Embossed Ornament Background

For the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge:

I used an embossing folder of Christmas ornaments and created this card:

The die cut ornament is cut from a scrap created by laying a snowflake mask over cs and spraying with a blue spray.  I added foam tape to raise it above the embossed ornaments background.  A nice quick card!

Supplies:

Stamps - Rubber Soul sentiment

Ink - Memento Danube blue

Paper - white cs, mixed media cs

Size - A2

Accessories - Cuttlebug embossing folder, Spellbinders ornament die, Memory Box snowflake mask, blue spray, blue cord, fun foam

One Image of Tulips

AAA Cards wants one image only, with an optional twist of spring.

I think tulips are one of the best images for spring so I pulled out an old stamp and made this card:

A very quick CAS card - stamped and coloured, trimmed with a wonky stitched rectangle, bordered with green, and popped up on fun foam. And a few pink sequins for embellishment.

Supplies:

Stamps - SU

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper - white and green cs

Size - A2

Accessories - MFT Wonky stitched rectangle die, Tombow markers, pink sequins, fun foam

A Couple of Christmas Cards

Still taking it easy and hanging out mostly at home as I have a lingering cough from last week's cold.  So getting some cards made!

 A very simple card in a different shade of green from the usual Christmas green.

I mixed some green Distress ink with crackle paste and went over the zig zag Christmas tree stencil with it. When dry, I popped it up on fun foam on a green card base and added rhinestones. I pulled out various sentiment stamps but none seemed right so decided to just add one inside.

It's going over to Addicted to CAS for this challenge:

And to the ABC Christmas Challenge - "E is for Embellishments".


My other card is another primarily green card:

I used a very old Dreamweaver stencil.

On mixed media cs, I went over the stencil with white embossing paste and then while the paste was still wet, carefully added glitter just to the mistletoe berries. My trick for adding loose glitter to small areas is to cut a sharp diagonal point on a drinking straw and use that as a tiny scoop for the glitter.

When the rest of the paste was dry, I put the stencil back on and went over the paste with Distress markers. With a damp paint brush, I pulled out a bit of the Wild Honey I used on the border part of the image to add some shading in the centre area.

I had some decorative paper that went perfectly so created a border with it. And I had the perfect sentiment for the challenge too!

It's heading off to Christmas Cards All Year Round for their "Under the Mistletoe" challenge.

Two more ready for my Christmas sale!

Supplies for card 1:

Ink - Distress evergreen bough

Paper - mixed media and green cs

Size - A2

Accessories - Christmas tree stencil, crackle paste, rhinestones, fun foam

Supplies for card 2:

Stamps - Penny Black sentiment

Ink - Ranger Library Green

Paper - cream cs, mixed media cs, SEI dp

Size - A2

Accessories - Dreamweaver mistletoe stencil, Dreamweaver white embossing paste, glitter, Distress markers, fun foam

Red Birds on an Ornament

Lauren and Stephanie over at Jingle Belles have challenged us to put birds on our Christmas cards.

I had a gold card board from underneath a French pastry I recently bought. It was still very clean after I'd eaten the pastry, and too perfect to throw away - and perfectly ornament-shaped with the tab at the top!

I added a green shimmer holly die cut, two die cut red birds and a sentiment, then embellished with dark red gemstones for the holly berries. I "hung" the ornament with gold cord from the top of the card base.

I might have to go back to that pastry shop again!

Supplies:

Paper - cream, red, and green shimmer cs, gold cardboard cake board

Size - A2

Accessories - Penny Black holly die, Tattered Lace "merry" die, Memory Box bird dies, dark red gemstones, gold cord