Still producing Christmas cards with a fairly simple one today using a selection of seasonal die cuts popped into little circular windows cut into a piece of white card, backed with a scrap of snowflake paper for a background.. I didn't think this one really needed a sentiment as the characters along with the green and red background speak for themselves.
Background - seasonal DSP from Stampin' Up
Characters - all from a magazine freebie die set which I've had for a few years I think
I had a session cutting out quite a pile of small die cut leaves and plant containers and believe me it took some time and of course I then had to assemble them before they could be used to put a card together. I've used two different embossing folders, one for the finer detailed 'wall' behind the actual plants and one with larger detail as a general background, both cream card sponged with ink to bring out the detail. All this certainly helped to while away most of an afternoon - time flies when you're having fun 😉😉
Embossing Folders - from Sizzix and Crafter's Companion
Plants and Pots - set of Botanical dies from Sizzix
Time for another Playground Challenge, do pop along to see the lovely card by a guest designer. This card of course features the prize which is on offer this time around.
My offering this time is another Christmas card and I've used lots of snippets but as they are seriously teeny-tiny there is no significant decrease in the size of my 'snippet mountain'. The die cuts were a tad fiddly to deal with but I think the result was worth the effort and I reckon whoever receives this card will smile when they open it.
Character dies - Santa's Workshop die set from Sizzix
Yet another Christmas card to add to my collection, this time using an embossing folder and stamp set which came free with a magazine a few years ago. White card was embossed using the igloo folder and then brushed lightly with ink to show up the detail. Penguins and snowballs were stamped, coloured with alcohol pens and then fussy cut - looks as if they are having fun playing in the snow!!
Igloo and penguins - free gift from magazine a few years ago
Greeting - label dies from Stampin' Up
Snowballs - stamp0 and die set from Memory Box
I'm still ploughing on with a few more Christmas cards and I find it interesting to try and mix things up a bit by using dies and/or stamps from various sets to see how they can work with each other for a change. I rarely make more than one of any design although of course there are bound to be some similarities. The only thing I'm very careful about is returning them to their correct sets straight away so that I don't lose track of any of the often quite small items because that could be so annoying. For this card I've used the die which cuts three little windows and combined it with some stamps from a set of penguin stamps which came free several years back. No dies with these critters so as well as colouring there has been a bit of fussy cutting. The trees were die cut as was the little label for the words and the final addition was a punched silver star. Colouring was done using alcohol pens
Having delved into my box (boxes!) of Christmas crafty bits has inspired me to make a few more seasonal cards even though I already seem to have quite a few left from last year. This time I've made a little scene with a gnome couple - unusual to see a lady gnome but just had to go for this stamp set when I spotted her.. Images were stamped, coloured with pencils and either die cut or fussy cut. This was an inexpensive stamp and die set and unfortunately the gnome dies didn't really match up very well with the stamped images so it is lucky I enjoy a bit of fussy cutting.
Images - unbranded stamp/die set from Amazon last year
Snow - dies from Stampin' Up and Lawn Fawn
Today's card is one which I really hope I don't need any time soon although it is always handy to have one or two in the box just in case I get a request for one. I've used stamps and a selection of dies for this and chosen my favourite shade of blue with cream which I think is a bit softer than using a bright white. Items used from several different sets and suppliers so plenty to put away tidily so I can find them again 😉
