Merry Christmas

Good morning everyone ,well the day has finally arrived, Susan's Garden club  launch with Tonic Studuos on create and craft today at 4pm for a two hour special.. I would like to share a card with you  with a lovely festive feel and let's face it Christmas is not far away now .

Materials used to create this card:-

Helleborous (Lenten and Christmas Rose) die set

Holly & Berries Die Set

300gsm white base card

Stitched ovals layering Die Set

Merry Christmas Sentiment

Ivory sea shells Nuvo drops

Pollen

Red Berry Nuvo drops

Nuvo Crystal Glaze

Mirror card-  Harvest Gold

Cherry Red craft perfect

Bright white craft perfect

White stamping card

Amber Yellow craft perfect

Nuvo Alcohol  pens greens 416/417

The card base is a tent fold card with an aperture cut in the front using the oval stitched frame die set and then creating a frame to go around the aperture.

 The inside of the card is lined with Cherry red card stock which gives the card depth and richness, Merry Christmas sentiment was added inside the card.

The Holly & Berries were die cut in Nuvo ultra smooth card and coloured on both sides with Nuvo Alcohol  pens then with Susan's tool kit add the veins to the leaves and then shape, once the leaves are shaped Nuvo Crystal Glaze was brushed onto the holly leaves it doesn't take long to dry but adds a real natural glaze you see in real life.

The berries were cut in the same card and coloured with pens and then red Berry nuvo drops were added to the branch  & left to dry over night and then the same again on the opposite side this adds real depth to the berries again leave these to dry over night I would reccomend making a batch of  these in one go so you have them to hand without waiting for things to dry.

The Helleborus ( Christmas Rose) was cut from white craft perfect and shaped on a sponge mat the petal edges were shaped slightly with tweezers and then the centre was cut in the Amber Yellow craft perfect and the tips are dipped in craft deluxe adhesive and yellow pollen added to the ends, once dry glue these to the centre of each flower and arrange on opposite corners of the card .

Thank you so much for joining me on my blog today it's great to have your company, I will be back very soon with more samples I created for the launch.

Spider mum - Susan's Garden Club

Well good afternoon to you all, it's been some time since my last blog post as I have been so busy just not enough hours in a day but I am back today to share a creation with you from the very talented Susan Tiereney Cockburn with Tonic Studios- Susan's Garden Club , a brand new collection of 13 x die sets from Susan that I am sure you will all adore especially if you are a collector of Susan's dies.If on the other hand you are brand new to Susan's dies or Tonic then you really are in for a treat as Tonic dies cut like a dream in one pass and that's why I love Tonic. Today's card I am sharing with you is the absolutely stunning Spider Mum my absolute favourite  along with Galvanized  bucket  which is amazing coloured with our Nuvo mousse.

Dies used to create this card are :-

Sider mum

Japanese painted fern

Galvanized Bucket

Ladybug/ stems set

Beauty Berry Bush

Craft perfect - Fuchsia Pink

Craft perfect - Bright white

Mirror card - Harvest Gold

Nuvo Alcohol  to colour  flowers

Nuvo Mousse - Pure Platinum

Nuvo mousse - Black Ash

Nuvo Mousse-Fresh Copper

Crystal drop- morning Dew

The flowers and leaves are coloured with the nuvo Alcohol  pens and the Galvanised bucket started off as white card and then coloured with the Pure Platinum mousse then a little black ash blended to the side and then distressed to look old with adding the Fresh copper.To finish the card a little sentiment was added Happy Birthday

The flowers were die cut ,coloured with Alcohol  pens to both sides of the die cut and then shaped with Susan's tool kit  which will be available on the shows as long as stock lasts.I will be back to share lots more with you over the next few days.But please join Susan Tireney Cockburn on create and craft Tuesday 29th October at 4pm UK time for a two  hour launch .

Until next time xx