Two Christmas, One Birthday

I'm definitely in the mood for making cards these days.  Must be something about the change in the weather!

First up for Can You Handle the Pressure? (use an embossing folder and have a sentiment on the card), Christmas Cards All Year Round (snowmen), and for Christmas Kickstart ("embossing folder fun"):

I used a corner embossing folder on my focal panel.  I stamped and heat embossed my snowman image in dark blue and trimmed it close to its border so that it would fit in the space left by the embossing folder.

For Shopping our Stash (leaves), I pulled out a stamp I hadn't yet inked up so I'm adding it to the NBUS challenge as well.

I put the stamp in my MISTI and inked it up with Tombow markers, spritzing lightly and   stamping on mixed media cs.  I trimmed the panel with a pierced dot rectangle and went around the edges with Antique Linen Distress ink to give it a vintage look.  I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on brown cs, and used a red shimmer card base.  I finished it off with Glossy Accents on the berries.

I've got a third card today as I needed to make a birthday card for a friend that I go out for tea with a lot.  I'm entering it at Festive Friday where they are celebrating National Dessert Day - nothing like cupcakes and iced cookies for dessert!  I've got pink, cream, desserts, spoon, and stamping from their inspiration list.

I kept the card very CAS card as the image is quite busy. Stamped, coloured with coloured pencils, bordered with dark pink, and popped up on fun foam.

   

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Local King
Ink - Versafine Majestic Blue
Paper - white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - clear embossing powder, snowflake swirl embossing folder

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Tim Holtz holly, Penny Black sentiment
Ink - Distress Antique Linen, Versamark
Paper - mixed media cs, brown cs, red shimmer cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Spellbinders pierced dots rectangle die, Tombow markers, Papermania Seafoam embossing powder, Glossy Accents

Supplies for card 3:
Stamps - SavvyStamps sentiment, Serendipity Afternoon Tea
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - Bristol cs, dark pink cs, linen cs
Size - A2
Accessories - coloured pencils, fun foam

One Christmas, Two Valentines

It seems appropriate since it's almost Valentine's Day to post a Christmas card for Jingle Belles' "Red" challenge.  It's also for My Time to Craft Christmas "Winter Birds".  What better than the gorgeous red cardinal!?

Stamped and watercoloured the image, added the sentiment, and used a Quickie glue pen and glitter on the snow on the branches.

My next card is for Double D "Heartfelt", Just Us Girls "Love", and Stencil Fun "Love / Hearts".

I took a stencil that has a random smattering of hearts and pressed my Versamark pad through it, and then heat embossed the hearts in silver. The sentiment is stamped in red to match the card base.  I wanted a bordering silver layer but none of my cs was the right shade of silver, so I took a piece of white cs the size I wanted, then rubbed Versamark on the edges and heat embossed with the same silver as the hearts.  The panel is popped up on fun foam and embellished with red and silver sequins.

My second Valentine is for Stamping Sensations "Animals, Birds, Creatures", Cardz 4 Guyz "Love", and Sweet Stamping "Valentine's or Galentine's Day".

Stamped, watercoloured, trimmed with a stitched square die, and popped up on fun foam.

      

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Stampendous cardinals, unknown sentiment
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocturne
Paper - watercolour paper, cream cs
Size - A2
Accessories - watercolour paints, glitter

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - PTI sentiment
Ink - Versamark, SU Real Red
Paper - white and red cs
Size - A2
Accessories - silver embossing powder, Heidi Swapp Confetti stencil, red and silver sequins, fun foam

Supplies for card 3:
Stamps - Penny Black image, SU sentiment
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocturne
Paper - watercolour paper, red cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - watercolour paints, Lil Inker stitched square die, fun foam