A winter landscape

Hello, Monika here.
Today I have for you a bendy card with an landscape and Wild Orchid Craft products.

I used small and big poinsettias with small, pearl stamens, added some gypsophilas, leaves, silver bells and frosted berries. At the end I added some pearl shaped stars.

Products used:
LARGE WHITE POINSETTIA BLOOMS (60mm) MKX-222
SMALL WHITE POINSETTIA BLOOMS (30mm) MKX-204
STAR SHAPED IVORY PEARL BEADS GST-257
MINIATURE SILVER DECORATIVE BELLS MKX-652
WHITE GYPSOPHILA FLOWERS GST-225
WHITE FROSTED BERRY SPRAY MKX-600
SMALL WHITE DOUBLE HEAD PEARL STAMENS - 1.5mm MKX-212

Best wishes,
Monika

Frosted card

Hello :)
Today I have for you very frosted Christmas card.

I used some sissal, white poinsettia blooms, then added diecuts, some white leaves and small open roses.

I also add small, silver bells and self adhesive pearls.

Products from Wild Orchid Crafts: 
LARGE WHITE POINSETTIA BLOOMS 60mm MKX-222
WHITE MULBERRY PAPER LEAVES - 1¼" (30mm) MKX-448
WHITE OPEN ROSES 15mm MKX-013
MINIATURE SILVER DECORATIVE BELLS MKX-652
MON MERRY CHERI BIG WREATH GST-237
IVORY SISSAL FIBRE MKX-586
WHITE SELF ADHESIVE PEARLS - ⅛" (3mm) MKX-506

Best wishes!
Monika 

Christmas Wreath

Hello! I opened Christmas season already and prepared few Christmas works. This one is Christmas wreath with my favorite WOC flowers and leaves.
I prepared Video tutorial for you with this work :)

20 MIXED PINK TONE MULBERRY PAPER TRELLIS ROSES

• Model: MKX-092
  10 MIXED METAL EMBELLISHMENTS
• Model: MKX-236
  
  50 IVORY HIP ROSEBUDS
• Model: GST-063
  
  50 MIXED PASTEL TONE MULBERRY PAPER APPLE BLOSSOMS
• Model: MKX-469
  
  50 WHITE MULBERRY PAPER MAGNOLIAS
• Model: QVR-028
  20 CREAM ROSE CABOCHON - 20mm
• Model: GST-101
  
  VINTAGE SEAM BINDING RIBBON - LIGHT BEIGE
• Model: MKX-473
  
  VINTAGE SEAM BINDING RIBBON - CREAM
• Model: MKX-476
  
  1 METRE LENGTH (1.09 Yards) WHITE ORGANZA ROSE TRIMMING - SMALL
• Model: MKX-462
  
  100 GREEN MULBERRY PAPER HOLLY LEAVES
• Model: MKX-444
  
  RED CHRISTMAS BERRY SPRAY WITH PINE CONES & HOLLY LEAVES
• Model: MKX-354
  
  50 MINITURE SILVER DECORATIVE BELLS
• Model: MKX-652

I {heart} Christmas

I had a play with something different for a very special friend who I think is the biggest fan of Christmas on this planet.  Seriously!  She has thousands of ornaments from all over the world so I wanted to make her something that I know she won’t already have.

 

Lots of delicious Wild Orchid Crafts products were used: Trellis Rose, Cottage Rose, Open Roses 15mm and 20mm, white cabochon angel, gold bells, white stamens.  I dabbed white paint on to the flowers using a small piece of sponge (much more controlled than using a paintbrush) then once dry slathered on Mercury Glass Stickles.

 

The edges were painted with gold paint before I adhered the paper on then once dry the edges were inked and glittered.

 

 

My lovely hubby bent some brass tubing into ‘S’ shapes so I could join the hearts together

 

 

I bought the hearts from my local craft shop but I would think you could cut them quite easily from chipboard or mount board.  I covered the front and back of each heart with Bo Bunny paper.

 

I had such fun making this and it only took a couple of hours to do.

Chalkboards for Christmas

A kinda different card from me today, using some Wild Orchid Crafts Christmas goodies to embellish.  See, even though (for me) this is a trendy card I still managed to frou-frou it up HA! 

I separated the poinsettia and misted with pearl spray, allowed to dry and then reassembled and finished it off with one of these delish flatback pearls in a diamond circle.  I love that the charcoal grey pops off the white flower and also ties in with the chalkboard sentiment.  I heat embossed a wooden reindeer, added a couple of bells and a small metal corner and job done.  I think this set will be getting heaps of use this year.

A closer look at that gorgeous flatback embellie.  Love it!

Christmas Stocking

Whilst browsing Pinterest last week, and losing hours and hours – sheesh that place is dangerous, I saw some cute Christmas stocking cards.  I had an idea to make an ornament instead of a card to give to special friends so they can use it again and again.  A few hours later this is what I came up with.  I love it!

I downloaded a few free templates off the internet and cobbled/adapted them till I got the shape I liked.  It roughly measures 7.5” at the longest points.  I cut this from mountboard, my local picture framers so very kindly donated some to the cause.  Then the fun began.  Out came the Christmas papers and embellies.

The embellies are mostly from Wild Orchid Crafts – Poinsettia large, pulled apart then spritzed with pearl shimmer then edges inked then reassembled with strong glue and finished off with a flatback pearls in a gold flower; small poinsettia I did the same but finished off with a gold finding and pearl.  Holly leaves, berries from the gold Christmas berry spray, and open roses in 20mm, 15mm and 10mm.  I also added a couple of gold bells to the ribbon bow and finished off with a wooden sentiment that I painted with gold paint then slathered in gold stickles.

I finished off the front with a couple of sentiment tags.

And a look at the back, where I have added a sentiment and left space to address the “card”.  I really had fun making this and have quite a few ideas for more using different shapes. 

 

T'was the night before Christmas

Good morning Flower fans!  It is Kylie here to share with you just a little more Christmas crafting.

In keeping with our current challenge, I have made some gift wrap for a little pressie for a friend of mine. The stamp is a background scene from Magnolia.

It was so simple to make and so much fun to embellish with terrific Wild Orchid Crafts products.  

Just click on the links to go straight to the products.....

Small flat gardenias

Cherry Blossom

25 mm open Rose

15 mm open rose

Sweetheart blossoms

Silver bells

Silver charm

1/2 " Gingham ribbon

Paper doily

Seam binding

I hope you are inspired to get crafting and enter our challenge. It runs a bit longer this time due to the Christmas break, we'd love to see what you create!
Hugs Kylie

It's tea time in Sweden!

Hi folks! Today it's my turn to show you the money! ;) I know that you ladies in England LOVES to drink tea and I have made this box just for you. :) Here in Sweden are we more for coffee but I love to take a good cup of tea in the evening.

You can find every single decoration in the shop among tons and tons again of wonderful flowers, embellishments, ribbons, laces and pearls. I have used three different raffia ribbons, tulips, daisys, wild roses, carnations, small and large roses, satin ribbon, a silver bell, pearls, leaves, brads for feets, metal corners and a seam ribbon to open the box.

Please enter our blog for more inspiration and dont forget our challenge blog with new challenges every second monday with lovely flowers!

You're welcome to visit my private blog for more inspiration and pics!