Winter Wishes

Can't believe I'm making Christmas cards, but of course there's been a lot of Christmas stamps in stores over the last couple months, so there's always a must have bargain.... This new sentiment came at the right time.  I started with masking off the sky and snow drifts and sponging in the colour, then stamped my large tree in DI and with the darker layer quickly added some clear EP and heat set that.  With the mask in place again I stamped the tops of a tree stamp in two shades of DI and then with flicked white paint across the panel for snow.  To finish I stamped, coloured and fussy cut my robin on a post and stamped my sentiment on a banner and embossed with glittery clear EP and sponged the edges and used foam tape to attach to my pole.
I am playing along with Watercooler Wednesday WWC203 - Karen's "All About Occasions" challenge, also with Addicted to Stamps and More challenge #323 - Holiday and lastly with Christmas Crafts All Year Round January challenge - Let it Snow.
Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it - happy stamping

  

Jingle Bells

Yippee and I'm sighing with relief as I've finished writing up my Christmas cards and most are in the post.  Just needed a couple extras for the family.. and so I've put together this one from my desk WIP stash - which includes a leftover tag from last year... easy card with just a nice male brown DP background on a white card.  I'm posting to Watercooler Wednesday challenge WWC198 - Gail's "All about Holidays" challenge and Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round -December - Anything Goes.   Thanks for visiting and enjoy your day

 

Christmas is Love......

 I am happy to be adding another card to my Christmas stash.... with a 'tree' for the Christmas Crafts All Year Round - July challenge.  I spritzed my die cut tree and snowflake with silver mist and added some gems.  I attached a light brown metallic strip to my DP snowflake background panel and to finish stamped my sentiment in brown ink and embossed with Pearl White EP.  I am also playing along with Simon Says Monday challenge - Christmas in July.  Thanks for visiting and enjoy your day

 

Peace on Earth

A while since I made a Christmas card.... this morning I have cased Lindsey's card at Muse: Christmas Visions 103 (below).  Her lovely CAS card really caught my eye and the modern twist on the trees - cased elements... layout, snowy landscape and starry night sky, use of DP for trees, 'peace'.  My background is  made with sponged Distress Oxides and stamped and silver embossed stars.  Then I die cut my 'hills' and found some Designer Paper with gold highlights, cut into long triangles - I inked over the 'trees' slightly in green DI.  Then as I have silver on gold on my card, I used silver and gold embossing powder on my sentiment on the bottom of my frame.
I am also playing along at Christmas Crafts All Year - theme Trees, AND Watercooler Wednesday WWC176 - Kath's "All About Christmas" challenge.  Thanks for visiting and enjoy your week.

    

Joy

My Christmas card stash is growing slowly and today I have one inspired by Pam for Muse: Christmas Vision challenge #101.  I am casing her layout, gold, a dove, Joy sentiment, and that gorgeous circle of soft color - all of her card really.  I cut my circle from a shaving cream panel and edged in in gold... I liked the purple in it so decided to layer it on a purple panel.  Then I stamped my dove and embossed in gold and to finish used a die cut sentiment in gold card.  I am also playing along at Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round - June challenge 'Non Traditional' and Happy Little Stampers Christmas June challenge - optional twist 'Joy'.
Thanks for visiting and enjoy your day

Joy

Today I've been playing around with using my die cut plates to do some embossing, then while the plate is still in place used Distress Inks to sponge/blend through the pattern...I really like the effect with the sponging off the edge giving me a nice space to add my glittery die cut sentiment - I inked around the edge of the die cut so it would lift off the white background a bit. 
I am playing along with Addicted to Stamps and More challenge #29 - Clean and Simple, also with ABC Christmas challenge - J for Joy and K for Keep it Simple, and lastly with Christmas Craft All Year 'Round - Anything Goes.  Thanks for visiting and enjoy your day

'J' for Joy

and'K' for Keep it simple