CRD: Monthly Make - Tag card

For this card I have teamed this up this months Monthly Make From Crafty Roo Designs with the Christmas Wreath stamp, they work really well together.

Materials

• July's Stamps, Christmas Wreath stamp.
• Stamp bases
• Memento:-  rhubarb Stalk, Bamboo Leaves, Rich Cocoa, Northern Pine.
• Distress Ink:- Peeled Paint.
• Red chiffon ribbon
• Green and Red marker pens.
• White and Red card
• Double sided tape and Glue, 3D Foam pads
• Craft tools, hole punch.

How to make
1) Trim an A4 piece of white card down to 28.5cm and score at 9.5cm and 19cm, zig zag fold and cut away the top corners so it looks like a tag.
2) Cut three 8.5cm x 20cm pieces of red card' and three 7.7cm x 19.2cm pieces of white card, trim away the top corners on the red and white card, centrally adhere the red card to the White zig zag card using double sided tape or glue.
3) Onto one of the pieces of white card stamp the wreath just below the centre, across the top and bottom of the piece of card using Bamboo Leaves, distress around the edges using Peeled Paint, centrally adhere to the front of the card using double sided tape or glue.
4) Onto another piece of white card centrally stamp the reindeer using Rich Cocoa, and the wreath across the top right and bottom left corners using Bamboo Leaves, colour in and distress as before, centrally adhere inside the card using double sided tape or glue.
5) Onto the last piece of card centrally stamp the fir tree using Northern Pine for the branches and Rich Cocoa for the trunk and ground, with the wreath across the top and bottom using Bamboo Leaves, colour in and distress as before, adhere to the last piece of red card using double sided tape or glue.
6) Stamp the sentiment onto white card using Rhubarb Stalk, cut out and distress around the edges using Peeled Paint, mount onto red card cut out with a narrow border, adhere across the wreath using 3D foam pads, punch a hole in the top of the front piece only thread through red ribbon, add a bow just above the sentiment on the wreath.

CRD: Monthly Make - Another blue and white one

I think I am stuck on blues and whites for this months Monthly Make From Crafty Roo Designs. I think  the colours just work so well with this stamp set.

Materials

• July's Stamps
• Stamp bases
• Memento;- London Fog.
• Tim Holtz On the Edge Snow Flurries Die 656920.
• Silver glitter glue.
• Blue ribbon.
• A5 white card, pale blue and white card. 
• Double sided tape, Glue.
• Craft tools.

How to make
1) Cut a piece of blue card a little smaller than front of the A5 white card, centrally adhere the front of the White card using double sided tape or glue.
2) Cut a piece of white card a little smaller than the blue piece of card, cut a 5.5cm piece off from the top and die cut the snow flurries, attach a piece of ribbon across the top and centrally adhere to the top of the blue piece of card using double sided tape or glue.
3) With the short sided across the top and bottom, stamp the reindeer in the centre at the bottom with a tree on each side, (just stamping the trunk not the ground line) using London Fog, roughly cut away around the tops of the trees and the reindeer.
4) Place onto the card to work out where to stamp the sentiment, remove and stamp the sentiment using London Fog.
5) Centrally adhere to the bottom of the blue piece of card using double sided tape or glue, add sliver glitter glue to the snow flurries, fir trees and ground.

CRD: Monthly Make - Square Reindeer

Well, I think I have finally handed all my creations to Kym for her shows on Hochanda though looking at the stacks of samples she has already I think they will need a bigger studio to fit them all in!! She has had a few of us working with the new sets and everyone has got carried away they are fabulous sets and so versatile. So please if you are free Thursday at 10am or 5pm please pop on a cuppa and tune in to Hochanda I know they will be fabulous shows!

Anyway enough about Thursday let's look at this months Monthly Make From Crafty Roo Designs. I think one will be one of my Christmas cards this year. I hope you like it too.....

Materials

• July's Stamps, Christmas Greetings stamp set.
• Stamp bases.
• Memento:- Rich Cocoa, Bamboo Leaves.
• Distress ink:- Stormy Sky, Peeled Paint.
• Small square mask with round blank centre which can be cut out.
• Brown Ribbon.
• Small Square white card, red, white and cream card.
• Double sided tape, Glue, low tack tape.
• Craft Tools.

How to make
1) Cut a piece of red card a little smaller than the front of the square white card. 
2) Attach the mask to the white card using low tack tape, distress over it using Stormy Sky, cut out the centre and trim so it's a little smaller than the red piece, trim away the centre of the red piece so it can not be seen under the White piece cut out centre.
3) Over stamp the fir tree onto the centre front of the square white card using Bamboo Leaves so they can be seen through the cut out centre of the masked piece.
4) Attach a piece of brown ribbon down the left side of the masked piece of card, centrally adhere to the red piece of card then onto the White square card using double sided tape or glue.
5) Stamp the reindeer onto cream card and Christmas Wishes onto white card using Rich Cocoa, cut out the reindeer and glue onto bottom right corner, cut around the Christmas Wishes adhere to red card and cut out leaving a narrow border adhere to the top left corner over the ribbon using double sided tape or glue.