Snowman Gnome

Happy Christmas!

Not a card today, but a sweet crocheted Christmas gnome!

Pattern: Snowball the Gnome by Oxanami on Ravelry

Happy crafting

Annette
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Santa Belly

I've made this fat santa belly card from bright red card with some splashes of white, black and gold.  It was quite quick to make, and I love the fun design.

Designed for:
As You Like It Challenge

Card Recipe:

• Smooth White Card 160gsm
• Plain Red Card 290gsm
• Black Plain Card 240gsm
• Gold Speckle Card
  

Happy crafting
Annette
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Birthday Gnome

Today's card is for one of my lovely As You Like It Challenge teamies.  My gnome image is watercoloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers. I've framed him with some pretty papers and added a personalised typed sentiment.

Card Recipe:

• Gnome image by Lee Holland Digis
• Bubblegum Pink Card 170gsm
• Nitwit Collections Papers
• Personalised typed sentiment

Happy crafting
Annette
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Chimney Santa

I love using glitter on cards, especially to create the effect of snow. I love the sparkle and much prefer it to gold or silver card (which is also difficult to photograph).  I've used glitter card to create the snow layers on this die cut card. It's a tent fold, so does actually stand upright and is a fun shaped card for Christmas.

Designed for:
As You Like It Challenge

Card Recipe:

• Santa Chimney cut file by Planeta Silhouette
• Smooth White Card 160gsm
• Plain Red Card 290gsm
• Woodstock Giallo Card 285gsm
• Black Plain Card 240gsm
• Iridescent White Glitter Card 220gsm

Happy crafting
Annette
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Daisy Tilda

I've not used my Tilda stamps for a while and inked this sweet flower girl for a birthday card.  I really enjoy using these images when I make the effort to ink a rubber stamp rather than take the digi option, and I'm really pleased how she turned out.

I've framed her with my favourite embellishments, flowers and ribbon.  I love that they can bring out  accent colours from the image, and are soft but create texture. They can be a little bulky for mailing, but I love the 3D effect.  You can share your favourite embellishments with us this week at As You Like It Challenge.

Designed for:

As You Like It Challenge

Water-coloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers

Card Recipe:

• Magnolia Tilda Loves me loves me not
• MFT Dienamics Stitched Circle Stax
• Organza Ribbon
• 15mm Satin Ribbon
• Nitwit Collections Papers
• Cosmos Daisy
• Open Roses
• Mini Rosebuds

Happy crafting
Annette
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Flower Bunny

I love a lot of cute and furry critters, but bunnies are one of my all time favourites.  I used to have a pet bunny when I was younger, and love to see them hopping around in the wild. I've used a bunny with daisy image for my card today which reminds me of Spring when the days are starting to get longer and warmer!

Designed for:
As You Like It Challenge

Water-coloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers

Card Recipe:

• Rabbit with Daisy by Lili of the Valley
• 6mm Satin Ribbon
• Nitwit Collections Papers
• Lawn Fawn Puffy Clouds Border

Happy crafting
Annette
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Lilac Heffalump

Ribbon is one of my favourite embellishments, and I have boxes of it in dozens of colours and shades.  My favourite is satin, but today I've used a gingham one which tones better with my card colours. I love the 3D effect on a card which makes it look more handcrafted when it's gifted.

Designed for:
As You Like It Challenge

Card Recipe:

• Elephant image by Lee Holland Digis
• Watercoloured using Distress Ink Reinkers
• Violet Plain Card 290gsm
• 15mm gingham ribbon
• Cherry Blossom
• Open Roses
• Mini Rosebuds
• Tulip Flowers
• Crealies Crea-Nest-Lies XXL67 Double Stitched Ovals

Happy crafting
Annette
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Birthday Bear

Today's card is for my Mother-in-Law's birthday. As usual, watercoloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers. I've added a personalised sentiement to make it a little more special.

Card Recipe:

• Image by Amanda Jayne Designs on Etsy
• Typed Sentiment
• Violet Plain Card 290gsm
• Nitwit Collections Papers

Happy crafting
Annette
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Flower Umbrella Bear

I've made this beary-sweet card for one of my As You Like It Challenge teamies.  I've watercoloured him on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers.  I've inked around him by creating a mask and added a personalised typed sentiment.

Card Recipe:

• Image (retired?) from Amanda Jayne Designs
• Typed sentiment

Happy crafting
Annette
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Pirate Bear

Square cards are my favourite standard shape cardbase. I caveat that by saying I still love a fancy shaped card, like an apron shape for a food related image, or snowflake shaped cards for Christmas, but for my go-to cards, it's always a 6" square. Maybe it's the symmetry of them, but there's plenty of space for an image, pretty papers, and some fancy bits.  Today's card is for my Brother-in-Law, so I've kept the fancy bits limited to some fonts with a personalised typed sentiment.

Designed for:
As You Like It Challenge

Water-coloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers

Card Recipe:

• James Pirate image by Lili of the Valley
• Nitwit Collections Papers
• MFT Stitched Border Die
• Typed sentiment

Happy crafting
Annette
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