Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Hi everyone,

I am on a roll ............ here are some more Christmas Cards

Using up scraps of Christmas DSP from my stash cut into squares and inked with green along the edges, mounted onto a white square card base with foam tabs.

LOTV James Bear Pile of Presents - foiled in red, edge of topper inked with green along edges.

Linking with Color Hues #31 - Red & Green (I am not sure if it meets the challenge, but it did inspire my DSP selection and choice of inking around the edges) Anyway, it is always fun to play along!

I have a friend who doesn't celebrate Christmas, as such, but I wanted to send him a card, so I chose 'Happy New Year' - he has had a rough one, so I hope it cheers him up just a little :)

Drinks silhouette icons were printed & foiled in Red, edge of topper inked with red along edges, topper mounted onto Red Leathergrain cardbase using foam tabs. 

Linking above card with ModSquad Challenge - It's a Celebration

I really enjoyed making up this next card - colouring in is soooo theraputic LOL

Meljens Designs Christmas Tree, foiled with green, hand coloured with copics and highlighted with Kindy Glitz.  Topper edges inked with green, mounted onto green cardstock, which is then mounted onto white cardbase with foam tabs. 

Linking the above card with Time Out Challenges: #203 Inspirational (with layers) - since getting my Mini Minc, I have been inspired to make cards ..... which is really nice timing!

Watercolour image highlighted with kindy glitz, circular sentiment foiled in green, inked along edges with red, mounted with foam tabs onto red leathergrain cardstock.  A simple card, but I found myself singing the song while I was making the card LOL  

Linking with As you Like it Challenge: Favourite Christmas sentiment - "Merry Christmas" is usually my go to sentiment, but when I have the room, I like to use 'We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year' ....... I bet you sang that, didn't you LOL

Speaking of As You Like It ....... one of my previous cards, 'Jingle Owl the Way' was picked as 'Top 3'  my card HERE  such a thrill being selected - thank you!  I will wear my badge with pride :)

That's it from me for now, I have some more cards to finish off and hopefully get in the mail - stay tuned for more pics.

Cheers

CathyC

Christmas Blues

Another Christmas card finished

Digital watercolour image, highlighted with Kindy Glitz/Stickles, printed with a foiled sentiment.  Edges sponged with ink, then topper has been mounted onto blue cardstock.

Linking with Sparkles Christmas Challenge #131 - Non Traditional colours

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

I Finally got some inspiration and motivation (at the same time) to make some Christmas Cards ..... cruising around the various Challenge blogs I follow and having a new toy to play with, certainly helped!

So, first up is a card inspired by a sketch on Freshly Made Sketches #515

I ended up not including a sentiment, as no matter which one I used, I didn't think it looked right.

LOTV digital image 'Jingle Owl the Way', printed & foiled, then hand coloured with Copics and embellished with Kindy Glitz/Stickles.  Mounted with 3D foam dots onto white cardstock embossed with Cuttlebug musical notes folder and Christmas DSP from my stash - all mounted on Red, Leathergrain cardstock.

Linking this card with As You Like it Challenge: Favourite Christmas Embellishment with my FAVE embellishment for anything really being the Kindy Glitz/Stickles. 

Next up, a card for Winter Wonderland - Anything Goes

This is a new 'circle flip' card base from Blue Edge Crafts (well new for me!)

'Tis the Season to Sparkle' foiled with green and placed on the circle opening, which just happened to fit the Spellbinders nesting circle dies I have !

Merry Christmas foiled in Red, cut out with Spellbinder circle dies, then mounted with double sided tape.  The Burgundy Bazzill cardstock on the front circle and the striped DSP I have had in my stash for absolutely AGES!  It is so good to use it up!

I was on a roll, so I made another one with the sentiments being flipped - Merry Christmas on the front, and Tis the Season to Sparkle on the inside - this time foiled with Gold (I think this is my fave :) ).

Linking these projects with:

NBUS #33 (never before used schtuff)  I have had these digital sentiments for quite a few years and now I have finally got around to using them!

Cut it Up Challenge #240 - Holiday cards

Well, that's it from me for now .......... more cards to come soon!

Happy Birthday x 2 & Happy Anniversary

It's getting to the pointy end of the year, LOL

November .......... it will be Christmas in a matter of weeks ....... where does the time go?

My Sister In-Law & Brother In-Law celebrate birthdays and their wedding anniversary in November & December, so we all usually get together for the triple celebration!

I am still playing with my Mini Minc and getting to know the various different settings to use when using the different cardstock.

So, first up, we have a birthday card for my Sister In-Law, inspired by a card I saw in a Newsagency ....
I had a play in Photoshop and came up with this ....

A mix of digital graphics printed on an ink jet, and shapes & text printed on a Laser, then foiled.  Layered onto patterned scrapbook paper, on white 300gsm card.  There are a few minor spots, but overall, I am pleased with the result.

Linking this card with:   Addicted to CAS: #21 - colourful

Next, we have a birthday card for my Brother In-Law, inspired by a card I saw online ....
I had another play in Photoshop and came up with this ...

Another mix of graphics printed on an ink jet, and shapes & text printed on a Laser, then foiled.  The foil finish is much nicer on this one!  Layered onto 300gsm cardstock with patterned paper as a background.

Linking with:

 Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes/Hobbies & pastimes

Then, after reading some more, and watching a few videos on YouTube ......

I tried something different ......

Anniversary card printed on Glossy Photo paper using an inkjet, then put through the laser printer for the text

Look at that foil finish!  just beautiful!

I tried all sorts of backgrounds for this card, then settled on gold foil cardstock - looks very speccy!

Linking with:  Inspired by Challenge: Photo&Colour

I think I am going to play more with this idea ..... it can still do with a bit of fine tuning!

Now to work on my Christmas Card stash.

Cheers everyone, stay safe, stay healthy!
Cathy

Happy little vegemite!

I have been having some fun in the Girl Cave this last few days!

A while back, in September 2018, I did some experiments with foiling using my printer and a laminator, and whilst there was a reasonable level of success, I was never really completely happy with my results.

Fast forward to October 2021, and I came across a 2nd hand Mini Minc on Facebook Marketplace that was in a suburb fairly close to me, so I bit the bullet and got it.

After watching some videos from Nancy Stamps YouTube, I realised I had been using the wrong foil!!!  I had the 'heat reactive' foil (GoPress) and I should have been using 'toner reactive' foil. 

Well, I did a quick trip to Spotlight and got me some lovely Heidi Swapp 'gold' foil and had a bit of a play!

This was my first attempt with the right foil ..... nearly there, I forgot to 'dusty, dusty' LOL

I had a few ideas running though my head where I wanted to have colour graphics with foil highlights.

The following image is my fave  :) 

So, now that I have figured out my Mini Minc and am using the correct foil for the system I am using, I am about to start on some Christmas Cards - stay tuned!