Oddball Christmas Time DT card and Challenge Reminder

Good Morning To You All!
  

Today I have another card for a reminder of the current Challenge over on the Oddball Art Stamps blog!
The challenge theme for this month is Christmas Time and is all about the season :) the digi stamp I used is No.173 and is called Kitten and Snowflakes. 

I found some lovely wintery papers and matched my border colour and Promarkers pens to this. I die cut some extra flakes and added some gems to the centres of the flakes. I lightly distressed the edges of the main image and quote to give them a softer edge.

If you would like to purchase any of the fab Oddball digi stamps you can use the discount code "DTSARAH10" to get 10% of your purchase :)

I have entered my card in the following challenges :

Coming soon

Sarah x

 P.S. check out my website :

www.magentasnowflake.com

Pirate and Fairy Treasure Coin Boxes

Good Morning! Did you all have a good Christmas?
 

Today I am sharing some treat boxes I made up for chocolate coins. I have Pirate Treasure Chests and Fairy Treasure Trees as little keepsake boxes filled with coins.
 

I used a die from Stampin' Up! and stamped the kraft card with a woodgrain stamp and ink. Using my Silhouette I cut out the skull and cross bones, cut think dark strips and added gold card candi for the outside on the Pirate box. For the Fairy I punched out flowers, leaves and butterflies. Die cut the letter U for the door frame and added gems to finish.

Thanks for looking,

Sarah x

 P.S. check out my website :

www.magentasnowflake.com

Merry Christmas and Fiskarettes Frame Info!

Wishing Everyone a Very Merry and Crafty Christmas!
 

Today is something I have been looking forward to as my little Munchkin should be really into Christmas this year! Last year she opened one present and was happy just to play with that one lol, oblivious to the rest of the presents. 
So I am also sharing with you details on that Upcycled Fiskarettes Frame I showed you. Here are step by steps and photos along the way . . .
  

  
1 - Take any frame (modelled by my little assistant) and remove the back and glass, make sure you lay newspaper down to keep your workspace clean. 

2 - Using a sponge and white acrylic paint (or gesso) lightly sponge onto the frame. (My assistant liked this part). The trick is to create thin layers, letting each one dry between the next to create texture and to completely cover the frame.

3 - Once completely dry you can spray colours onto the frame - I used Distress Sprays (wasn't sure what the end result would be but that is part of the fun). Leave to dry - to speed things up I used a heat gun to help dry. I then sponged a little more white paint on to take away some of the colour and once completely dry I sealed with a sealent and left to dry overnight.

  
4 - Then I punch out various flowers in thin white card (I used L Flower and Intricate shape Daisy) and spritz with the Distress Sprays and water to match the frame colours. 

  
5 - Once the flowers had dried I place them across the frame and moved about to find the best positions for the flowers. Then I selected the buttons for the centres (nothing like having a rumage through the button tin). The carefully using a hot glue gun I stuck the flowers and buttons to the frame.

6 - I added some flat back pearl beads to the empty spaces - I put 1 or 3 either side of the flowers all over for my finishing touches, just gluing on with normal PVA. Leave to dry completely.

 7 - To finish I put the glass back in and hung on my wall to admire! :)

Head on over to the Fiskarettes Face Book page for more fab projects and inspiration!

Thanks for looking,

Sarah x

 P.S. check out my website :

www.magentasnowflake.com

Fiskarettes Sneak Peak Upcycled Picture Frame

Good Evening Everyone!
 

Today I am sharing a sneak photo of the upcycled Picture Frame I have decorated as a project for the Fiskarettes UK!
  

Head on over to the Fiskarettes Face Book page for pictures of the full project and come back in a few days to see more detail here!

Thanks for looking,

Sarah x

 P.S. check out my website :

www.magentasnowflake.com

Lemon Shortbread DT card and new challenge

Good Morning Everyone!

Today I am sharing my Design Team card for Lemon Shortbread blog challenge #31.

For this Challenge I have used the heart warming Christmas Tree Decorating. How sweet is this digi stamp? And perfect for the season. I can imagine these children singing "oh Christmas Tree" As the decorate :)

I used Pro-Markers to colour the image, matt and layered with green and pink patterned paper. I tied twine round the greeting and added card candi baubles. 

Thanks for looking!

I have entered my card in the following challenges:

Sweet Stampers Challenge: Anything Goes
Daisy Chain Challenges: Happy Christmas
My time to craft: Christmas - Non Traditional Colours
Crafty Calendar Challenge: Christmas Time  

Sweet Stampin Christmas: Inspired by song (Oh Christmas Tree)
Country View Challenges: Christmas
Incy Wincy Designs: Non Traditional Christmas Colours
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge Blog: Anything Goes 

Sarah x

 P.S. check out my website :

www.magentasnowflake.com

Challenge #219 - 18th December - Xmas With Glitter

Welcome Back!
 

Today I bring you my latest Glitter 'N' Sparkle Challenge Blog DT card. The challenge theme this week is Anything Goes. The sponsor this week is Sparkle N Sprinkle and the digi I have used is Brighten the Holidays Penguins. I can just imagine these fellows singing Rocking Around the Christmas Tree!

I decided on reds and greens for this card and used red and green glitter for the light bulbs and for the embellishments! I used a stencil to create the starry background with white ink and torn paper for the middle.

I have entered my card in the following challenges:

Daisy Chain Challenges: Happy Christmas
Crafty Calendar Challenge: Christmas Time 
Sweet Stampin Christmas: Inspired by song (Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree) 
Country View Challenges: Christmas 
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge Blog: Anything Goes

Thanks for looking and don't forget to join in with the
Glitter 'N' Sparkle Challenge.

Sarah x

 P.S. check out my website :

www.magentasnowflake.com

Fiskarettes Scrapbook Page using Punches

Welcome Back!
 

Today I can share with you my full project - which is a scrapbook page! I am currently making layouts to help save memories for my beautiful daughter. This page uses photos from her 2nd Birthday photo shoot. I used the butterfly banner from the photo as inspiration for title and used the Squeeze Punch - L - Butterfly for this.
  

I stamped patterns onto some butterflies and the other ones I used ink and a sponge to blend the colours around the edges. I die cut the letters to spell out my daughter's name for the title and added a little bit of glittle to the letters.

For the notation / hand journaling I used the 3 in 1 Tag Maker - Label to create a space for writing the memories. I was surprised how easy it was to set the eyelets with this punch! I used twine for the banner and added some through the eyelets for extra detail. I used a glue dot to attach the feather. 

 

Head on over to the Fiskarettes Face Book page for more fab inspiration!

Thanks for looking,

Sarah x

 P.S. check out my website :

www.magentasnowflake.com

Oddball Art Challenge - Christmas Time DT Card

Good Morning Everyone!
 

Today we have a new challenge starting over on the Oddball Art Stamps blog!
The challenge theme for this month is Christmas Time and is all about the season :) the digi stamp I used is No.271 and is called Mr Sweets the Fox. How cute is he?

I wanted lots of texture for this card so stamped the net background stamp in versa mark embossing ink and sprinkled white/glitter powder to emboss on my backing paper. I then die cut the red rectangle and punched out some fern, layering with the greeting, ribbon and snow flowers. I coloured Mr Sweets in with Promarkers and glitter glue then fussy cut to finish.

If you would like to purchase any of the fab Oddball digi stamps you can use the discount code "DTSARAH10" to get 10% of your purchase :)

I have entered my card in the following challenges:

Sweet Stampers Challenge: Anything Goes
Daisy Chain Challenges: Happy Christmas
Crafty Calendar Challenge: Christmas Time 
Country View Challenges: Christmas 

*World Wide Open Design Team Challenge Blog: Anything Goes*
Best Technique Winner :) 

Sarah x

 P.S. check out my website :

www.magentasnowflake.com