Confessions of a Papersniffer: House of Zandra

Monday, 3 October 2016

Autumn Shoe

A card that's very much in keeping with the season today, in autumnal colours. I've used a quirky House of Zandra stamp that I coloured with my Promarkers, this stamp is from Fabulous Shoes Set 2. The sentiment stamp is from Lili of the Valley.

The patterned papers are from a Lili of the Valley pad called Enchanted, they have a lovely autumnal palette.
All the die cut embellishments, except the Michaelmas daisies which were made with Sue Wilson Cornflower dies, were made with my Xcut Forest Flourishes die set. It's a gorgeous set which has so many dies, I especially like the toadstool.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Come and Get It - Welcome Autumn
Glitter 'n' Sparkle - #208 - Fall / Autumn
Robyn's Fetish - #336 - Square Cards
Stamping Sensations - Autumn
QKR Stampede - #211 - Cut It Up
Cards 4 Galz - #32 - Fall / Autumn Colours
Crafting From The Heart - #130 - Anything Goes
Crafty Boots - Autumn
Crafty Cardmakers - #174 - Birthdays
The Crazy Challenge - #232 - Autumn is Coming

Thursday, 29 September 2016

Fabulous Festive Footwear

Christmas again! This time a stamped card featuring a rather fabulous Christmas boot, not one of Santa's I don't think! The stamp is from a House of Zandra set I bought at the SECC last year, I've used all the others in the set but not this one. It's a pretty big image, it doesn't leave a lot of room for embellishment on a 5x7 card, as you can see. I used my usual Promarkers for colouring, adding some pretty glitter to the fur trim at the top of the boot.
Unfortunately, as is so often the case with reds, the shading on the boot hasn't shown up very well in the photos and the die cut holly looks much darker than in real life too.

The striped card and darker red pearl card are both from Anna Marie Designs, the sentiment was stamped with a stamp from the same set as the image.
The holly was made with Sue Wilson dies and embellished with lots of red gems for berries, and the poinsettias were made with Nellie Snellen punches.