I do love to make Christmas cards and I made some that were fairly quick and easy. For the above card, I die-cut the snowflakes (sensational snowflake collage die - Simon Says Stamp) and then trimmed off the excess to create framed snowflakes. I backed it with a panel of smooshed inks that was in my stash. I coated the frame and snowflakes with crystal glaze to add some shine. The sentiment is from a fun stamp set from Lawn Fawn called Merry Messages.
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Next up is another pretty Christmas die and background from my stash ...
I started with a panel of stencil monoprint (Snowflake Stencil - Paper Artsy) done with blue and purple inks) that I had in my stash. I die-cut the trees (In the Winter die - Penny Black) from white card stock and sprayed with shimmer spray. I wanted more sparkle to sprinkled glitter over top while still wet. The glitter didn't stick all over the die-cut, so I coated it with crystal glaze to seal. The sentiment (Christmas sentiments - Penny Black) was stamped in matching ink.
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This is a very easy and quick card to make. I had this wonderful patterned paper (ho ho ho Christmas - Polkadoddles) and used a piece of the beautiful plaid just big enough to fit my silhouette stenciled reindeer (Christmas Reindeer stencil - STAMPlorations), done in black ink. I popped up the panel over top of a red card base and stamped the sentiment (Snow globe sentiments retired - My Favorite Things) to finish.
Card #1: Sending Joy
Stamps: Merry Messages (Lawn Fawn)
Paper: White card base (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink: Distress inks: Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio, Broken China (TimHoltz)
Accessories: Sensational Snowflake die (Simon Says Stamp); Crystal Glaze (Nuvo)
Card #2: Peace, Love and Joy
Stamps: Christmas sentiments (Penny Black)
Paper: White card base (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media paper (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink: Distress inks: Broken China, Wilted Violet (Tim Holtz)
Accessories: Snowflake stencil (Paper Artsy), In the Winter die (Penny Black), Shimmer spray, Glitter (SU!), Crystal Glaze (Nuvo)
Paper: White card base (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink: Distress inks: Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio, Broken China (TimHoltz)
Accessories: Sensational Snowflake die (Simon Says Stamp); Crystal Glaze (Nuvo)
Card #2: Peace, Love and Joy
Stamps: Christmas sentiments (Penny Black)
Paper: White card base (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media paper (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink: Distress inks: Broken China, Wilted Violet (Tim Holtz)
Accessories: Snowflake stencil (Paper Artsy), In the Winter die (Penny Black), Shimmer spray, Glitter (SU!), Crystal Glaze (Nuvo)
Card #3: Christmas Reindeer
Stamps: Snow globe sentiments (My Favorite Things)
Paper: Real Red (Stampin' Up!); ho ho ho Christmas (Polkadoodles)
Ink: Black (Memento)
Accessories: Christmas Reindeer stencil (STAMPlorations)
Paper: Real Red (Stampin' Up!); ho ho ho Christmas (Polkadoodles)
Ink: Black (Memento)
Accessories: Christmas Reindeer stencil (STAMPlorations)
WOW! This is what I need to do ..... a day making Christmas cards.
ReplyDeleteThese look amazing, the Crystal Glaze gives a real icy feel to the snowflakes and trees and I love the stag on the plaid paper ..... gorgeous! xx
Looks like you had a lot of fun, my friend! Love the backgrounds with the snowflakes and glittery trees! The stag on plaid is awesome! So bright yet masculine! Three great Christmas cards!
ReplyDeleteA trio of awesome Christmas cards Loll! Love the multiple framed snowflakes on your first card and the beautiful background...GORGEOUS card! And your 2nd card is just as pretty with the soft background and those lovely sparkly trees! Your last card is so bold and fun with the plaid background and silhouetted stag...love it!! Can definitely tell you had a fun day playing and making Christmas cards!! Hugs. :0)
ReplyDeleteThese are all fabulous, Lolly! I have to remember that white Christmas die cuts are a great way to use up those pretty backgrounds we collect throughout the year! Thank you for that awesome tip! And I love the way you used the stag head with plaid for a wonderful manly card in classic Christmas colors! Love, Dolly
ReplyDeleteA beautiful trio of Christmas cards! Love the colours in the first two and the use of your scraps of backgrounds. And the third one is a fabulous masculine card.
ReplyDeleteThree fabulous cards Loll, and love the pretty tones of the first with th white snowflake border across the card and then the soft and pretty pink and purples for the background of the white embossed trees, and finishing with my favourite as I simply adore plaid and that green and red is gorgeous with the black silhouette stag's head, and fantastic with that deep red card. A great idea to spend the day making cards, and it reminds me to get on with mine too. x
ReplyDeleteTwo very beautiful cards, and a manly one for those males! Love them all
ReplyDeleteGreat selection of Christmas cards Loll. Such a great way to use up your backgrounds, I especially like the masculine card with the stags head and plaid background :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful trio of Christmas cards this is, Loll! A fun and ever so slightly funky snowflake die on the first, and beautiful snowy trees on the second. I like how you let the center tree go out of the box. Finally, the plaid masculine card... love! Anything woodsy is so appealing to me. It was a good day of card making!
ReplyDeleteWhat a productive day you must have had Loll, and these are stunning cards - love the soft colours in the first two cards, and that silhouette is so dramatic, especially against the plaid
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Yes you sure looked like you had fun Loll x. The first two are so very pretty, with wonderful backgrounds and loving the way you have done the sparkly die cuts x. Fabulous and striking masculine card. The plaid paper is great and the silhouette stencilling looks stunning x.
ReplyDeleteYou've had a fun day by the look of these fabulous Christmas cards, Loll! I'm mad for the plaid!
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Now that is a productive play day! Three stunning cards. Your snowflakes and trees just shine. The trees on that background are so pretty and I like the tip to coat with crystal glaze to seal. That is a great masculine card and I love the plaid.
ReplyDeleteThree really lovely Christmas cards but I have to say that the middle one with the trees is my favourite xx
ReplyDeleteWow, you had a very successful play Loll! I love the snowflake card. I had to go see what it looked like before you trimmed it down and I have to say that I love it trimmed better! The background is just stunning for those snowflakes to pop off of. I love the tree card, that background is very frosty looking and the tree's look like they are sparkling in ice covering them. I don't like when we get ice, but the trees do look beautiful encased in ice with the sun shinning off of them! I have this tree die, will have to CASE your card. Your stag card is so warm and cozy in the plaid, perfect masculine Christmas card. One can never go wrong with plaids in my humble opinion! Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteGoodness, three in one go, Loll ... that's my total for Christmas cards for the year so far! Those delicate framed snowflakes are so pretty ... the frosty trees look all magical against the fabulous background ... and the stag is so handsome with the rich plaid! A fabulous trio! Hugs, Anita :)
ReplyDeleteAll three cards have wonderful backgrounds, Loll! The colors of the smooshed one and the monoprint look fabulous with the shine and shimmer from the die-cuts.
ReplyDeleteThe beautiful holiday-color plaid is perfect for the black reindeer silhouette. Awesome masculine holiday card!
Hideko xx
What a lovely set of Christmas cards, Loll. I especially love the first card, it's so delicate and in my beloved colors.
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