-

Stampendous CRS5053 Jumbo Forest Friends

JGCL 562 Christmas Greetings

Versafine Vintage Sepia

Detail Clear & Copper embossing powders

Tombow pens

Stickles
Mark Richards "Clusters"

Crafty Edger + Scalloped Flower cassette

12 x 12 Oslo 7 (25661)
Inverted corner punch
A5 cream hammer card blank

Copper mirror card
All available from:-
www.woodware.co.uk
Your local Exmouth stockist is:-
www.japonicadevon.blogspot.com

Just time for one more Christmas card this week, the days are really galloping by now aren't they? Got the sprouts on yet?

Our theme this week (chosen by me I think back in the mists of time) is "Coffee & Cream" & I think it lends itself very well to this gorgeous Forest Friends set which I have been itching to use. The set has some cute animals as well as useful stuff like the stand of trees which I used in last weeks quick cards ( scroll down & take a look) & the very useful pine bough. The set also comes with a mask & stencil which comes in handy for building up a scene. It's not just a Christmas set either as all the pieces could just as well be used for spring or autumn so watch this space for future outings.

I started by embossing the deer & then used the mask to protect him while I stamped the trees in the background. I then coloured with some Tombow pens added some Stickles for a wintry sparkle. Mount onto some copper card & add some gems from the Clusters set- you'll notice I've clipped the corners with an inverted corner punch.

The card blank background has been created from the pine bough stamp & embossed with the copper powder. To finish add a border from the Oslo paper & Crafty Edger & stamp a greeting from Jane's Christmas Greetings set. Happy Christmas!

Here's a closer look at our fawn.