Christmas Kickstart Challenge #64 - Show us your Snowfolk

 

It's the first Tuesday of a new month and so that just has to mean that a new challenge is starting over at Christmas Kickstart! I'm delighted to be joined by Helen B of Helen's Craft Haven for our July challenge.

I'm a long time fan of Helen's beautiful cards and awesome colouring, and I know you're going to love the card she's made for our challenge which is:

Challenge #64 - Show us your Snowfolk!

Yes, Helen picked a lovely theme for our challenge together and I rushed off to my craftroom to break out my snowman stamps. Here's what I made:

Isn't it strange how the camera picks-up things that your eyes just don't! The splashes of white paint are way more subtle IRL. This cute snowman is from a very old Papermania Do-Crafts set I picked up on eBay a few years ago. The set has some gorgeous elements and I have no idea why anyone would want to part with it! Sadly, it doesn't seem to available anywhere now.

The sentiment and snowflakes are from a Simon Says Stamp set, which is another oldie and no longer available. 

My second card for the challenge is this one:

I decided to use my favourite snowman stamp (PB - Snowy), but just swap things around a little by pairing him with these stamps from Simon Says Stamp set Circle Sayings Holiday. 

Rudolph has chosen a super fun stamp as his Random Raffle Prize for this challenge.

Helen and I both hope that you'll come and join us!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #42 - Use a Christmas Embossing Folder and a Stamp

There's double the fun on offer over at Christmas Kickstart as we join forces with Let's Squash It! That's right, because there's only one thing better than ONE Embossing Folder challenge: TWO embossing folder challenges!

The lovely Gail is our elf for this challenge and it just so happens that we've recently partnered up to start a new challenge blog where we celebrate the embossing folder in all it's craftin' glory! If you're not familiar with our new venture you can take a look here.

Our theme Challenge #42 is:

Use an Christmas Embossing Folder and a Stamp

And here's what I made:

I LOVE this Crafter's Companion embossing folder (Nordic Christmas Reindeer Parade) so much! I used some lovely, soft Bazzil Basics card to emboss the image and then swiped a gold Versacube across it. The centre panel features a very old Technique Tuesday sentiment plus an unnamed holly die and some red gems. This looks great IRL, but hasn't photographed well.

Here's my second make for the challenge:

This was such a quick and simple card to make. I stamped the sentiment and then embossed. The robins were added after the embossing from Papermania/Docrafts set Noel - which seems to be unavailable except on eBay. The folder is an oldie from CuttleBug called Christmas Snowflakes.

This challenge will run at Christmas Kickstart until Monday 23rd November, but will continue until the end of the month over at Let's Squash It! There will be winners and prizes on both blogs, so please link up on each to double your chances of winning! The rules are slightly different on each blog, so please don't forget to check them before you sign up.

Hope you'll come and join the fun!