Edwin the Cowboy.

I am a big fan of Magnolia stamps Tilda and Edwin. Here is Edwin as a cowboy, done with Spectrum Noir pencils and blender.

Snow on Acetate.

Buying Acetate with snow on is expensive.

All you need is a correction pen  and just dot it all over the Acetate.

Flippin Christmas by La Pashe.

 Using the original aperture La Pashe cards for the " Flippin" cards can work out quite expensive so i used either my Mini Cricut or my Grand Callibur i cut out the apertures on A4 card. The back ground of the "Flippin"  using "My Craft Studio" cd rom  to make the insert of the the card. This works out much cheaper to.

Spectrum noir pencils

I have recently discovered Spectrum Noir Pencils. And my view on them are brilliant i love them. However i did a simple test on them first,

At the time i did not have the proper blending solution so in picture A i used a pro marker blending pen and in picture B i used baby oil which was suggested to me by some members of my Facebook group Card Making Tips, i used them with pencil stubbs which you can buy quite cheaply on Ebay.
    I then asked for opinions on these on my group and the outcome was mainly B that was much better than A as it stood out more. Using the Pro marker blending pen is really not a good idea as it will ruin the pen. I now have the blending solution for the pencils and will update you on the outcome of the blending solution soon.

Tea Light card.

How to make.

Candle box 
Cut card 20cm by 13cm
Score along the short side  2cm and 18cm
Score along the long side  1cm,  3cm , 7cm and 9cm
Snip corners as shown in picture
To cut the aperture 2cm in the middle of the front of the box
leaving 1cm around the edges.
Cut acetate 15.5 cm x 3cm and glue to the inside of the box.
Make up box.

The Card
Cut card 26cm x18cm
Score along the long said at 10cm.
Before adding your box to the card to need to decorate the box side first.
Add your box leaving 1cm at the edge of the card.

Ooop i have seen to neglected my blog. i will up date it .

New Printer.

Had to buy myself a new printer as other one died. I now have a Lexmark. I dived into the savings i got for all my cards, this printer is very good here is a few christmas cards i have done.