A Rocking Horse with Gifts, Red and Green, and a Metallic Ornament

Lots of inspiration from some challenges today.  Shopping our Stash "Forever Young" wants to see a card for a child so my rocking horse image seemed perfect.  And the image has gift-wrapped presents in it so it works for the Paper Players "Gifting" challenge and the Double D "Christmas Wrappings" challenge.

Stamped, coloured with coloured pencils, and bordered with a multi-patterned dps.

Then for the challenges out there asking for red and green: We Love Stamping, Simply CAS, and Colorful Options, and for Festive Friday where I chose red, green, white, and a Christmas sentiment from their list of options.

I stamped the focal image / sentiment in green on rustic cs.  I trimmed it with a stitched rectangle die and rubbed the green ink pad along the cut edges of the rectangle, then layered it on a larger rectangle of rustic cs.  I added it to a red card base and embellished the image with red gemstones for the berries.  It needed something more so I die cut some holly leaves; to colour them and give them texture, I pressed some of the green ink onto my craft mat and mixed Nuvo glimmer paste into it, and then spread that onto the holly leaves.  When dry, I added them to the card.

A third card today and it's for Addicted to CAS "Metallic".

I sponged Cosmic Shimmer glue through a ornament stencil, removed the stencil (and washed it immediately), and put the stencil back down and carefully applied different metallic colours of foil to the glue.  Trimmed the panel with a label die and added it to a copper shimmer card base.

    

    

    

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Impression Obsession rocking horse, Rubber Soul joy
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black, SU Real Red
Paper - white cs, dps
Size - A2
Accessories - coloured pencils

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Great Impressions
Ink - Distress Rustic Wilderness
Paper - red and rustic white cs
Size - 6x4.25"
Accessories - red gemstones, Nuvo glimmer paste, stitched rectangle die

Supplies for card 3:
Paper - white cs, copper shimmer cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Cosmic Shimmer glue, metallic foil sheets, ornament stencil, Sizzix label die

 

Peaceful Winter Scene

When I saw the top right image on the new Peace on Earth mood board (see it at the end of the post), I immediately thought of a Northwoods stamp that I've had for ages.  It has the snowy scene of trees, a stream, and deer.

I stamped it, then coloured with coloured pencils, trimmed it, bordered it with black, leaving enough black on the right hand side to have my little vertical sentiment also bordered with the black.  Finished off by going over the snow lines, roof, evergreen trees, and tops of the fence with a Quickie glue pen and fine clear glitter.

Most of our Peace on Earth Design Team were inspired by the same image as me!  Maybe one of the other images will inspire you?  Or if they don't, you can post an "anything Christmas" card.

Supplies:
Stamps - Northwoods, Rosie's Road Show sentiment
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - white, black, and kraft cs
Size - A2
Accessories - coloured pencils, Martha Stewart fine clear glitter

Dove's Wings, Masked Snowflakes, and a Horsey Thanks

52 Christmas Card Throwdown's Stash challenge wants us to use our stamps.  The ABC Christmas Challenge is "w for wings".  I went with a beautiful dove stamp where the dove has his wings spread wide.

I stamped the bird and sentiment on watercolour paper in dark blue and heat embossed. I watercoloured the bird with light blue paint. Trimmed the panel with a square die, and cut the next size up of square dies out of blue glitter cs. I die cut three small snowflakes out of the centre of the blue glitter cs, then layered the dove panel onto the blue glitter cs, and glued the three little snowflakes on the dove panel. I used an off white cs for the card base as it matches the watercolour paper better than white cs.

Try It on Tuesday wants to see snowflakes.  

I used a mask to create the snowflakes.  I laid it on watercolour paper, then sprinkled blue Brushos over it, spritzed with water, patted dry to prevent colour seeping under the mask, and lifted the mask.  I let the panel air dry and then trimmed it, added it to the card base, and framed it with a die cut frame, cut twice and glued together.  I had a burgundy glitter die cut sentiment sitting in my UFO box and like the contrast it added.

A third card for today as I needed to make a thank you card for a friend who took me out for my birthday.  It's going to Sisterhood of Crafters who want to see Thanks.

 My friend has a horse so a card depicting a horse is perfect for her.   I sponged a background with various blue Distress inks, then cut the die cut out of a square of white cs, layered it over the background, and added a simple sentiment.

    

  

 

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Technique Junkies
Ink - Versafine Clair Twilight
Paper - watercolour paper, off white cs, blue glitter cs
Size - 5.5" square
Accessories - watercolour paints, clear embossing powder, tiny snowflake dies, Spellbinders square dies

Supplies for card 2:
Paper - off white cs, watercolour paper, burgundy glitter cs
Size - A2
Accessories - TCW Winter Wonderland snowflake mask, blue Brushos, Impression Obsession frame die, Penny Black sentiment die

Supplies for card 3:
Stamps - Memory Box sentiment
Ink - Distress Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire
Paper - white cs
Size - 5.25"square
Accessories - Starlit Studio die, Spellbinders square die