Wednesday 5 February 2020

Jingle all the way!... (yes - in February)!

Morning friends...

well - today is a bit of a thing!

Tanglemouse is 5 years old today!

I feel a bit emotional about it because starting this blog and really committing to my colouring and card making has been a complete life changer!

Thank you everyone (and the special ones - you know who you are)! for the enduring love, support and friendship!

I'm going to do two blog posts today in celebration! (:

Here is a card I have been wanted to make since before last Christmas!

In November I was lucky enough to Guest Design for lovely Michele at 

I had so many cards in my head to make and inevitably I did n't manage to do them all! /-;

Today I am showing you a card I made with some stamps from
created by the very brilliant Julian Charlton!
Ingredients from

This was such a fun card to make!

As soon as I saw the little banner I knew I wanted to show it being towed along by Santa in his sleigh!

I created a rectangle of smooth card (Strathmore Bristol Vellum) 14cm x 22cm.

I then made a circle mask which I fixed over the top right hand corner of the card.
I blended Distress Oxides in Broken China, Chipped sapphire and Black Soot over the card to create a night sky.  Then I flicked water, Perfect Pearls and a white water based Sharpie over the background and let it dry.

I then used the negative mask - the part with the circle removed.  I fixed it onto the card leaving the moon exposed and blended Distress oxide in Weathered Wood over it.  Again I sprinkled the design with water and Perfect Pearls and let it dry.

I removed the mask and then stamped and heat embossed in black the beautiful Christmas stamps!

I stamped and heat embossed in white the jingle all the way sentiment from the 
which I trimmed and fixed to the top left hand side of the card design as shown.

I used the brilliant 
to perfectly place and stamp the images!

Finally I layered the design onto a rectangle of black sparkle card.
Please have a good look around the 
At the gorgeous cards by the Design Team – and then follow that with a trip to 
store for some essential retail therapy!

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx


5 comments:

mixamatoasties said...

Happy blogaversary my lovely friend. What a wonderful card to celebrate with. Xx

Jennifer D said...

Wow this is such an AWESOME card. I do loooove your work and congrats on your Amazing 5 years. Look forward to more of your AMAZING projects. xxxooo

Fikreta said...

love this card!

Annette said...

Fab silhouette and inking - Save that one for me!!! xx

Barbara Sproatmeyer said...

This looks fantastic and happy anniversary! I'm always surprised how vibrant and smooth of a background the distressed pads can get. I need to use that more often. Although I'm not familiar with the differences between the ink and oxide. Do you?