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Thursday 6 October 2016

A little Bit of Autumn and a few Christmas Cards



Hi everyone, today I have my weekly DT make for Papermilldirect, an Autumn card made using their new Hopsack Textured card.  The texture made me think of artist canvas and I will be using it to create a few wall hangings later in the month.  



I love Autumnal shades and used distress inks in various colours on a strip of Hopsack card , stamped a large leaf across the strip and embossed with copper embossing powder, mounted this onto a strip of Mocha Brown then onto a square of the white Hopsack card.  The panel was attached to a card blank made with the Mocha Brown card.  Suede cord was tied round and through a button and a sentiment added to finish.

Here are a few Christmas cards made this week, this is the time of year I start making my cards.  I usually make CAS cards which are easy to batch make but this year I have quite a few more fussy cards made.



I have a cute robin die and had to add it to this CAS buff and white card.


Colouring on textured card can be difficult, I used distress crayons to colour the robin and blended distress inks on the Autumn panel which filled the uneven surface wonderfully.

14 comments:

  1. Hi Sylvia all your cards are stunning. Take care. Hugs Jackie

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  2. Love your autumn cards and cute hristmas cards. The inking looks fab on the textured card and I really like the CAS styling with the robin die and buff card :) x

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  3. beautiful works today Sylv. I love the colors of fall and the bird in white is so striking

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  4. A great selection of cards and well done on getting ahead with the Christmas cards! Elaine x

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  5. Love all of these, Sylv, especially the Robin in the die-cut. I have that Penny Black 'wreath' stamp but, of course, it hasn't seen the light of day yet.....as usual. Fabulous makes xx Have a nice weekend xx

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  6. These are all fabulous cards, Sylv, but that Autumn one is especially stunning - I really love that one

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  7. these are all gorgeous and great designs Sylv
    Gr Karin

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  8. A fabulous selection of cards. The autumnal colours are gorgeous and the Christmas cards all look wonderful xx

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  9. Stunning cards Sylv, hugs xxx

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  10. do like the autumn leaf card, the robin is different, I like the white and brown version, very striking

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  11. Morning Sylv, these are all gorgeous, love the autumnal card the colours are gorgeous.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  12. What a wonderful set of cards Sylv. I particularly like the autumn leaves- the distressed background is so rich and warm. Cathy x

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  13. Lovely cards. The Robin one is my favourite

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