Christmas Houses

Hello all!

Christmas is fast approaching...I am SO not organised! To be honest I have been busy making things for other people and not for myself; I always seem to think I have loads more time than I actually do!

Here is an MDF piece I was pleased with, made for a recent Imagination Craft's Hochanda show. It started life as plain MDF before being transformed!

The MDF was basecoated with white Gesso before I applied random thicknesses of Crackle Paste to add texture. Once dry I also stencilled a few bricks to some sections with the same paste to add another layer of interest. I used a wash of Chestnut Starlight Paint to age the houses and give some shading, making it darker or lighter as appropriate. The branches and birds are greyboard Magi-Cutz painted with Starlights and the rest are odd bits from my stash! Voila!

I think I may need to make another one for myself now!

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An Embossed Sparkly Wreath Card

Good morning ladies and gents! I nearly October...oh my gosh!! I have the last of my Christmas Wreath makes over on the Lisa B. Designs Blog today, it is a very simple card to do, so please pop over to the blog to find out more!

Love

Martina

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A Beaded Wreath Card

Good morning all! This week over on the Lisa B. Designs Blog I have a tutorial showing how I made the card below using the Nellie Snellen Christmas Wreath Stamp with beads. This is my favourite card I made with the stamps! Please pop over to the blog for a 'how to' guide!

Love 

Martina

xxx

A Christmas Wreath Card, or 4?

Good morning all!

The Autumn chill is in the air for the school runs, but the sun is shining, so it's all good! I have a card over on the Lisa B. Designs Blog today, using the Nellie Snellen Wreath Stamp. If you would like to see more detail on how it was made, please pop over!

Love

Martina

xxxx

P.S. If anyone is going to the Ally Pally show on Saturday - I will see you  there!!

Christmas in the Summer with Imagination Crafts

Before I start, I hear the groans....it's that word....Christmas. Now I have a quick question...do any of you crafters actually start making your Christmas cards this early? I know we are supposed to get organised, but do any of us actually do this? I have never managed it so far! This year however, I knew I would have to make some projects early, as Imagination Crafts sent me a box of goodies to make samples with for the Hochanda Christmas week. Here are the projects that I made, in case you managed to get hold of the some of the products before they flew out of the door!!!

That's it for Christmas at present, back to normal now!

See you soon

Love

Martina

xxx