Holiday Gifts Projects Bundle - Online Card Classes

Hi Everyone,

I'm so excited, I'm a winner!

They say you have to be in it to win it and win it - I did!  The very talented and lovely Shari Carroll gave us all the opportunity of winning a place on the "Holiday Gifts Projects Bundle" class from Online Card Classes.  All we had to do was comment on Shari's blog post, which I did along with 73 other ladies and I was picked as the winner.

I had actually registered and paid for the class myself so wrote that if I won I'd be donating my prize to a deserving friend, which I've done and she is absolutely delighted.

All I have to do now is to start making some of the lovely projects that are shown in class!  I'll be back another day to show you what I've made.

Anyone interested in any of the Online Card Classes, should definitely sign up for one and try one - they really are fun as well as educational, of course ;) !

Happy crafting,

Carole
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Splodge Away mat and Silhouette Cameo 60th Birthday card

Hello Friends,

Today, one of my friends is celebrating a special birthday.  I made her this card the other day, but decided not to post it on here until today in case she saw it!

The base colour of this card is Stampin' Up's Certainly Celery, the rest of the pieces of this card were all cut on my Silhouette Cameo using Very Vanilla, you can see the screen shot above.

I stamped the top mat with Versa Mark ink, let it dry for a few minutes and then brayered over it with Certainly Celery ink.  I used my new Splodge Away mat, which made it pretty easy.  I made the label shape myself out of combining two shapes from the Silhouette Studio store by welding them together, which again was cut out using Very Vanilla, which I stamped in Versa Mark and brayered over.  The same for the flag shape at the top of the card.  I stamped the circle using markers and a Stampin' Up flower from the set called You Are Loved and finished that little section with the Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon.

The 60 was stamped and the circle pricked using the Paper Piercing Pack Essentials kit from Stampin' up, then I carefully used a marker pen to highlight each little pricked hole.

I then added the finishing touches - faux stitching and 3 little pearls.

Happy crafting with your Silhouette Cameo and Splodge Away mat!

Carole
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Splodge Away Mat - male card

Hello Friends,

Just popping in quickly with another brayered card - made easy with the Splodge Away Mat.

I was worrying about the card I showed a few days ago which I'd made for my brother-in-law.  It didn't have an aeroplane on it and I always try and send him a card with one on!  I remembered the saying about only worrying about things we can fix, so I fixed it this morning.

I searched Google looking for other Splodge Away mat cards and found that the Splodge Away site itself has recently set up a challenge blog, so with the current challenge in mind, I made this card using blue and silver....................

Sorry it hasn't photographed all that well, using silver embossing powder and silver mirror card hasn't helped!

I used some of my old Stampin' Up stash, and brayered the sky with Baja Breeze ink, using my Splodge Away mat!

Hope you get to use yours soon!

Have a good day crafting.

Carole
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Silhouette Studio Christmas cards

Hello Friends,

I'm sure some people must wonder what I do all day, well if you ever wondered, it took me all day today to make 12 more of these......

Look................

There was a huge amount of work involved in these cards, now I'm thinking I'll have to buy the rest!!!

See you later in the week with one more card, which I did actually make before I started these today!

Happy crafting.

Carole

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Splodge Away Mat - Mens Card

Hello Friends,

I'm back today with another card, made last night when I'd got everything out on my desk!  I worked out a plan and that plan worked so well I was able to make a few cards all similar and I felt they got better the more I made!

I've made this card for my brother-in-law.  I usually make a card with an aeroplane on as he loves them, but he's got a change this year!

Let me know if you like my Splodge Mat brayered cards.

Happy crafting.

Carole
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