Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Hi everyone!

Let's go for a new 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge. 

This week we want you to do a 

Clean & Simple

This card was quick and easy made! 

I splattered gesso onto a black card and onto the die-cut fir twig. The Christmas bauble is a pre-cut sticker. I tied it to the branch with a golden string. The gold embossed sentiment was already on the bauble.

This is my last contribution as DT for 52CCT. After five years of engagment, I want to leave room for someone else. The girls in the team are super nice and it was not an easy decision to leave the friendly group!  But we won't lose sight of each other, because as far as I can manage it, I don't want to miss the challenges and will continue to take part - just not as regularly as before.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas 

and good luck and health for the New Year!

Linked up with:

Cut It Up - Celebrate

Daring Cardmakers - One Word Promt: Bauble

Krafty Chicks - CAS

Cardz 4 Galz - Christmas Card

Crafty Calendar - Christmas Themed

Most Magical Time Of The Year - Anything Christmas

Digi Design - Any Winter Holiday

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/ Opt. Twist: Any Winter Holiday

Dies: Fir twig (Impression Obsession); hanger (Hero Arts)

Gold twine, gesso, pre-dicut sticker,

Eine schöne Weihnachtszeit...

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. 

The theme of this week is

Snow Globe

and since we're celebrating  

Snow Globe Day

at the Day of the Mont Card Club,

I'm combining my reminder card with the 52 CCT challenge. 

I stamped the snow globes on Bristol paper, colored them with watercolors and cut them out. Added a piece of string to each one and placed them on a shelf that I punched out of a piece of design paper. 

Underneath I stamped garlands, which I colored with colored pencils and a beautiful Christmas sentiment. As a finishing touch, I added a few splashes of blue and a little Wink of Stella.

Linked up with:

Cardz 4 Galz - Christmas Card

C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas the last Strech

Crafty Chicks - Christmas

Christmas Craft Creations - Christmas Decorations 

Christmas Kickstart - If it's Christmassy, Link it Up!

My Time to Craft - Christmas Holiday Cards w. letter S items 

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w. opt. Twist: Any Winter Holiday

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

 

Stamps: Snow globes and garlands (Scrap Plaisir); ); sentiment (Stampin'Up);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine);

Watercolor, Wink of Stella, colored pencils, 

Joyeux Noël

Hi everyone!

Today starts a new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. 

I hope you enjoy this color combination....

Purple + Gold  or Silver

I opted for purple and silver and only used die-cuts. 

I cut out lots of stars in different sizes from silver glitter cardstock, 

which I then put together to form a Christmas tree. 

Gosh, that was a fiddly bit of sticking on! ...but I like the result :))

I then lightly brushed white ink around the triangle to highlight the Christmas tree.

On the edges of the panel, I dabbed on a darker purple to get a slight shading. 

I die cut the "Joyeux Noël" from a piece of silver card and used it as a trunk. 

Trimmed the panel and pasted it on a white blank card.

Have Fun!

Linked up with:

Cut It Out - Use more than one Die

Simon Says - Use Craft Dies

Time Out - Sparkly

I Spy with my Little Eye - Sparkle and/or Shine

Christmas Kickstart - If it's Christmassy, Link it Up!

613 Avenue Create - Anything Christmas Goes w. opt. twist: Any Winter Holiday

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Inks: Seedless Preserves (Distress Oxide);

Dies: Scrap Plaisir

Purple cardstock, silver glitter cardstock,

Jingle Bell Croc

Hi everyone!

New Saturday and new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. 

As usual in the first week of the month we have a sketch for you. (see below)

Today a somewhat unusual Christmas team has made its way onto my card...

May I introduce: Croc and Crab.

I stamped the animals and the presents, colored them with alcohol ink markers and cut them out. It was a fiddly job because lot of the pieces were very small. 

I die cut a black square and stamped white fir branches on it to form a wreath. 

I put Croc and his friend Crab in the wreath. Glued little presents all around the wreath, in Crab's claws and in Croc's mouth.  Added some red liquid pearl dots to the wreath. 

I backed the black square with a pink one and glued it to an embossed panel. Stamped the sentiment, cut it into labels and stuck them on. I pasted the finished panel onto a blank card. 

52CCT-Sketch - December 2023

Linked up with:

Cardz 4 Guyz - Festive Creatures

Crafting Happiness - Christmas Music

Crafty Calendar - Christmas 

ABC Christmas - 'W is for Wreath'

Can You Handle The Pressure - Anything Goes Embossing with a twist of CHRISTMAS

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w. opt. Twist: Any Winter Holiday

Stamps: All Craft Emotion ;

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Shark Tooth White (Atelier); 

Embossing: Stampin'Up

Dies: AVEC

Alcohol ink markers, liquid pearls,

Warm and cozy hugs

Hi everyone!

Let's go for a new 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge. 

This week we want you to do a 

Shaped Card

It's getting colder and colder outside, so I came up with the idea of a warm beanie!

The simple design of the cap consists of a rectangle and a circle. I cut both out of embossed patterned paper. Rounded the corners of the rectangle and cut off the circle about halfway through. I colored the edges of both parts with Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide). - The rectangle got a little more color.

I glued the two pieces and a die cut pompom to a blank card and cut out along the cap, leaving a small white border.  

As embellishment, I added silver thread and a snowflake composed of various die-cut parts. 

The sentiment is from Yixuan. 

HAVE FUN! 

Linked up with:

Try it on Tuesday - Baby it's cold outside

Fab 'n' Funky - Blue Hues

My Time to Craft Christmas - Snowflakes

Craft Rocket - Wintertime

Allsorts Challenge - Colors of Winter

Inkspirational - Seasonal

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w. opt. twist: Embossing

Stamps: Sentiment (Yixuan);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide);

Dies: Snowflake (Marianne Design); pompom (Stampin'Up)

Patterned paper, glitter cardstock, silver twine, 

Wintertime

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. 

The theme of this week is

Winter Countryside

For this peaceful winter scene, I used Katzelkraft's beautiful "Winter Cabin" and "Winter Wonderland" stamp sets. 

I stamped the log cabin on Bristol paper, colored it with Alohol markers, cut it out and glued it on a gel print background. Stamped the trees and the fence directly onto the gel print. Embossed the sentiment in white. 

I mixed gesso with white glitter and used it to cover the ground and the branches of the trees. While the gesso was still wet, I added more glitter. - It truly looks like real snow!  

As a final touch, I splattered on thick snowflakes with white ink. Hope you like it!

Have Fun!

Linked up with:

Little Red Wagon - Home Sweet Home

Daring Cardmakers - Wood

I Spy with my Little Eye - Sparkle and/or Shine

Craft Rocket - Wintertime

Bastel-Traum - Winter Landscape

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

 

Stamps: All (Katzelkraft); 

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine);

Alcohol ink markers, gel print, embossing powder, gesso, white glitter,