Merry Christmas

Today I'm taking care of our little grand daughter who is unwell, so while she's napping I thought I'd get this card finished and posted.  I'm playing along with three challenges.... Season's Greetings #3; I've used both dry embossing and heat embossing on my white card. ABC Christmas Challenge for March - I am using "E" for Edge... my embossing is around the edge of my card creating a frame.  And also to Sparkles Christmas challenge #74 - I stamped my sentiment and embossing is gorgeous gold.  To finish my card  I added a bit of colour with a die cut poinsettia with some green foliage.  Thanks for taking a peek

ABC Christmas Challenge

E, F & G are for?

Challenge # 74 Use Silver or Gold

Season's Greetings

Kathy is hosting her 7th - 30 Day Colouring Challenge over March and I'm eager to  join in as colouring is a main part of my stamped cards which I  so enjoy doing. Today I finished my Christmas card using the Colour Combo at Season's Greetings challenge #2 so I  took a quick photo of my desk ... showing my two card fronts (this year I've been stamping two images as I go and colouring the second when to mood takes me).  I stamped my poinsettia on watercolor paper and ooooh I wasn't too happy as it was very porous and bled everywhere.... but I just persisted figuring I couldn't make it any worse and after the image was finished I decided to 'conceal' the bleeding and added a light pink water colourwash to the background... I'm actually quite happy with it now.  Then I flicked a few spots of pink and stamped on my sentiment....I used Brushos and decided on a pink flower and red berries to use the colour combo option.  To finish I layered the top panel on darker pink and pale pink card.  I am also posting to Jingle Belles challenge - The Holly and the Ivy.... a Christmas foliage card... fits beautifully with my 'pink' Poinsettias.. I love these flowers/leaves.  Thanks for taking a peek

The Holly and the Ivy

 

Love from All of Us

Well I'm not sure where these colours came from to make a Christmas card...but I do like them....I wanted to be a bit non-traditional.  I stamped and coloured my stocking with Brushos, then used the stamp with Versamark to add detail to the green strip and layered these onto a burnt orange (Gamboge in Brushos) panel. To finish I added a stamped sentiment.  I roughly used the layout at Paper Play Sketches #35 and the theme - Stockings at Merry Monday Challenge #236.  And finally I'm posting to Season's Greetings challenge #1 - Anything Goes with a twist -Love. Thanks for taking a peek