21 Dec

Owl I wish for Christmas

Owl I wish for Christmas is health, joy and kindness. That’s what we should wish for, shouldn’t we?

Now, with that in mind, I created some cards using some great Christmas papers available on Docrafts. I really love the idea of having these cute owls dressed up (on paper) for Christmas cards. And nothing beats the mood when listening to your favourite playlists on Zonga.

So, for these cards I fussy cut some owls and looked for some frames to add them to. The first one uses the remaining paper in white after die cutting some frames with my XCut machine. I embossed it with an XCut embossing folder – Mixed confetti. I glued it onto the front cover of the card base. Added the owl, a sentiment stamped in white dye ink. To give it an extra dimension I went for some red twine tied in a bow in the upper left corner.

For the other card I used an owl again. But this time I embossed the front cover of the card base using a XCut embossing folder called Tartan. Added a crimson piece of card in a golden glittered frame, which was previously die cut using the XCut frame dies. That was done one day when I had a filled trip with my XCut machine for the entire day.;)The sentiment is from another set and was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

Hope you like them. I’ll be back tomorrow with other projects. It seems this has been a great time with lots of crafting going on.
Talida

21 Dec

Baubles

Hi there,

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. There are just 4 days till Christmas. This year has passed really quick. But, hey, that’s what we always feel like. Time passes quickly when you are busy doing what you love.:) Read more

18 Dec

Under the Mistletoe

Hello, everyone!

The cards today are all about mistletoe. Read more

16 Dec

Snowflakes

With the holidays getting closer, I will be posting quite a lot these days as I don’t want to miss the chance to share the cards I’ve made for this Christmas so far. Read more

11 Dec

Framed Stars

Good morning,

Hope your day has started with good vibes and happy thoughts. My mornings have been this way for some time now and that’s what I wish everyone.

Now onto the topic, this card is kind of a simple one. I wanted some stars, some dots and a season’s greeting as the sentiment. For those new in the crafting world, sentiments are either wishes, scripts or words written or stamped onto the card. I love handwriting and ofcourse I love my many types of pens! And my entire collection that continuously grows! So, I also enjoy using them on cards sometimes.

10 Dec

50 #Christmas cards

Hello, everyone!

Here I am with the promised post about my 50 #Christmas cards. This has been a lovely job as I turned it in a challenge of making the cards different from each other. Not entirely different but adding or making tiny or bigger changes. I have used a lot of stamp sets, inks, papers, cards, twine, sequins, markers, pens, watercolour pencils and ideas. The products I used are recycled, recyclable and earth-friendly. For some of the cards I found inspiration in one of my favourite magazines Docrafts Creativity, for others I got inspired by the creations of famous craft makers I admire and follow (Keren Baker, K. Werner, Julia Altermann). Then, of course, for most of them I had the ideas ready to roll for some time and this was just the right moment to make them come true.

For today, I chose to post a few photos with most of the cards together. And for the following days, there will be articles with those ones that use the same products but make a different card or cards. Read more

25 Nov

Sharing kindness

Hello, everyone!

This post is about sharing kindness and saying thank you in a crafty way. I’ve been pretty busy lately trying to finish my Christmas crafts and projects. The one today is part of this and my part in the art & craft #sharehandmadekindness campaign inspired and launched by Jennifer McGuire. She is a very talented craft maker whose work I admire very much. As I haven’t got the kindness stamp set yet, I went on and used some of my recently acquired stamps.

Some of them are digital stamps created by Gerda Steiner and I must tell you that I adore them.

24 Dec

Sara’s design 4 handmadebytalida

While visiting me, Sara was, as always, so energetic, wondering from the boys’ to the girls’ chats. So, I thought I should put her energy to work in a very constructive and creative way by asking her to draw what she wishes to have on her Christmas card this year. And she did it. She drew a house, a Christmas tree, a snowman and a girl. Then, she put it on my fridge so that I won’t forget about it.

I had a sketch, I went to work on it. I chose the colours, the cards, the materials and made it into a Christmas card the way she wanted. She was impressed, I was impressed and everybody loved it.

23 Dec

Christmas Homemade Gifts for the Loved Ones

This Christmas I wanted to surprise everyone with special gifts. So, beside the handmade cards I prepared, I wanted to give something different than the years before.

I looked up and found some good recipes of breakfast cookies and biscuits Though I have never tried them out before, after the first batch, I got really confident it would come out great and tasty. And so it was!

Then, I wrapped them up using some tin foil and card for the base, cling film (plastic wrap) and string. And that was all.

It ended up being an awesome idea turned into great gifts for everyone.

01 Dec

Christmas Cards

December 2006, the first handmade cards were made. And then, year after year, some more.

December 2006.I still remember those days, when I was sitting by the fire and enjoying the Christmas with my dear ones, in the mountains, at my grandma’s house. All the family together, celebrating Christmas. Unique, cheerful, awesome moments.Sweet memories that fill my heart with joy, love and loss.