Christmas

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Just popping in to post two Christmas cards I made for two different challenges.  Both were quick to put together.The first is for the Merry Monday challenge where the theme this week is plaid.  I am not a plaid girl. At first I thought I would pass on this week's challenge, but then I remembered a had a piece of pattern paper that was plaid. Since it seemed rustic to me I paired it with the Rustic Wreath die.

I am also going to submit this to the ABC Christmas Challenge where the theme is anything goes. 

My second card is a CAS card for Muse Challenge # 143.  Here is this week's muse.

I was inspired by the white and the stamped image & sentiment.

I used a bit of Wink of Stella on my card too.
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Merry Monday # 116: Green & White

     Happy Monday to you. I hope you enjoyed the nice long weekend. There's a new challenge this week for Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: Green & White.  I made a CAS card.

  The Holly Jolly stamp is one of my favorite Christmas stamps. I attached a felt die cut near the sentiment. If you look closely at the bottom, you might be able to see a wee bit of the impression from PTI's Linen IP. The anal part of me wants to add some red rhinestones on the holly.

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A Wreath Full of Joy

Back once again with another entry for this week's Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: White on White. I just love this challenge. Here's my take.

The rustic Wreath was run through the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder to add some texture.  I used PTI's Stripes IP for the background. I pressed the joy die cut into my Versamark pad and used Judikins Aegean Silver embossing powder.

Making Christmas cards has paid off. Our humidity has broken and cooler temps have arrived. (at least for the weekend)

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Merry Monday # 97

   Squeezing in at the last minute a submission to the current challenge at Merry Monday.
 The goal is to make a Christmas card using aqua, white & silver.  Here's the inspiration photo.

Here's my take. I just used a touch of silver.The holly leaves were cut using the silver shimmer cardstock from PTI. I used Copics to color the rhinestones and dyed the silk ribbon with Aqua Mist ink.

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Merry Monday: Colors & a Ribbon

  I quickly made this card before heading out to the warm island of St.Martin for the week. Looks like I picked a good week to be gone with the freezing temps this week. This card was made for this week's Merry Monday challenge which is to add ribbon to a card with red, vanilla Kraft & chocolate.

 

Here's an up close shot of the rustic wreath. I cut two and placed them on top of each other.

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Merry Monday 2014

      January 2014 and Merry Monday already has their first Challenge up for the year. I am determined to play along each week in 2014. The challenge is an easy one: to use ribbon or twine on your Christmas card.

This sketch probably looks familiar as it is the one at Retrosketches # 96.

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My First Christmas Card for 2014!

     I am determined not to make the majority of my Christmas cards in Nov/Dec this year. I thought I was in good shape making some cards throughout the year, only to discover in November that I had only made 25 out of 65, roughly 1/3.
     At first I thought I was burned out making Christmas cards, but since most of my Christmas papers and stamps are still strewn about, I thought the technique from PTI's MIM: Angled Backgrounds would be a perfect way to use up some of my scraps.

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