Holly Jolly Christmas

Hello today - thanks for popping in and are you enjoying some creative time??

I am, and I'm adding to my Christmas stash today with this very bright shiny embossed card.

Before Christmas I shouted myself this 3D embossing folder and of course had to see how it impressed straight away.. but then the panel sat in my pile not knowing what to do with it - SO shiny on silver mirror card.   Today I decided to emboss and fussy cut three of the ornaments in different coloured metallic card and pop them up with foam tape..... it looks very cool, but very tricky to photograph.  Finished off attaching to a white card with a stamped and black embossed sentiment.

I am playing along with Christmas Card Throwdown 52CCT4-21 - Metallic Papers   ....   also  Rudolph Days January challenge,    Pixie's Snippets Playground #395   ....   and  NBUS Challenge #22.

Hope you have a wonderful creative weekend and stay safe

Card Recipe 

Stamps: Happy Little Stampers - Christmas Joy

Dies: 

Inks: Versafine - black

Other: Sizzix - 3D texture plate - Retro Ornaments, black embossing powder, silver mirror card, metallic card scraps

Trio of Christmas Cards

Just love these little "Christmas tree" cards - folded pyramid shape with pretty patterned paper to decorate the sides, then added sentiment and embellishments.

Patterned paper adhered to the card, then decorated

This card lays flat to fit into an envelope, folded along that middle score.

I am playing along with 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Technique challenge 52CCT40-20 - Fancy Folds

Thanks for stopping by my blog   ---  have a Happy Day and stay safe 

 

Merry Christmas

Cutting it fine again for my posting to the sketch at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown - 52CCT14-18.
Is started on Wednesday with a mind to do some masked sponging but a wee little helper hid under my desk with the scissors, she's 2 1/2 and was watching me trim. Anyway a change of plans and I fussy cut the ornaments, sponged them with Distress Oxides -with some masking, stamped my sentiment to the middle one and mounted them with foam tape to my spotting embossed cream card.  Found some DP for the top and added some die cut pine branches.... I reversed the layout horizontally.  Thanks for visiting and enjoy your day

Merry Christmas

My sentiment tag for this card came about with me experimenting and it did not work...so I used the stitched tag die to cut out the gold embossed sentiment to add to my dry embossed 'gift'  to which I simple added some ribbon wrapping. To finish I added my tagged gift to a matching card.  I am playing along at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown March Technique challenge 52CCT12-18 - Embossing.  Thanks for visiting and enjoy your day

Merry & Bright

Today I'm playing along with three challenges with a Christmas theme.... Shopping Our Stash #314 - Count down to Christmas, ABC Christmas challenge - P,Q,R and 52 (Christmas) Card Throwdown colour challange - Rainbow colours.  
This is a relatively QUICK card - just need to cut a triangle mask and grab out some border stamps and a few Christmas sentiment - smallish ones.  I used a RAINBOW selection of inks to stamp my various rows over the tree shape and then to give it a more colourful finish I added two bright layers onto a cream card and added some mini colourful gems.  Thanks for taking a peek

Shopping Our Stash #314 - Countdown to Christmas

P Q and R for People, Quick and or Red

From ALL of Us

 

Look who we had visiting in a palm outside our bedroom window this morning... a cheeky possum - wonder where he's been living??
Anyway I have made a card with inspiration from the July Sketch over at 52 (Christmas) card challenge and the palette from The Paper Players #352 Colour challenge.  I stamped and embossed the ornaments in the three shade of 'berry' and fussy cut them.  I stamped and white embossed my sentiment and mounted these all on a dry embossed background, then using a deep berry card to help the colours pop.  Thanks for taking a peek

  

Merry Christmas

Today I managed to combine four Christmas challenge in one card....I found some lovely designer paper for my background in shades of blue for the Merry Monday #251 - challenge Monochromatic Blue and decided to use the die cut Christmas trees landscape with tree being the optional twist at Happy Little Stampers Christmas June Challenge.  I used a white die cut stitched rectangle to frame it then for the Jingles Belles - Oh HOLE-y Night challenge I cut a 'window' in some navy card which I 3D mounted to frame it all again.  I stamped and silver embossed my sentiment sideways on the navy and to finished added a two layer snowflake and embellished my trees with white and blue pearls... using my ' Pearl Stash' for the 52 (Christmas) card challenge.  Thanks for taking a peek

Oh HOLE-y Night

  

Merry Christmas

We are rapidly nearing the end of the month and I find myself making another Christmas card... one for 52 (Christmas) card challenge with colour theme of Yellow, Kraft and Gold. I found this a bit of a challenge and in the end decided to keep it simple and have created a card wrapped in ribbon as a gift with tag attached. I die cut a stitched tag and trimmed some pale yellow card to fit which I spritzed with Perfect Pearls then stamped on my 'To".  I die cut my sentiment in shiny gold card and attached it to the tag.  Then from  my stash of backgrounds I found this soft creamy pearly piece and smooched the edges in pale yellow.  I attached the sparkly gold ribbon and bow and finally the tag.  I am also posting to Rudolph Days challenge - Anything Goes.  Thanks for taking a peek

May Rudolph Days Challenge

May the Spirit of Christmas bring you Joy

Seems this month I've been otherwise occupied as we've had some visitors and I think this Christmas card is the first.  So today I am playing along with 52 (Christmas) card challenge CCT09 sketch which incorporated multiple layers.... haven't made one of those for a while either.  I hunted through my stash of die cut shapes and this maroon one took my fancy so then I sought out some matching designer papers.  I stamped on my sentiment in silver and found some more pine cones to fussy cut and finished the card with some gems and jute thread.  Thanks for taking a peek

  

Christmas, the magical time of the year

I did have a peaceful and creative week while the rest of the family were on holiday and managed to complete a few cards.  This card is for 52 (Christmas) Card April Technique challenge - Shaker.
Used a die to cut a fancy window frame and made a little cellophane bag to hold my snowy glitter. I stamped a small village onto a background panel, added some sky and colours to the buildings. I used some texture stamps on the 'wall' and added some die cuts... a black cat, some holy and flowers and a tag to hold my stamped sentiment.  Thanks for taking a peek

  

May the Music of Christmas warm your Heart

A quiet Good Friday here at my house with my men heading off to visit our parents for a week...so I've pretty much had a relaxing day. And found some time to make this vintage style Christmas card for a couple of challenges.  The April theme at 52 (Christmas) Card challenge is Musical Notation and Happy Little Stampers April Christmas challenge would like some Embossing.
I found this great piece of designer paper in a pad and some matching card to layer it onto. I decided to decorate one edge with some lace and ribbon and to finish I stamped and embossed my sentiment onto banner with sponged edges and then added some die cut foliage in three shades of green and added three little burgundy pearls.  I am also posting to Holly and Ivy Christmas challenge #3 - Anything Goes.  Thanks for taking a peek

    

Challenge # 3