Hand Painted Snowmen Stars #2!

These ae some more stars I painted.  There were more but someone bought them before I had time to photograph them!

Some of these will end up as gifts, others will be sold.  And of course, I want some for my own Christmas tree!

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Hand Painted Snowmen Stars!

Oh my goodness, I just love how these Santa stars turned out!! I bought the stars yesterday and came home and painted the snowmen on them.

I have some more I am working on today, and have them drying on my windowsill!  They measure around 3 inches.  "Snow" much fun!  And below is another snowflake ornament I made this morning.  I have already sold the others I made and have an order for more.

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Christmas Snowflake Ornaments!

I used  Scrapbook.com  "Snowflake Winter Wishes" die set to make these snowflake ornaments.  I used different coloured glitter card, and also die cut a backing for them to make sure they were quite sturdy. This is such a fun die, I can't stop using it!

I used different trinkets to hang under each bow, some in gold and some in silver.  I also have a pair of Christmas earrings that are going to be separated and used on two different snowflakes.  I'm off to the $2 shop to get some more.

My hands are a bit sore at the moment, so I thought I would post these and give my hands  a break.

The snowflake die also has another die that cuts out the little banner piece that I stamped the Christmas words on.

The snowflake measures approximately 3x3 inches, so it's a good size to hang on they Christmas tree.

OMG! I have just noticed the tiny bit of GREEN scrap card stuck to the bottom of the silver snowflake:-(  I didn't notice it when I took the photo, lol!  Bugger!  Oh well...

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Butterflies, Bears and Cards!

I made these two Bear cards using different sizes of oval dies.  The top card is for a friends Birthday which is on Christmas day.  The bottom Bear card is a thank you card for a friend.

These butterflies were die cut using a Stampin' Up! die.  I stuck them together to make a hanging mobile thing.

This is the mobile below.  It is much prettier in real life.

Two quick Christmas cards pretty much made with whatever was on my desk at the time!

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Santa's Elve's Steal The Presents!

 I made these Elf cards last week.  I bought the Elf die set last year, and this is the first time I have used them. These were a lot of fun to make and I did them on a production line!  I hope you enjoy them!

I used a Hero Arts stamp for the card below, it is a large 6x6 stamp called "City Block".  I added a small wooden house to the bottom of the card, and coloured a few of the windows and plants.  I stamped and cut out the hearts from a SSS stamp set called Missing You, and stuck it to the card using sponge tape. It was a nice quick and easy card to make, and I like how it turned out!

I have  very sore neck/back muscles at the moment - thanks to having Fibro, and the pain is stopping me from creating anything much at the moment.  I've had the pain for about four days now and I am OVER it!!  Anyway, thanks for dropping by, have a SUNSHINE day!  {HUGS} from me to YOU:-)

Why I Use "Magic Mats" For Die Cutting!

 A couple of weeks ago I purchased two "Magic Mats" from Scrapbook.com. (They are in USA, I am in New Zealand) The mats are new on the market and are used to replace your acrylic mats that warp after awhile of using them.  I was skeptical that these mats would be as good as they were being promoted.  I have had many "issues" with dies not cutting out properly, especially intricate dies.  "Magic Mats" fix that issue! Below is a photo of one of "Magic Mats."   It is smaller than the usual platforms that come with the Big Shot Plus.

The "Magic Mats I got measure 6x8.75 inches.  I got two mats because if I want to cut multiple dies at once, they will both fit on my Big Shot Plus.  You can see how both mats fit on the platform below.  You use the "Magic Mat" with the die and card on top, then place one of your acrylic platforms on top and run it through your die cutting machine.

I die cut my favourite snowflake die which is fairly intricate and was never easy to die cut.  The white snowflake was dies cut using the "Magic Mat".  The black snowflake was die cut using my acrylic plates.  Can you spot the difference??!

The black snowflake did not cut out very well and left bits stuck in the die cut.  It would take me a good ten minutes + to get all those 'bits' out, and was not all that successful.  Whereas when I used the "Magic "mat, the bits were all cut out!  (below).

So that's why I use the "Magic Mat" for ALL my die cutting!  They give a very clean cut every time:-)

No, I not affiliated in any way with Scrapbook.com, I am just a very happy and grateful customer😊.

A huge shout out of thanks to Scrapbook.com!!  Not only are these mats AMAZING, but Scrapbook.com (USA) somehow managed to get my mats to me in super quick time - I am impressed and very grateful!!  Below are my old, warped acrylic mats...now in retirement!

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BTW: I have not used my acrylic mats for die cutting for a long time.  I have been using cutting mats I bought for $5 each.  They work perfectly, but are also now retired with the acrylic ones, as the Magic Mats are 100% better!  (And much lighter!)

White Christmas Card & Two Bookmarks.

I've worked on the Christmas card above, for some time today.  My thumbs are very painful and so it took me ages to get the card together.  I haven't used corrugated card on my cards for some time.  Several years ago I bought several packs of it from my local $2 Shop.  The shop has since closed, which is a shame because I used to buy lot's of craft things from them.

Anyway, I like how the card turned out - in spite of it taking me so long to finish it!

I also made two bookmarks using the Lavinia stamp, "Keeping Faith."  I used water colour paper and made the back grounds using some Distress Oxide inks.  It wasn't easy to stamp the words on the paper.  Maybe I could have used and embossing ink to stamp it?  The Versafine stamp pad, although well inked, just wasn't stamping it very well.  I used my stamping tool so I could keep inking the stamp, but it was a job!  No wonder my thumbs are sore today:-(

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