I ADORE this layering stencil from Polkadoodles! It's the perfect one to add some heat embossed details with Seth Apter's Heritage Quad Embossing Powders!! And doesn't the gorgeous scripty Merry Sentiment from Lawn Fawn just go so well with the style of this background too! I Love these scripty dies from Lawn Fawn, they've been around for ages and it's fabulous that they keep them in stock so they're still available years later :D
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This Vintage Text Poinsettia from Polkadoodles is fabulous, you can get coordinating dies and coordinating colouring stencils to go with it too which make the process so much quicker! I had originally planned that the poinsettia text would be stamped in the background with Sand Dunes, then just the ho ho ho would be heat embossed with gold, but my ink wasn't dry enough and it clung everywhere, so the background is much more embossed than I'd planned, but I think it still looks lovely :D
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I Love the Holographic Sparkle Embossing Powder from Wow and it works brilliantly on texture Paste through a stencil for this subtle background! I've then used the wonderful vintage Baubles and Coordinating dies from Polkadoodles along with the Poinsettia Holly Die set and a nice selection of Wow Embossing Powders to add little accents and compliment the subtle sparkly background :D
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Isn't this Penguin adorable!! As you've probably heard me say millions of times, I LOVE Francoise's designs!! And this Penguin is just bursting with character! My last hamster was called Penguin so I've always been fond of Penguins! :D And I've teamed her up with a gorgeous sentiment from Jamie Rodger's Crafts, plus one of the Dies to Dot dies from Creative Expressions too! And even though the snowflake die is large, you can see how easy it is to snip into it to make smaller snowflakes too! :D
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These Christmas Trees from the Polkadoodles Cozy Christmas Collection had my heart as soon as I saw them! And these were actually the first 2 cards I made with this whole collection! And I LOVE the pastel colours on the papers and had to replicate the tones with my Copics for my colouring too :D
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As you've probably guessed, I LOVE embossing powder sprinkling and this snowflake background stamp was just screaming at me to be used for this technique :d So just a really really simple card today, but would be great for batch making some quick and easy Christmas cards :D And a great way to use all your seasonal sentiments too! :D
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I've been playing with a few of Polkadoodles fabulous Digi Stamps recently! I've always steered away from Digital Crafting, but Nikky has such gorgeous designs that I thought I'd give it a try, just printing the Black and White images onto my favourite 300gsm white card, and it's brilliant! just like stamping, but you can re-seize them to any size you like and duplicate as many times as you want too for really easy batch making! I went a bit over the top with this card doing some decoupage, but really wanted to put digi stamps through their paces and I LOVE it! :D
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Francoise's Christmas characters are so adorable and this gorgeous sheep is no exception! Perfect for a Ewe pun or I'm giving this one to my Mum as she LOVES knitting! Francoise also designed a fabulous knitting stencil which really goes with the sheep theme and I thought I'd experiment with some sparkly texture paste and adding on some gilding flakes before it tried for a different look :D xxx
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Ewe Christmas - A6 Clear Stamp Set by Françoise Read – WFRS003
Woodware 6 x 6" Purl Stitch Stencil by Françoise Read – WFRST001
Dusty Concord Distress Ink
Large Nuvo Ink Blending Brush
Amethyst - GemstonesGlitter Texture Paste By Jamie Rodgers Crafts
Wild Wisteria - GildingFlakes 100ml by Jamie Rodgers Crafts
Foam Tape - 1mm x 12mmWide - (50m Roll) By Jamie Rodgers Crafts
Foam Tape - 2mm x 12mmWide - (50m Roll) By Jamie Rodgers Crafts