Peace on Earth and a Poinsettia

I've been away in England and Wales visiting friends and relatives - a wonderful trip, but I'm glad to be home none the less.  And just in time to get a card done for the Jingle Belles challenge "Peace on Earth" - one of my favourite themes for Christmas cards.

The dove is cut out of a piece of glossy cardstock that I sprinkled with various blue Brushos and then spritzed with water.

I stamped the sentiment in a co-ordinating blue and heat embossed, trimmed the panel with a stitched rectangle die, and popped it up on fun foam.  I added a gemstone for the dove's eye.

It would be an easy card to mass produce and also one for my friend who buys several of my dove / peace themed cards every year.

And another Christmas card, this time for the Flower Challenge "Anything Goes".

I went with a poinsettia:

I stamped and heat embossed the poinsettia in gold on red vellum and then fussy cut it.  The frame, sentiment, and branches are die cut from cream shimmer cs, and all are mounted on a dull gold shimmer card base.  I added cream pearls to the centre of the poinsettia.

Lots more Christmas cards to come!!

Supplies for card 1:

Stamps - PTI sentiment

Ink - Brilliance Pearlescent Sky Blue

Paper - white and glossy cs

Size - A2

Accessories - various blue Brushos, clear embossing powder, Lil Inker stitched rectangle die, fun foam

Supplies for card 2:

Stamps - Penny Black poinsettia stamp

Ink - ColorBox gold

Paper - red vellum, cream and dull gold shimmer cs

Size - 5.25" square

Accessories - Memory Box sentiment die, Tim Holtz greenery die, Spellbinders square die, gold embossing powder