The latest Cut It Up Challenge is "Christmas in July". Here's my Christmas card featuring lots of die cuts. It's also for Inkspirational "Three of the Same" - I have three doves and three fir trees. Christmas Cards All Year Round wants "Blue Christmas"
I die cut the house / trees die and the small doves out of white shimmer cs and layered them over a background created by smooshing with blue Inka Gold and then trimming with a square die. I cut a square out of plain white cs and out of a dp that matched the smooshed background perfectly and layered everything on a square card base.
And a twofer for Sweet Stampin' "Christmas in July" and Addicted to CAS "Code Word Christmas":
A simple stamped and coloured (with markers) image, then trimmed with a rectangle die, and to add more interest, a thin frame was cut out of the rectangle and then cut again out of red cs and the red one was inlaid into the rectangle.
Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Art Impressions sentiment
Ink - Distress Faded Jeans
Paper - white and white shimmer cs, Paper Pizazz dp
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - Memory Box house / trees die, Memory Box small doves dies, Spellbinders square dies
Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Impression Obsession bird/holly, Hero Arts sentiment
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black, SU Real Red
Paper - white and red cs
Size - A2
Accessories - markers, SSS thin frames die, Spellbinders rectangle die ms
The blue and white is really so pretty on the first with the lovely scene Susan, and the sweet little bird on the holly and berry branch is so detailed and prettily coloured using markers, and the little bit of red detail with the thin frame inlaid within the white draws the eye in beautifully, and a lovely coordinating sentiment too...wonderful Christmas makes! x
ReplyDeleteTwo lovely Christmas cards Susan! Thanks for joining us at Inkspirational: 3 of the Same with your beautiful blue winter scene with the 3 white pines and doves! Julia xx
ReplyDeleteMy heart melted over the sweet songbird and holly Christmas design, Susan! I also love the purity of the blue and white design with the cool smooched background! Someone really should close the door on the house, however, or the heating bills will be astronomical! Thank you for joining Cut It Up! Hugs, Darnell GD CIU
ReplyDeleteThe white doves against that pretty sky says Peace on Earth so well. The bird perched on the holly is so sweet. That red frame makes this card pop.
ReplyDeleteI love bird cards and he is a cute bird! Thanks for joining in at ATCAS
ReplyDeleteTwo fabulous cards here! Jackie Dt at Cut It Up
ReplyDeleteLove the chickadee card. The thin red mat was a great choice. Thanks for joining us at Addicted to CAS.
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