COSY

Hello

Welcome to my little crafting place! 

This time I've a couple of cards made for the

Daring Cardmakers Challenge Blog, where we're onto week 2 of our annual seasonal craft-along challenges

Jolly Crafty Christmas Time 2023

This time it's a One Word Prompt:

COSY

What to make:  Anything Goes

Its not just cards and its not just Christmas!
This week share any crafty project - Tags, Bags, Cards, Décor, Boxes - whatever you want, Christmas themed or not
just be inspired by the word 'Cosy'

See what the team made HERE

Card 1

I thought I'd make a Christmas Jumper shaped card for a bit of fun.

I like Christmas and I like jumpers, but tbh I don't see the point in putting those two things together!  I mean, a jumper you can only wear a couple of times - then what?  Wear the same thing next year?  Buy another one?  Or maybe there's a whole 'Christmas Jumper Exchange' thing going on during the rest of the year...

Anyway, I made this card using some lovely digital paper with a Nordic kind of feel.  Actually once I'd got a template I liked it was an easy one and I may even make more - as its a hand cutting job I could make these even if OH has a day of non-stop online meetings and calls!

It was quite a fancy paper design so all I did was add plain red details  and then a whole lot of tiny gems for some sparkle.

Card 2

I thought it was about time I got onto the Gbome card bandwagon.

I actually bought this cute little guy in a sale a year or two ago but he looked fiddly so I didn't actually get him out of the bag. Indeed the pieces are tiny and some kind of backing die shape would be handy but its not as bad as I thought - and hopefully I won't lose any of the tiny elements.

I stencilled the background with inks and embellishing mousse then added some black and cut a few trees using black and gold card and the fabulous
 Sealed Christmas Tree Squiggle Etched Dies

 I cut the lower brances off this time as I wanted them a bit shorter

I just used card scraps for all the gnome parts and added some metallic thread to his lamp which has some glittery gold inside to light the way

I printed some 'warm wishes' sentiments on the pc to keep to the cosy theme

 

I'm planning to make a few more cards using this gnome - but we'll see how that goes!  If they prove too fiddlyto make a lot of then he could be the only one after all!

 

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Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself,

 

Kathy xx