Cards, cards, cards

It's almost December and with it Christmas and New Year. My favourite time of the year. :D I absolutely love Christmas lights, decorations, food (oh yum, yum), carols etc. I even like Christmas shopping. ;) So, I've made quite a few Christmas cards this year (and I'm definitely not done yet, I am planning to make many more). I've already posted pictures of some of them, but today I'm about to post a couple more ...

For this card I used dark green cardstock, light yellow paper, patterned green paper and a piece of patterned gold cardstock out of which I made a tree. The tree is glued to the green patterned paper with double sided 3D foam pads so that gives the card some sort of 3D look. Around the green patterned paper I added gold border stickers and around the bottom of the yellow paper I wrapped a green ribbon with gold stars.

 

For this card I used bright green cardstock, orange paper and patterned paper. I cut a square out of the orange paper that was slightly smaller than my card. On the edges I used gold border stickers. Out of an envelope I made a pocket, which I decorated with the patterned paper, orange paper and button. Once the pocket was finished, I glued it to the card. Inside I inserted the "recipe for the New Year", which I previously printed on a white sheet.

This card was made out of dark red cardstock and plain very light yellow piece of paper which was just a little bit smaller than my card. I cut a "window" in the yellow paper. On the top of the "window" I added eyelets. Through eyelets I put a gold decorative "rope" (the kind you can use for crafts) and which I previously attached gold and red stars. On the bottom of the yellow paper I glued a reindeer ribbon in matching colours.

As you can see, the next card is made out of different kinds (and colours) of paper. The card itself is made out of a bright green cardstock, but for this product I also used patterned red paper, dark green cardstock and patterned gold cardstock. In the center of the card I glued a picture of a teddy holding a present, which I cut from the wrapping paper. As you can see, I also used gold border stickers and gold holly shaped confetti.

For the next card I used light blue cardstock and different shades of blue paper (some patterned and some not). I also used shiny silver paper, on which I glued the tree I previously cut out of the white wavy cardboard. I decorated the tree with blue circle confetti. The left side of the card I decorated with different blue cardstock and silver snowflake stickers.

The other day I went to the store and saw this incredibly cute Santa stamp and just couldn't resist, I had to buy it. I stamped the image on the white piece of paper, which I cut with my Sizzix Big Shot die cut. I've only been having Sizzix for a short while, but I love it. I coloured the stamp and also the background. Then I inked the edges and glued the stamped paper on the red patterned paper. To the corners of the red paper I added gold star shaped eyelets. Then I glued the whole thing on the bright green cardstock.

I just wanted to share some of  the most recent things that I've created ... For larger view, click on the image. :)
Here you can see a red and white ring which is made of seed beads and glass leaf-shaped beads.

 

I also made this bracelet. It's made of different shaped pinkish glass beads and white seed beads.

 

And here's another bracelet that I made. This one is made of round shell beads, seed beads and creamy white round beads.

I also made two different necklaces. One comes in brown and gold tones and the other one comes in dark gray and white black tones.
Here's the once in brown and gold tones ...

And here's the one in dark gray and black tones ...

For the side part and the clasp I got idea here, but the middle part is my own creation. Here is the closer look on the middle part ...

Some of my newest creations

In the last couple of weeks I've been feeling pretty crafty. I've tried some new things and created quite a few things. Here are just some of the things I've made so far (as always, click on the image to see a larger picture) …

These earrings are made out of the beautiful shiny wax beads in two different sizes, seed beads and and glass beads. Because of their shape and shiny (but not too shiny) looks, these earrings are great for every occasion.

 These earrings are small but sweet. They are made out of wire, glass beads, seed beads and slightly bigger wax beads which I used in the middle.

These flowery looking earrings are made of wire and two smaller beads

 

I also made one jewelry set (necklace + earrings + bracelet). For all the items in this set I used a variety of beads in white and pinkish colours.

necklace

bracelet

 

earrings

 

Just a quick post

It's been a while since I wrote anything on here. This is partially because I'm a bit busy with work at the moment, but also because I'm a bit lazy when it comes to uploading pictures to computer and editing them. *blush* But anyways, here I am again with 2 new things that I made just last weekend.

Black and silver necklace

I've created this necklace using nylon wire and black and silver beads of different shapes. I made it for a friend of mine.

Black and silver bracelet

I wanted to make a bracelet that would go together with that necklace above and I came out with this. I used the same seed beads as I used with the necklace, plus some round silver beads.

Christmas in the middle of August

Nah, not really. ;) However, it would feel like it if you saw my working table - it's covered with Christmas themed papers, stickers ... You should know one thing - Christmas is my favourite holiday. All that yummy food, decorations, snow (hopefully) ... Love it! I have been making my own Christmas cards for a while now, but I always started making them pretty late and then I was always in a hurry. But not this year. Oh, no. This year I've decided to start early. So far I've only made 5, but since I'm not in a hurry at all I'm taking my time for each card, lots of time if I may add. ;)
Anyways, here are the cards I've made so far:

 

For this card I used a dark green card stock, on which I first glued Christmas themed "orangish" paper. That I covered with light green paper. On the left side I put yellow ribbon bow and on the right side I glued a piece of creamy white paper on which I stamped a Christmas tree and coloured it.

 

For this card I used red card stock. On a plain white sheet or paper I stamped a lot of images of holly and then cut out the right size to fit on my card. Then I cut another sheet of white paper which was just a bit smaller than the one I stamped. I inked the edges on that one. From the red card stock I cut a circle, inked it and placed it to the center of my card. Then I cut a smaller circle from the white card stock, inked that one as well, and stamped the image of Santa in the middle. With pop-up foam I glued it to the red circle.With a puncher I made small snowflakes, which I glued to the card. In the center of each snowflake I placed a small round crystal. I added ribbon and voila. :)

 

This card is really simple to make. I used dark blue card stock, on which I glued patterned light blue paper. On the left side I glued a smaller piece of dark blue paper and decorated it with a light blue see-through ribbon bow. With pop-up foam I glued the penguin and merry Christmas sign to the card.

 

This one is my favourite. I just love light blue colour and in combination with brown looks just awesome. In my opinion anyways. ;) What I did was, that I glued a piece of patterned brown paper to the light blue card stock. On the left side and on the bottom I glued white ribbon on which I glued blue bow. On a smaller piece of light blue paper I placed a piece of "handmade" creamy white paper (looks handmade, but I bought it) on which I placed a wooden painted star. To each corner of light blue card stock I added a big golden brad. I inked the edges too. :)

 

On dark red card stock I glued a piece of golden paper. In the middle of the golden paper I glued a small piece of red paper which I decorated with golden thread. I made a bow using dark red ribbon and gold thread. On the left side I glued shiny white plastic stars.

I haven't done almost anything crafty for the whole month. Wow, that's new! But to my "defense", summer is here, which to me means summer holidays, lazy days, reading ... Now I decided that it's time for me to start doing some crafty things again. Today I made this memo pad for a friend of mine ...

This is the front page. On the yellow part I'll also write the name of the person for who I made this pad.

And this is the inside of the pad. I used the post-it memo pad and just glued it to the card stock I previously measured and cut to the right side with double sided sticky tape.

Human cruelty

Yesterday I came around this site: http://thecovemovie.com/ You really should have a look at it. It's about human cruelty against animals, well, against dolphins to be exact. All around the world animals are dying (and not just dolphins, but all animals) - often because of us, humans. We should stop being so egoistic, stop acting as if we were the center of the universe and as if nothing else mattered but us. We should start caring about the planet Earth and animals more. The very least one can do is to spread the word. It doesn't cost a penny and it doesn't take much time. So please, if nothing else, please take a look at this video and help in any way you can, even if it is "just" by spreading the word.

The Cove PSA - My friend is ...