bearing christmas cards

slowly very slowly getting through my christmas card list

 here i used the the bearing gifts stamp set and my blendabilities

then i used some post it notes to mask the image and make the moon so i could then brayer over it in a variety of blue inks. 

i tried making a mask from the stars border punch and it kinda worked but images weren't as crisp as i wanted...hence the extra stars from glitter card :)

 i like using non-traditional colour combinations so have gone for a daffodil/turquoise/gumball/red/tangelo mix.

the inside flaps  (man what dodgey photography-apologies lolol) with sentiment and plenty of space for writing or a family photo.

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just for michelle

because she likes organic grace

here is another card i made using the elements from it this time i went for a collage effect using a technique called masking. I used the friendly words jumbo wheel with the organic grace set you can see on the photo where i have added those bright greeen sticky notes images to the card and then wheeled over the top of them. I also cut out the dragon flies, coloured them in with sparkley gel pens and made them 3d which makes the card a bit cooler lol. it is all stuck down onto kraft card with a bit of ribbon to match the colours of the dragon flies. want to try masking or make a card just like this? ask me about my classes for term 2 cheers ears

masking 101

at our sale-a-bration spectacular everyone was given the opportunity to try masking with my make and take. i gave a simple easy peasy instructions for people to follow. and here it is! Stamp the image you want where you want with the colours you want. position any extra bits and peices with a Stamp-a-ma-jig. Cut (or punch in this case! gotta love that butterfly punch!!) an exact image out and stick over top using repositionable glue i.e. dotto. A post it note which works just as well. Stamp over the covered up image (or roll in this case) as evenly as possible. Peel off the mask to reveal your coloured image underneath. hey presto! el-coolo image-o!!! hope that ehlps you cheers ears!