Bring us some Figgy Pudding!!

Hello there :)

I'm all about pudding today... Christmas pudding !!!... with these fun pud shaped cards in two sizes.

I've used the Stitched Arch Dienamics Stax to make these with the smaller of the two being a great size for Christmas table place name cards.

I find it easier to cut two separate pieces to make the card and score the back piece towards the top and join them together with strong glue or tape. The brown spots are added using the MFT Confetti background stamp but any dot stamp would work just as well.

To make the custard, I cut another stitched arch in white and pale yellow and then used one of the Landscape trio cuts to make the wavy edge on the large pud and the Dripping Goo edge on the other.

Again, any scalloped edge die could work here too.

The holly is cut using the Paper Smooches Holly dies and although a plate would be easy to cut, I used one side of the largest frame from the MFT Square Frame dies... just a couple of snips at a 45° angle and you have a nice straight and even plate :)

I enjoyed making these so much I wanted to try a tag too using the Circle Tag die by Avery Elle which I cut in both cream and brown card.... the rest is pretty much the same as above on the cards.

I think these would be great cards for kids to make or assemble depending on their age and ability ... and if you don't want them near your inks and stamps you can use patterned papers or other materials to give the puds a bit of texture :)

Here are the products I've used but really you can substitute lots of others from the store or your own stash..
       
               
                                                         

Thanks for stopping by :)
Jenny x

Confetti and Cake

Hello, I'm back again :) We had a lovely week away in Cornwall and to ease myself back into creative mode I made a simple 'girly' birthday card for today's blog post using a couple of older Lawn Fawn sets and the new Confetti background stamp from MFT.

I was actually playing around with this design a few weeks ago for a Lawnscaping challenge but didn't quite get the colours right and shelved it for later. I've kind of based it on the style of cards you might see in Paperchase... very loosely based on them you understand ;)
I had already chopped the 'Happy Birthday' sentiment from So Much To Say into two for another card and discovered it looked like a tiered cake when stacked because of the tall, straight font.
I paired it with the cake stand from Bake me a Cake along with some candles and hey presto an easy cake :)

It was easiest to stamp the  pieces individually with Versamark starting from the bottom and apply embossing powder and heat it as you go. To apply small amounts of powder or selectively add coloured powder to different areas of the stamped image, I use a section of straw cut on the diagonal to act as a small scoop. I used this method for the white and yellow of the candles :)

When the cake was all embossed I made a rough mask from Post-it note paper and then used the Confetti background with a shimmery embossing powder to give the card some sparkle and interest on the white space.


                             

Thanks for stopping by :)
Jenny x