Merry Christmas

Here are a few Christmas Cards I have made recently.

In a recent post, here, I shared that I needed some new Cuttlebug Plates as my old ones had cracked.

Well, I put the new plates to the test and they performed beautifully!

 

I made up two DL size cards for something different!  (which is two-thirds of an A4 sheet)

 

Card#1

 

I die cut a series of letters out of Plaid DP and layered onto white cardstock for dimension. 

 

I used my new 'T square' ruler to align the letters, before affixing with foam tape to red background cardstock.  Gold Peel Off stickers were randomly added to the background, along with a mulberry paper poinsettia.  The background was then affixed to a white DL size cardbase.

Card#2

Again, I used my new 'T square' ruler to align the letters, before affixing with foam tape -- oops, the 'a' has a bit of a 'lean' LOL.  Gold Peel Off stickers were randomly added to the red background cardstock, then affixed to a white DL size cardbase. 

 

 

 

 

AND .... we have a 'dancing' Santa :) stamped and hand coloured with Copics, fussy cut with scissors, highlighted with KindyGlitz, then affixed with a wobble (see video below).

 

 

Must go, I have more Christmas cards on my to do list!

 

Linking Card #1 with the following challenges:

Cardz4Guyz Challenge #362 - Holiday/Christmas Tag/Card 

The Male Room #193 - Anything Goes

 

 

Linking Card #2 with the following challenges:

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #93 - Anything Goes - If it's Christmassy link it up! 

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #167 - Feature a Christmas Song or Carol - I am not so much into Christmas Carols, but I love Slade's 'Merry Christmas Everyone'  LOL  The song was released in 1973 and I play it nice and loud whenever I can :)

Cut It Up Challenge #319 - Use more than one die cut - well I think I got that one covered.  I confess, I didn't think making up the word Merry Christmas would be so fiddly, and take as long as it did!

ABC Christmas Challenge Y - Favourite Color - My most fave Christmas colour is Red combined with gold!

 

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.

Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Thank You

I have a few new cards to share today.

A Thank You card ..... made with bits & pieces from my stash - the only thing new is the sequins.

The background was part of a swap from many years ago, where we swapped a selection of embossed backgrounds in A6 size.  It doesn't show up in the photo very well, but the brown cardstock is the most beautiful chocolate brown :)

 

Embossed background trimmed, twine wrapped around and glued in place, then added to cardfront with foam tape.  

 

'Thank You' Sentiment was stamped & die cut twice for dimension, then added to cardfront with foam tape and a final touch of sequins for that 'little something'.  

Linking above card with:

The Male Room Challenge #193 - Anything Goes

Cardz 4 Guyz #361 - Grateful/Thankful/Blessed 

Card#2

Still with the frame of mind of clearing stash, my Second card is repair/rehash of an older card I made some time ago for a friend, but decided to go a different direction.

 

I did a bit of a watercolour wash using a fan brush for the background, then stamped the dandelions in black, then added a touch of bling.

 

The 're-hash' was re-affixing the cardfront to a better black cardbase.  The cardstock I had used for the watercolour was not my best choice and it had warped a little bit, re-affixing it to a stronger cardbase helped straighten it a bit ..... well sort of.

 

 

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.

Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

You're not old ... you're vintage!

I had a lot of fun making this card.

 

 

I stamped the TV and die cut several times, making a shaker window for the screen. I placed TV onto background SDP, then used a Stampin' Up Marker to define the edge.

 

 

Sentiment was stamped using Stampin' Up Marker Bravo Burgundy - I am amazed they still work after all these years!

I just love these layering stamps & dies - they create such interest in an otherwise clean & simple card. #Altenew

 

Linking With the following challenges:

 

Happy Little Stampers:  Anything Goes with Dies

AAA Birthday Game #48 - Layer it up

The Male Room Challenge #173 - Stencil &/or Dies

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Use Dies &/or punches

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #570 - Use die cuts

 

ITEMS USED

Stamps/Dies:  Altenew Vintage Vibes

Inks: Stampin Up:  Close to Cocoa, Really Rust, Bravo Burgundy; Distress Inks, Versafine

Tools:  Cuttlebug, Couture Creations Stamp Press

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.

Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.