Christmas Poinsettia

I used an older Spellbinders Poinsettia die to create this card. While the pieces were still in the die, I took a gold paint pen and drew through the lines on the petals which gave the poinsettia a more festive look. Unfortunately the paint pen malfunctioned on one of those leaves and leaked all over it, but I managed to hide most of the blotch of gold ink under another petal. I decided to use it instead of creating another one. I curled each petal around a pencil to shape them and then popped the flower up on dimensionals, along with the leaf. The embossing folder is a poinsettia design by Taylored Expressions. The sentiment is a pre-printed one by Simon Says Stamp. I added a ancient gemstone to the center of the flower and called this one done.

I'll enter this card into the following challenges:

The Peace on Earth Challenge #78 - A/G Christmas

Can You Handle the Pressure? Dec 14, 2024 - A/G with a twist of Poinsettias

(must use an embossing folder)

The Triple B December 2024 Challenge - Birds, blooms, or Butterflies

(or use all 3)

the Christmas Kickstart Challenge #93 - A/G Christmas

the Allsorts Challenge Week #811 - Lots of White or A/G

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Monday.

Carol

 

Merry Christmas

 I've had this Tim Holtz embossing folder for quite some time and never really knew what to do with it, so I finally sat down and made a card that I'm happy with. After embossing, I swiped it with a platinum ink pad which made the really large greeting stand out from the white. I adorned it with tiny dots of platinum stickles to indicate snow, placed it on a green card base and called it done!

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:

the Christmas Kickstart challenge #93 - if it's Christmassy, link it up!

The Peace on Earth challenge #77 - A/G Christmas

Can You Handle the Pressure? - A/G embossing with a twist of winter fun

the Allsorts Challenge #809 - Winter Flowers & Fauna or A/G

Thanks for stopping by and as always, make it a great day!

Carol

Leaping Deer

I have another Christmas card to share today, made with some of my favorite (r) SU! papers called "under the tree" along with a snippet of kraft paper. The background is embossed with a (r) SU! snowburst ef, and the die-cut deer is from Memory Box called leaping deer. I added a little die-cut stitched tag with some twine and used a (r) SU! set called Christmas Tag Labels from 2013 to create the sentiment. I added a little red gemstone on the deer's nose just for fun.

I'll enter this into the following challenges:

The Retro Rubber Challenge #190 - Tag, you're it! (use a tag)

must use stamps more than a year old

The Christmas Kickstart Challenge #65 - never in a nativity

Addicted to Stamps and More #3437 - Christmas

The Alphabet Challenge  - K is for kraft

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you all a happy Wednesday!

Carol

 

Christmas Gnome

 So once again I whoosh from spring right into making a Christmas card!

I love the gnomes, so I used this SSS gnome die along with a paper pad from Kringle to make this card. I used a MFT notched border die along with some Lawn Fawn stitched snowflake dies, and added a SSS pre-printed sentiment. I also used a couple bits of red polka dot designer paper for the gnome's hat and the vertical panel on the left. The plaid and snowflake papers are from the Kringle paper pad. I added a few dots of liquid pearls to the centers of the snowflakes.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

The March Rudolph Days Challenge - A/G Christmas

The Jingle Belles Challenge - We wish you a plaid Christmas

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #60 - Snowflakes are winter's butterflies

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #12 - A/G Christmas

Wishing you all a good week ahead and a good weekend too!

Carol

Using Snippets

While sorting through my paper stash, I found a book I bought back in my scrapbooking days that contained several pieces of coordinating dsp. I pulled out a black piece and a grey piece and made a birthday card for my SIL which I'll post later; but with the remaining pieces of those papers I made 3 Christmas cards.

Up first is this one with a Newton's Nook image, colored with Copics and enhanced with Wink of Stella for a little shimmer. I added some liquid applique to his hat and a strip of silver sparkly washi tape to the side and finished it with a SSS pre-printed sentiment.

Using the same papers and image with a different design, I made a 2nd card.

Last but not least, I made a 3rd card, doing some scoring on the side and adding an ornament done with a (r) SU! punch, some red mirror card, and a little strip of sparkly silver dsp to dangle it from the top. I used a CB ef for the image panel and tied a piece of silver cord into a bow, placing it on top of the ornament. All the sentiments on my cards are pre-printed ones from Simon Says Stamp. I don't know that I've made too many black and white Christmas cards before, but I like how these turned out.

I'm entering the last card into the Snippets Playground Challenge #416- use your snippets

and since Di (who runs the Snippets Playground) is doing a guest design for the Christmas Kickstart Challenge #56 - (use Christmas Snippets) I'll enter it over there too.

Thanks for stopping by and I really need to get my Christmas cards made before Christmas is upon us. Time's just whizzing by it seems!

Have a great weekend and take care!

Carol