Christmas Card Hanger and Fridge Magnet

Good morning all, Sylvia here with a One Stamp project.  Christmas is just around the corner and I always find I am short of space to display Christmas cards received, so here is a Christmas card holder which can be hung on a wall or a door for those extra cards you have no shelf space for.

The large Christmas Corner was coloured with bottled inks using a watercolour brush, glossy accents added to the berries and cut.  Any size pegs will do for this project, the bigger the peg the stronger it will be, I used the small pegs so they did not show and I will only be displaying thin cards.

Here are a few photographs showing how I put my card holder together.

 Stamp your chosen design onto smooth white card and cut out the stamped image

 Colour your cut out design with inks, or your chosen medium, add glossy accents or glitter to highlight areas of interest

Stick the pegs to the back of your coloured design with a strong glue and leave to dry

Thread string or ribbon through the spring on the peg, or simply fasten the clip and card to the string or ribbon to display your cards

By adding a magnet to the peg you can create a fridge magnet to add to a card as a gift, or to use yourself for those Christmas reminder notes.

Keep popping over to the Oak House Blog to see what the other design team members have been creating with the Christmas Corner, leave a comment and you could win a prize, and don't forget to let us see what you have been making too.

Getting Ahead With Some Halloween Cards

Hello  to all my friends, followers and family popping in, today's post is a collection of Halloween cards, all of which have been made using Papermilldirect's latest offer which is A4 300gm back card.  You can get a small box for just £6.50, ideal for those Halloween and Bonfire Night cards.

These two quick cards were made with cutting files from the Silhouette store using Papermilldirect coloured card stock.  

Black, grey, orange, apple green and white Papermilldirect card.  The wording and images were cut on the Silhouette using cutting files from their store and SVG Cuts.  The backing paper is by My Mind's Eye called "Haunted" by Carina Gardner.

Check out the other Papermill Design Team member's blogs to see what they have been up to this week:

Barbara http://glitterarti1.blogspot.co.uk/

Ruth  http://apassionforcards.blogspot.co.uk/

Sandie  http://sandieshores.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Lisa  http://papercraftbliss.com/

Angela  http://polly purplehorse.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Borders and Frames

October is here and so is a new challenge at Oak House Studio.The theme this month is Borders and Frames.  To enter visit the inkspiredbyoakhouestudio facebook page and add your entry to the competition folder.  Give us a like and if you are not a member yet why not join us.  

If you pop over to the Oak House Studio blog throughout the month you will find lots of inspiration from the design team. There are 5 fabulous prize of a £10 voucher to spend on Oak House Studio goodies, and a special prize of some of Lynnda's  stamps.  As long as you use one Oak House Studio stamp or ink on your creation you can enter, so come on ladies get those borders and frames cards made and entered.

This card was created using the very detailed sea shells and sea life stamps   I grouped the stamps to make a border and stamped them with sea blue pigment ink, washed a piece of corrugated card with white acrylic paint and stamped the crab using vermilion and a little yummy chocolate pigment ink and added these to the card.

There are lots of border stamps in the Oak House Studio shop but you can also make your own border or frame using other stamps as I did above.

Looking forward to seeing lots of your frames and borders creations this month.