Christmas Card Mega Bundel - Ankarika Craft

 Hi there!

This year I decided to make my Christmas cards in a rustic style. Some would probably class them as boho or even vintage style. In any case, I opted for soft pastel colours combined with natural brown, jute and white acrylic paint. 

I didn't even for a moment doubt what I would use to enhance the composition of my little masterpieces, and I made a solid stock of Christmas cardboard at Dusty Attic.

I cordially invite you to browse through all 16 cards, because each one is different. I know it's quite late for Christmas orders, but maybe I will still inspire someone before the upcoming holidays.

Merry Christmas and happy New Year!!

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Dream with your eyes wide open - Adri Du Preez

 Hello everyone!

Welcome to the blog today. 

My October design team layout features beautiful Dusty Attic chipboard pieces.  

This photo is of my sweet granddaughter when she was only two weeks old.

Here is my layout.

All the chippies were first primed with a layer of white acrylic paint and then painted with Americana Acrylic paint.

The beautiful Big Moon was also heat embossed with embossing powder.  I used Silver, Lindy's Groovy Granite, and Iced Enamels Relique Powder in Ivory.

I painted the title with Orchid {dream} and Pansy Lavender {with your eyes wide open} and 

dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

The words from the It's a Girl set and Leaves #2 were heat embossed with white 

embossing powder.

The Seedlings were painted with Mint Julep Green and dry brushed with white acrylic paint. 

I snipped the foliage into pieces and tucked them into the flower clusters.  The Leaves #2 were heat embossed with white embossing powder.

The stars were painted with Orchid, Pansy Lavender, and Turquoise Blue and dry-brushed the edges with white acrylic paint. I then added Ranger Stickles in Platinum for a bit of shine. A few of the mini stars were glued onto the larger stars. I painted the Page Pebble with Orchid.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA1603 - Dream with your eyes…

DA2731 - Big Moon – by Nuneka

DA2441 - Stars #4

DA0933 - Stars #1

DA1040 - Mini Stars

DA2897 - Seedlings #2

DA1342 - Leaves #2

DA1229 - It’s a Girl

DA1107 - Page Pebbles #3

DA2378 - Get Framed – Star

The final touches to this layout included pearls, glitter, and splatters with diluted white gesso.

Thank you for visiting the blog today. Visit the Dusty Attic online shop for more amazing chipboard designs.

Happy crafting!

Happy Together Card Set - Ankarika Craft

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I'm delighted to show two bespoke cards today. Both are already pleasing the eyes of the bride and groom. The expectations of the client were not too complicated this time, I had to make sure it was stylish and elegant, 3D and with gold details. A pleasant assignment! Do you have your favourite kind of work? What kind of orders do you enjoy?

I used a beige DL base on which I layered, with space between each layer, a gold frame and on top of this a white decorative paper with a very delicate pattern from Margaret Paper Design. I embossed the paper with a fantastic embossing folder, and further accentuated the pattern by applying a delicate gold wax from Sizzix. The paper is cut along the long edge, and I've incorporated a delicate white lace where it is cut - can you see what a great effect such a simple procedure has had? Naturally, I couldn't resist machine-stitching all the edges here.

I made the large paper flower which is the central decorative element myself, additionally enriching the composition with tiny little flowers all around. The composition sits on elegant cardboard swirls from Dusty Attic. I also added wedding rings, but... just look at the end of the post for a photo of the whole cardboard pattern - it's seaweed with air bubbles, and I associated it with wedding rings... How good it is that in scrapbooking only our imagination limits us! I also used the extras that the aforementioned paper collection added to the set: butterflies, bride and groom and leaves.

On the design you will also see the words "Perfect Together", "Happy Love" and cute pebbles with the words "love" and "happiness".  Additionally printed: the date and the names of the bride and groom. In some places I added small white stones and some gold balls. Both cards have ribbon hang tags. They are personalised inside and in the photo you can look at a very simple solution for giving money. I hope this post has brought something to your life. ;)

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