K.I.S.S card

Hello all!
well, after yesterday's card of many bits, I'm back with something a bit more familiar to me.  Keep it simple silly (stupid seems a bit harsh!).  I would like to thank you for your comments and advice on this card - it's great to hear what other people think, especially if you've been obsessing over things!

       Anyway, this card is definitely a K.I.S.S card and was done using my fabulous Silhouette Cameo - I do so love that machine :)  I'm also a fan of all the "Keep Calm" stuff and so decided to incorporate that into a Christmas card.  I used the actual Keep Calm font which I had downloaded from one of the many free font sites out there and made a bauble shape just by merging a circle and a small rounded corner rectangle.  The silver cardstock was backed with red to give it some punch and then I simply added a ribbon on the top - oh, nearly forgot the heat embossed edging of Stampendous white powder to give it a snow-kissed look!

 

I would like to enter this into the challenges at -

Addicted to CAS - bauble

Bunny Zoe

Through the craft room door

Holly Jolly Christmas

Oozak

 

 

Thanks for popping in :)

A blue christmas..................with a splash of orange!

Hello all!
I'm still working on Christmas cards and this is another CAS looking one - even though the making of the card itself wasn't particularly simple!  I used a digi Xmas elf from the wonderful Make it Crafty and kept the colour scheme to just blue and orange, so far so simple right?  Then I decided to do some heat embossing - not something I do very often but I wanted to add some snowflakes and didn't just want to stamp them in ink alone.  I used two different rubber stamps from my stash and embossed them with Stampendous Opaque white powder, then sponging a pale blue ink pad over the whole background.  To add further interest and texture, I embossed a snowflake garland, cut using my Cameo and this was where the embossing got very messy!  I don't need to go into details but you really shouldn't have a sneezing fit when using embossing powder, especially when you're doing it near your pc keyboatd!!

                                Moving on!  The card was then finished off with a Xmas sentiment which I inked in the same background colour - it shows up far better IRL, trust me!  So, one (not so) clean and simple Christmas card finished!

 

Entering this little cutie into the challenges at -

Bearly Mine

Ladybug crafts Ink

Bunny Zoe crafts

Lady Anne's

The Crafty Bloggers

 

 

Thanks for popping in to take a look :)

Old fashioned charm.

Hello all!
Back with a card that has a vintage feel to it today.  The challenge over at Teddy Bo is Anything Goes and I had a little tag that I had coloured up some time ago but hadn't done anything with.  It wasn't partcularly large so I had to bulk the card design out a bit using an additional 2 tags (the bottom one is actually a clothing tag that I cut off a purchase and kept - does anyone else do that?  Some of the labels and tags are so nice that I can't bring myself to throw them out!).
    The background paper is from a Prima 6x6 Botanical pad that I have decided to use instead of keeping it locked away in my stash cupboard!  The other bits have come from my ever-increasing stash that really does need a good sort through - don't you feel terribly guilty when you come across things you don't even remember buying?

  Still, enough waffle and on to the card -

 

I would also like to enter this into the challenges at -

Bearly Mine

Through the Craftroom door

Bunny Zoe crafts

 

Thanks for popping in :)