I die-cut an oval panel and mounted it in the centre of my card base, then used a set of tiny flower and leaf images to stamp a frame around it. I then added a die cut white cross and 3 small punched flowers with black brads in the centre to make the poppies.
I used my new stash from the Chatsworth range - I bought them for my friend's birthday and just had to buy an extra set for me too! I used 3 co-ordinating papers for the main bac
kground and matted panels, and the lovely birdcage stamp for the central image. The mats were cut with circle and rectangle scalloped dies and for my 1 kind of embellishment I chose flowers. The sentiment was from a different stamp set.Stamps: all by Papermania
Papers: Chatsworth pack by Papermania
Other: scallop circle and rectangle dies by Nestabilities; flowers from stash
Nicki, xx
I layered some blue and white snowflake paper onto my base card, stamped the snowman and coloured him with ProMarkers, then mounted the image in the middle. I cut a piece of blue pearlescent card for the frame, cut a hole in the middle so I could get my snowflake punch in to use around the inside edge, then mounted it over the image with 3D foam pads. I also cut 3 snowflakes from silver card and embellished them with gems. I finished off with a little white and silver sentiment tag tied with some silver cord, and a cute little silver snowman charm.
Here's the sketch, and there's an additional requirement for some embossing so I
started with a panel of holly patterned paper then added a snowflake embossed panel in the centre. I used this teddy stamp because it was just the perfect size and I coloured him with ProMarkers. I kept the embellishments simple so they didn't clash with the patterned panels - just a couple of die cut corners and a sentiment tag and it's done - simples!
This is the g
reat sketch that was my starting point, and as I couldn't use any colour except on my image I went for a mix of textures instead and out came my trusty embossing folders. I used a border design to create the 3 mistletoe strips; a dot pattern for the frame then cut out the centre with a scalloped rectangle die; and finished with a die cut and embossed snowflake. My image is coloured with the new Prismacolor pencils that I bought on holiday and I really enjoyed using them.
I started with the lovely sketch and layered some cream sprig-patterned paper 
onto my base card after edging it with brown ink, then added the striped panel with a scalloped edge at the bottom. Luckily I had brought some cute zoo stamps back from my holiday and yippee - there was a giraffe! I stamped him in brown and coloured him with ProMarkers (pastel yellow, mustard, and terracotta) and matted onto some matching cardstock. I cut a panel of the same cardstock, embossed it, then layered everything together with a strip of ribbon across the middle. I added the name and sentiment, and finished off with a couple of flowers held with a brown brad, and some punched leaves. I really do hope she likes it!
This is the sketch by Debbie, although I changed the central shape to an oval for my card and chose to do a monochrome Christmas card in black and white. The main image is a very old stamp and I really did have to dig deep for it - it was originally a wood mounted one but I'd taken the rubber off the wood to save space and it had been languishing at the bottom of my Christmas stamp for a few years - I thought the simple design worked well with the mono colour scheme so I just embossed it in white onto black card. I used a watermark pad to stamp snowflakes on the black squares - they don't show up too well in the photo though - and highlighted them with a few gems.
