21 December, 2019

Have yourself a very elegant Christmas


Christmas cards and gift-giving is made all the easier this season with Meg's Garden 2019 Christmas collection. In elegant creams and vintage tones, Christmas cards this year will be something special.

I have made a series of four cards, each using elements from the Christmas collection and embellishments from Meg's Garden.



To the Cut & Create bauble, I added sequins, gold pearl bling, ribbons and flowers for a stylish almost real-to-touch bauble. 



Using a Vintage Journal Card and nesting dies, I layered each cut of the whimsical evocative image, two young children waiting for Santa. To keep the imagery the main focal point, embellishments are minimal in ribbons and gold leaves, paper flowers, stamens and bows.



What a stunning VJC image! Layering again with nesting dies, this time at an angle. The damask background is one of the elegant papers included with the Christmas collection. Minimally embellished, featuring a bow, beautiful crystal hat pins and bling.  

With so many choices from Meg's Garden Christmas collection, I have one final, more traditional, card to share.



Using four traditional "old world" Cut & Create images of St. Nicholas, I mounted each on papers in Christmas red, green and gold. Finishing with a fitting sentiment, again from the Cut & Create sheets and embellishing with bling, glitter flowers in gold.

Mary


19 December, 2019

I Believe in Santa


For something different this Christmas, I have created a tri-fold card. 

Not only a lovely card to give this season, but can also be used as a table decoration piece.



Red, green and glitter gold ribbons cut and adhered at an angle completely cover and form the front of the card.

Embellishments from Meg's Garden, including gold leaves, a beautiful fabric flower and a Cut & Create sentiment to finish.


Inside is more ribbon, this time a gathered panel for effect and texture. 


Another beautiful Christmas image from the new Christmas Cut & Create papers features in the centre.


Keeping with traditional colours, I embellished with coordinating green and gold leaves and glitter flowers.

These items, and so much more, can be found in Meg's Garden, for a truly handmade Christmas!

Mary


17 December, 2019

Celebrate the Christmas Season Holiday Journal

Hello everyone & welcome.
Today I have a Christmas Journal that I would love to share with you.
I have used the following patterned papers to create my journal:
Elegant Damask Christmas: Vintage Journal cards
                                               A4 background papers
                                               Cut & create sheets
Plus lots of embellishments from Meg's Garden online store.
The cover for my journal is made from a file folder that has been folded in half. The cover measures 14x18.5cm. There are are 20 pages in this journal that are held in place with jute cord. This journal has lots of space for writing, adding photo's or other treasures & ephemera pieces. 

 Here is my flip through video:



I would like to wish everyone A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year.
I look forward to sharing more ideas & Meg's Garden papers with you in 2020.

Until then.

Thank you so much for stopping by.
I hope you have a wonderful day & happy creating.
Leanne

16 December, 2019

Last minute Christmas cards

We don't have long to wait for the man in the red suit now
2 quick cards
 The man himself
For quick and easy cards don't forget to visit 
Megs Garden
Cheers Trish

13 December, 2019

'Tis the season for Tinsel


Not that I really need any excuse to embellish 'over the top', Christmas is the perfect season to decorate not only your tree, but your handmade cards too!

Making a feature of Meg's Cut & Create Christmas holly images, plus layer upon layer of the beautiful damask papers, I created another special Christmas card.


Comprising of 3 damask layers built up with mounting tape, I did not hold back using the many detailed holly images, placing them at each level.


For a touch of shabby, I heavily inked and distressed the edges and included pieces of muslin on each layer.


Atop the damask layers is a beautifully vintage Christmas sentiment, again from the ever versatile Cut & Create sheets. 


The finishing over the top element is definitely the silver tinsel! Not only adding the wow factor, but texture and fun.

Meg Garden has all the perfect papers and embellishments to let our creativity shine. 

There are no rules with tinsel, no one ever said it belongs only on our Christmas tree! 
Have some fun and create something extra special this festive season.


Julia

11 December, 2019

Christmas Art Tags

Hello Paper Artists

Christmas always has to have Tags:

all mounted on ivory cardstock & use the Elegant Christmas Damask Art Tags as the backgrounds






Elegant Damask Art Tags - 1 of 2 papers
The words from the Tags papers are used on the Tags
  
The 2 elderly elves on the bottom right are used on 1 of the tags.  The 2 vintage santas are on 1 of the other sheets
This  paper is 1 of 6 Cut & Create sheets 

Hollies printed on Transparency film create more texture & interest

Other  Embellishments Used:
laces, ribbons & round paper lace doilies
white paper wild rose, white paper cherry blooms & white paper leaves
gilt holly leaves & die cuts
pearls, rhinestones & tinsel
transparency film hollies & cut & creates

Hope this gives you lots of ideas for Art Tags, Cards, Mini Albums & more ...

Best Wishes for the Holiday Season

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Bye for now
Meg