Sharon Curtis - GlitterAngel Art

Christmas Planner using the Sizzix Eileen Hull Journal die

My sister asked me recently to make her a Christmas planner, one of Eileen's DT (I think it was Anne Redfern) had made a beautiful one and that gave her the idea.  Mine is a bit more simple than Anne's, I've just used notebooks whereas she'd created lovely pocket and included some post it-tabs too if I remember rightly.

I created the journal itself by adding some patterned, glittered scrapbook paper to mount board before die cutting the covers.   This is paper I have had for years - being glittered it was a bit expensive, so I've always felt it too good do use!    I don't mind using expensive paper on projects like this, where hopefully the recipient will keep it for some time but I always feel a bit frivolous using it on cards that might be discarded.   So I was actually quite excited to get this card out and use it!

Once I'd created the journal itself, I took three notebooks and covered then with other papers from the same set.   Then I sat and wrote a list of different sections that I could add to the books.  I've got an old Papertrey Ink die set that creates tabs, so I cut a load from Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse Red card to create sections in the notebooks.

The first notebook sections cover - to do, food shopping and budget.  

I added a cheeky extra item to her 'to do' list :)

The next notebook includes, Christmas cards, Christmas gifts and then wish list sections for my niece and nephew.

I added sections for starters, main courses, desserts and drinks.  Then I printed off a couple of recipes to add, just to get her started, but the idea really is for her to put in recipes she likes.

There are lots of pages in these books, so she's got plenty of space if she wants to add more sections.

I added a few stickers here and there to make it a bit more fun...

I think I'm going to have to make one for myself now....

 

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Roses are red...

 

I had a bit of free time this weekend so I thought I'd make Andy's Valentines card.   I've just stocked up on more of this lovely woodgrain paper - I love it for backgrounds.

I thought I'd keep the card quite simple, and of course I didn't want it to be too girlie so I went with mostly red, but I also added some of my favourite Flamingo Bazzill card for the larger heart die cut.   The heart in the centre is covered with Wink of Stella and then glossy accents so it's really sparkly in real life.

The little tag is a really old set from Papertrey Ink.  It's still one of my favourite sets as I think the little tags are just so sweet.

Bromsgrove card class 11 February

Here's a few more cards that we'll be making in my February class.   I've put together a few sketches to work from because I thought it would be a handy thing to have for everyone to take home.  Every now and then I like to use sketches because I find it freshens up my card layouts a bit and stops me doing the same kind of design all the time.

Another masculine card.  These 3 cards couldn't be more different in theme and colours, but you might notice they are all based on the same card layout/sketch.

 

Autumn Wreath

Here's a card I made using the last Simon Says Stamp card kit.  If you haven't seen their monthly card making kits, and you are into stamping, I'd highly recommend you check them out.  

This month's kit had an Autumn theme, and I just love that you can use these little elements to create all sorts of cards.   I love warm Autumn colours, so I think I"m going to use this set a lot.

I am definitely a bit obsessed with wreath stamps and dies, I seem to have not only bought lots of sets with wreaths, but I also keep making them whenever I get sets with little elements!

I've got another quick card to share with you today - one of my colleagues has just moved back to New Zealand, which I am very sad about.  I made him this little card:

The stamp set is a very old Papertrey Ink one, and I used some lovely bright Nuvo Crystals to create some enamel dots.

more Christmas cards

A few more cards for my November classes.

I really love this Woodland scene - it's another of the new dies from Pretty Quick dies at www.craftstash.co.uk.   

I recently bought these Torn Edge square dies from Tattered Lace when they were on sale at Create and Craft - I bought squares, circles and rectangles and I really like the effect.  The bauble die is an old one, i think actually it might have been a magazine gift and I used a stamp from the Apple Blossom Merry & Bright stamp set for the greeting.

Even though it's now a few years old, the Papertrey Snow Globe stamp sets is still one of my favourites.   The greeting on this card is from a new set from Woodware, and I just love the design.

Well that's three more cards from my next class, I'll be back tomorrow with a few more.

 

September card class

Here's a sneak peak at a couple of the Christmas cards we'll be making at my next class in Bromsgrove.   This class will be a mixture of Christmas cards and general cards.   Today I'm sharing a couple of the Christmas cards.

DCM - Strawberries and Cream

It's my turn to choose the theme this week at the Daring Cardmakers blog, and since it's supposed to be summer(!), I decided to go for Strawberries and Cream.   Pop over to the blog to get some inspiration from the rest of the team - they've come up with some real beauties this week.  

For my card, I decided to keep it simple and stamp some strawberries using the Papertrey Ink Fruit Fusion set.  I really like the style of these strawberries, and I like the way the leaves are stamped separately so you can get the colours right easily.

 

 

A little birdie told me you're retiring

I really love this Bird on a Branch die from Apple Blossom (www.craftstash.co.uk).  It's just such a versatile image.   I combined it with a really old Papertrey Ink bird themed stamp set.  The text inside this card says 'you're retiring' and there's a whole range of useful greetings to follow on from the 'A little birdie told me' text.  I love it when I buy new dies and stamps and they give a new lease of life to older sets I've got bored of.  Mind you, that only encourages me to never get rid of anything!

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Merry Christmas everyone!

Hope you are all enjoying the Christmas break and spending time with family.

We had a lovely Christmas lunch with Andy’s family yesterday, and we had a wonderful Christmas surprise this year as Andy’s daughter, Grace, has come back to the UK from Australia for a couple of weeks.  We hadn’t seen her for 2 years, so it has made the best Christmas to be able to spend some time with her and her boyfriend Scott.

Like most of you, I think I’ve eaten and drunk enough over the last few days to last me for the rest of the year!   I’m looking forward now to a quieter few days catching up on projects in my studio. 

I thought I’d share the last few Christmas card designs from this year whilst it’s still (kind of) Christmas time.

This Joyeux Noel card was actually supposed to be my entry for the last Daring Cardmakers challenge, but in all the craziness I forgot to blog it!

 

 

 

 

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Winter themed card for Kuretake UK

The Design Team have been set the theme of 'Winter' for our projects this month, so I created this card using the Papertrey Itty Bitty Bird stamp set - I just added some red to make the bird into a winter robin!

The sky background is painted with Kuretake Gansai Tambi paints, then I stamped some white snowflakes on top with Colorbox Frost white ink.   I stamped the image with Versafine Onyx Black ink and then coloured it with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers (you need a waterproof ink as the pens are waterbased, so the Versafine is a good one to use).  The background paper is from a recent Simon Says Stamp kit, and I thought it would work well as the black and white doesn't detract too much from the rest of the card.