*Christmas Floral*

I wanted to try a Christmas card that used grey and red, so I decided to use those colours to play along with the challenges at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and Addicted to Stamps and More.

I started with an embossed grey panel.  the embossing folder is HUGE and has an opening in the centre... to be able to use more the embossed pattern, I pushed my cardstock up to the top of the design, leaving me with a half of the opening to deal with.  I added some die cut pointsettias to dress it all up.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Grey, Cherry Cobbler

*Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp Fine Line Christmas

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Spellbinders Christmas Blooms; Simon Says Stamp Fine Line Christmas

*Embossing:  Spellbinders Notched Corner Pointsettia

*Embellishments:  HAI Supply
*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  52 Christmas Card Throwdown; Addicted to Stamps and More #477

*Christmas Card Throwdown*

 I put together a very quick card for the current challenge at Christmas Card Throwdown.  The November Theme Challenge is "winter countryside" so I used one fo the silhouette dies I have...

Card Info
*Carstock:  unknown sparkle (black and gold)
*Stamps:  The Ton Easy Expressions
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Dies:  Picket Fence Studio Santa's Snowy Hills; The Ton Easy Expressions Holiday
*Etc:  foam adhesive
*Tools:  Perfect Layers
*Challenges:  Christmas Card Throwdown

 

*Christmas Card Throwdown*

I am playing alone with the November colour challenge at Christmas Card Throwdown... I saw the colours and had this idea pop in to my head.  If you enlarge the photo you'll see that I added some sparkle to the trees and snowbank...

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin Up! Basic Black, Crumb Cake

*Images:  Mama Elephant Merry Greetings

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Die:  unknown (was bought at a garage sale)

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Embellishments:  Frosted Lace Stickles

*Challenges:  Christmas Card Throwdown

*A Rare Day*

I don't often post more than once per day (at most) but I wanted to make sure to post this card in time for the challenge at Christmas Card Throwdown.  As soon as I saw the sketch, I knew what I wanted to do!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Night of Navy; unknown glitter

*Images:  PaperTreyInk Signature Christmas

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Stampin' Up! Stitched Snowflakes

*Embellishments:  gems from my stash (which I have now thrown out because they just don't sparkle)

*Challenges:  Christmas Card Throwdown

*Addicted to CAS #245*

It's a clean and simple "holidays" challenge at Addicted to CAS!!  You can use whatever you wanted in a holiday theme...  I bet some of you will even create a wonderfully beachy card to share with us!

I, personally, went with a Christmas card... I don't create a lot of scene type cards so a beach holiday card wouldn't have come easily to me!  I saw this fabulous sketch at Sheetload of Cards and just had to adapt it to a clean and simple card.  I'm also playing along at Christmas Card Throwdown where the technique challenge is embossing.

Card Info
*Cardstock:  unknown blue sparkle
*Images:  Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Christmas
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Dies:  Taylored Expressions Simple Strips
*Embossing Folder:  Simon Says Stamp Snowflake Visions
*Tools:  Perfect Layers
*Challenges:  Addicted to CAS #245; Sheetload of Cards August 2023; Chrismtas Card Throwdown August Technique

*Guest Designer -- Christmas Card Throwdown*

I am super excited to be playing along as a guest designer with the team at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown for their current challenge.  I was chosen as the winner of one of their previous challenge with THIS card.

I don't make a lot of square cards but this sketch was a lot of fun for me!  

I absolutely love the simplicity of my card following this sketch.  I could see making more of this one!

Card Info

*Paper:  assorted glitter

*Images:  Penguin Palace Magical Christmas Sentiments

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Pink Fresh Studio Slimline Strips; Memory Box Square Basics

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  52 Christmas Card Throwdown

*A Christmas Card and a Video*

 OK creative friends... I'm going to ask  you to be kind!  I have been encouraged by a few people to do crafty videos and I decided to take the leap today.  I don't have the time right now to put in to editing videos so I thought I'd start filming "create along with me" type videos where I make a card more or less in real time (I have planned some things out before I started filming but I filmed in real time with commentary as I went).  After my first video I thought that maybe I'd try filming myself following some card making challenges.

Now I don't know how successful I will be at continuing this...  I am off work this week and Bruce is in Copenhagen for work so my craft room is all mine so it was easy to film.  I don't know what that will look like when Bruce is home as I feel pretty self conscious talking to myself.

So today is my first video in a very long time...  and it shows you how I made this card... (scroll down to see the video)

 Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Evening Evergreen

*Images:  Simon Says Stamp Christmas Blessings

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Simon Says Stamp Christmas Blessings

*Embossing:  Lisa Horton Crafts Pinecones Slimline

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Embellishments:  Picket Fence Studio Candy Cane Gem Mix

*Challenges:  52 Christmas Card Throwdown 23-5

Let's hope I remember how to imbed a video from YouTube.... if it doesn't work, you can see the video by clicking HERE