Seasonal Candles

 I've just realised nothing  has been posted on here since Monday and have to admit that it has taken me almost that length of time to complete this card (obviously a few domestic jobs done as well).  I loved the look of these candle dies but had no idea just how challenging it would be to use them.  There are dies for three candles in the set and two of them have pieces which look very similar.  I decided to start out cutting the layers using scraps of card just to get an idea of how they went together and eventually I think I've fathomed it out - took a while 🙄.  I have lots of snippets of pearl card in various shades of white and cream and thought that I could use a selection of these shades to give the candles a little more interest - hopefully my plan has worked.  Another thing I decided to do was to use different greens and reds in my Distress Oxide inks to colour a couple of pieces of card to give a mottled effect before cutting out the foliage and berries although the mistletoe berries were cut from tiny scraps of cream pearl card.  Finally I had all the components so I found some background paper from a long retired Christmas collection; printed a sentiment and that's it.  I certainly wouldn't earn much of a living from this lark, given the length of time some of my cards take to make 🤣 but the important thing is that making them gives me pleasure - and keeps me out of mischief.

Background - DSP from a retired Stampin' Up Christmas collection
Sentiment - computer generated, printed then die cut using a SU die (also retired I think)
Candles - Candle Shop Colorize die set designed by Tim Holtz
Foliage - dies designed by Tim Holtz

Snippets Challenge # 466

 A Christmas scene today for the Snippets Challenge and apart from the card blank everything else has come from my snippets mountain.  Having said that, I realise that the trees were die cut by a friend but I'm pretty certain she will have used some of her snippets for them 😉.  I used a snippet of patterned paper trimmed to fit for the sky area and another fairly large white snippet for the snowy landscape.  Smaller white snippets were used for the sledge, bunny and teddy, also the trim for the Santa hat - the tiniest red snippet came in handy for cutting the hat but of course the other items have been coloured using alcohol pens or Distress Oxide inks.  The sledge runners have a touch of Wink of Stella which doesn't show in the picture.

Time for you to sort through your own snippets to make something for the challenge - as usual a good prize on offer to one lucky winner

Sky - paper printed using Artylicious Season's Greetings CD - an old favourite of mine
Snowscape - cut using a Memory Box die
Trees - Fluffy Trees from Gummiapan - die cut by a generous friend
Sledge, Bunny and Santa Hat - dies from Gummiapan
Bunny - unbranded die 

Embossing

 The theme for the latest Allsorts Challenge is **Embossing - Heat and/or Dry** and for my card I've gone with dry embossing.  I started with a square of white card to fit my card blank and used a stitched square cutting die to emboss a square into the centre.  Next I cut another smaller square of white card which was embossed with a snowfall embossing folder and glued into the centre.  Finally a two layer poinsettia was die cut and adhered and that's it a CAS Christmas card which I don't think needs a sentiment on the outside but will have words on the insert.  Lots of lovely inspiration from the Design Team which might encourage you to sort through your embossing folders and join in this week.

Stitched Square - die from Creative Expressions Noble Stitched Squares
Embossing - snowfall embossing folder from Sheena Douglass - no longer available
Poinsettia - from Sizzix Seasonal Sketch set