Three More Christmas Cards

There are still lots of Christmas challenges I want to link up to this month!

First of all, for Can You Handle the Pressure? "Dry Embossing with a Twist of Holly":

I used one of my very first embossing folders that has a swirly holly design.  It creates an ideal background for an older Penny Black stamp.  I inked it and the sentiment with a Kaleidacolor ink pad in various shades of green.  I popped the stamped panel up on fun foam and added red Stickles to the berries.

Second is a card for My Time to Craft Christmas "Elements Beginning with the Letter S".  I have snowflakes, Santa, and sleigh.

The background is a piece that I created when making a gelli plate print for a card I posted earlier (see this post for the earlier card).  I had a lot of blue acrylic paint left on the snowflake mask - before cleaning off the mask, I pressed it onto a piece of mixed media cs to use up the paint.  I added a die cut Santa and sleigh, and a narrow black border.

Lastly, for Festive Friday "Christmas Festive Food":

The challenge requires at least 3 things from their list - I have Christmas pudding, red, white, and brown.  The image is coloured with coloured pencils, trimmed with a Nordic frame, and bordered with dark red.

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Penny Black Winter Bough, Make an Impression sentiment
Ink - Kaleidacolor Caribbean Sea
Paper - white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Sizzix embossing folder, red Stickles, fun foam

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Penny Black sentiment
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocturne
Paper - mixed media cs, off white and black cs
Size - 6x3.25"
Accessories - Santa / sleigh die, blue acrylic paint, Memory Box snowflake mask

Supplies for card 3:
Stamps - unknown image, PB sentiment
Ink - black ink
Paper - white and red cs
Size - A2
Accessories - coloured pencils, The Greetery Nordic Frame die, fun foam, glossy accents

A CAS Butterfly and Christmas Food

A Twofer today to sneak in under the wire for some challenges I wanted to enter.

First for The Paper Players "CAS with an Insect":

For the background, I dripped some Tumbled Glass and Broken China reinkers along one edge of a panel of cs, spritzed with water, and tipped the cs to let them run. The butterfly is die cut from a couple of layers of very thick and absorbent handmade paper, stuck together for substance and then sprayed with various blue, purple, and pink sprays. I didn't quite get the colour variation I wanted so sprays probably weren't the best medium to use. I found a piece of pink shimmer cs that matched perfectly so bordered with that.

Next up, for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown "Christmas Food" and for Sparkles Christmas Challenge "Christmas Food":

Many years ago I admired this image on someone's card and I contacted her to ask her to stamp off a few for me. She kindly mailed them to me and I'm ashamed to say I've forgotten both who it was and who made the stamp. If anyone knows, please let me know!!

The image is coloured with coloured pencils, with a tiny bit of glossy accents just on the holly berries. I then bordered it with red and green cs.

   

 

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - unknown sentiment
Ink - Distress Tumbled Glass and Broken China
Paper - white cs, pink shimmer cs, thick handmade paper
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - blue and pink sprays, Lil Inker stitched square dies

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - unknown image, PB sentiment
Ink - black ink
Paper - white, red, and green cs
Size - 5" square
Accessories - coloured pencils, glossy accents, Spellbinders square dies