First Christmas Card . . . In a Long While

Today, I made my first Christmas card in a few years.  Just a simple background stamp, so quick and easy.

I used Wink of Stella on the trees, but you can't really see it in the photo so I tried a different angle, but still think you can't see it.  Also, in this one the greeting looks grey, but it is in actual fact white on black.

Thank you so much for your visit today and especially if you have left a comment.  You are all appreciated more than you know! If you have a question, please be sure I have a way to contact you so I can answer, as a lot of you are 'no-reply' bloggers, so I am unable to reply via e-mail.

Happy Little Stampers CAS - Stamping & UK Craft Retreat! Less Is More - Snippets

Today's card is again for the Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge - Stamping  as I wanted to get a last one in before closing!

Also, if you didn't already know Kylie is organising a UK crafting retreat, if you are interested, pop on over, all the details are posted on the Happy Little Stampers blog.

Anywho, this is my card today., which was very heavily influenced by a card I saw made in a video by the uber talented  Jennifer McGuire . . . honestly, if you have never seen her work, where have you been?  Just click on her name above to be taken to her blog and give yourself a real treat!

I first spread silver embossing paste through a Tim Holtz Layering Stencil on to a corner of grey card-stock, let it dry and flush mounted it on to a card base.  Then I dry embossed a white panel with a We R Memory Keepers Embossing Folder and cut the corner off at an angle and stuck a snippet of black card-stock under the cut edge to finish it off and then mounted that on to the grey panel.

Finally, I added some flower and leaves die cuts that I have had 'knocking about' in my craft room for ages and also a thanks die cut - also cut on another occasion - all these 'snippets' are from when I purchase a new die and try it out, I usually do not have a specific project in mind for them at the time, so they go into my little box and usually sit there forever!  As it contains a lot of 'snippets' I also thought I would enter it in the Less Is More Challenge, which is for 'Snippets'  I was also going to put it into 'Pixie's Snippets Playground', but am ashamed to say, I forgot how to use that Linky Widget over there . . . I've done it before, but I can't remember how?

I finished of with some WOS, and Glossy Accents on the sentiment and WOS on the flowers.

Why not get an entry in quick at HLS, you still have one day!  As always, I appreciate your visits and comments . . . you really do make my day!  Have a lovely one!  Hazel xx

Apologies & Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge

Sorry for my absence these last few days, only I had an operation on Wednesday and my face is swollen, my jaw is aching like a good un, even my tongue is bruised, so I haven't felt up to much! 

I'm sorry for my lack of comments too, I have so gotten behind with everything!  It's a long story that I won't bore you all with in detail, but I had a tooth infection start, about three years ago and I had antibiotics prescribed, which didn't do the trick, and subsequently I had three root canals, none of which worked!

So I ended up having this operation, whereby they cut into my gum, cut away a part of the jaw bone, removed the infection and bottom part of the nerve and stitched the gum back up.  However, I have only been able to cope with Ben & Jerry's Blueberry Cheesecake Frozen Yoghurt . . . so, not all bad then ;)

Today I decided to use something from my enormous collection of NBUS . . . I have also decided that I must stay away from all the new releases until I have used more of my NBUS.  It will be difficult, but I thought if I write something down that I fancy getting and then leave it for a while, if I still want it when I look at it again, in say, a month, then I will get it.

What usually happens with me is, I see a fabulous card made with a new release and think that I need to get that stamp set/die etc., and when it arrives, I put it to one side, then later, when I see it in my stack, I can't think what I can do with it!  Are any of you the same, or do you use your new stuff as it arrives?  So, my mantra is going to be, use more and buy less . . . Hmm, I wonder how long that will last?

Anywho, on to today's card, it was made with my, Waffle Flower 'Perfect' stamp set.  Not one of my best attempts I know, but they can't all be perfect, can they?  I must hold my hands up and say that I have never been very good at flower arranging, real or virtual!

This is it.

As it is stamped, I thought I would link it to our Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge

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Why not join in the fun!

Thank you for visiting today and for any comments, you are all appreciated very much.  Have a lovely weekend all you lovely people.  Hazel xx

And now for something different . . !

Different?  Well, this is a 'hybrid' card (a card made using a mixture of digital and traditional card methods in the same card.

I used a Kraft card base, a strip of patterned paper and a greeting - all printed on my printer.

Next, I stamped the flowers & leaves and die cut them using my Stampin' Up 'Flower Fair' bundle.  Then, I used some strips of coloured cardstock and punched a border using my Stampin' Up border punch and mounted it all on a plain white background and mounted it to the base card.

To finish, I added some tiny pearls, a touch of Wink Of Stella glitter pen in clear & a resin flower.

Do any of you like the hybrid cards, or are you true traditionalists?