Christmas

 I managed to get my cards done in July for Christmas I just didn't get pictures or get them posted.

In my stamp group the challenge was to use any type of water coloring.  I chose to use my Distress inks to make smooshed background for the reds, shimmer powders for the greens and then cut things from those backgrounds. I also used a bit of sparkle pen to give some depth to the holly branch card a little later.

• Poppystamps - Blooming Poinsettia dies from smooshed backgrounds using distress inks in red and shimmer powders in green
• Spellbinders - Holly & Poinsettia die from gold cardstock
• Graphic 45 - Christmas past paper
• Paper Studio - Christmas sticker sentiment

• Poppystamps -Blooming Poinsettia dies from smooshed backgrounds using distress inks in red and shimmer powders in green
• Recollections - Christmas Noel die
• Spellbinders - Holiday sentiments and back to basics tag dies
• Queen & co. - Yellow Sunshine pearl

This is a picture of my background as I am getting ready to cut out the flower dies.

The holly branch was also cut from my smooshed backgrounds. I used some sparkle markers to give a little more shading and depth to it, and a little sparkle :)

• Cottage Cutz - Holly Branch w/bow die, using smooshed and shimmer powder backgrounds
• Distress inks - Candied Apple, Fired Brick and lumberjack plaid for reds
• Crafters Companion - Holly Berries border die
• Stickles -xmas red
• Paper studio - Christmas sticker book (sentiment)

This last one was just by chance, after doing my green smooshed background I still had some green left on my pad so I decided to dip my black water color paper in it just to see what would happen.  I left them all to dry and came back later and thought it almost looked like a night sky with Northern lights. That is what made me make this last card, hubby suggested I add the snowman. I added a little white gel pen to his hat so it would stand out from the dark background.

• Nuvo Shimmer powders - Falling leaves and Green Parade for background and trees
• Frantic Stamper - Oregon Fir and small Oregon fir dies
• Pink and Main - Sentiment strip die
• Simon Says stamps - tiny words Christmas sentiment
• Floracraft - Diamond Dust (for snow)
• Taylored Expressions - Snowman die

Next my cardmaking group challenge was to use large sentiments on your card, since I was running out of time I went to my ephemera packs and found these two to try.

• Simple Stories - Simple vintage dear Santa bits & pieces ephemera
• Stamperia - Classic Christmas paper
• Impression Obsession - Rectangle 6 in 1 frames die

This last one I am hoping one of you will come up with an idea for me, I think I was getting tired by this point and I cut the frames from Vellum, then not thinking I added my dotted tape runner to the back and put it on, I should have right then tried to pull it off but I thought well maybe it will disappear (what?????)  Then I started gluing things on with liquid glue and foam tape and , nope not going away.  What would you do to fix it, I just don't want to throw it away.

Simple Stories - Simple vintage dear Santa bits & pieces ephemera

• Stamperia - Classic Christmas paper
• Impression Obsession - Rectangle 6 in 1 frames die
• Vellum

Thanks in advance for any ideas you can come up with to help with that last card :)

Have a great weekend and thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,

Connie