Red and White Christmas Cards

Hello and welcome here!  I've been working on Christmas cards this month and thought I'd share over the next week or so some of the ones I've been making.  In the past I've made some dollar card ones, these ones I'm sharing are a little more intricate and so I'll be selling at my regular price.  

The glitter paper I found at Winner's last year, it was being sold as wrapping paper, and because it was such a great price I am able to use it on most my cards.  All cards are 4.25" x 5.5". 

I made some traditional Christmas cards as well.  The red background is a very fine glitter, it almost looks like suede.

I used red foil paper to cut the sentiment out, I layered the sentiment using plain red paper, I cut out 3 plain and 1 foil.  The wreath is made using the very old Martha Steward pine branch punch.  I had glitter ribbon in my stash for the bow.

Glitter is fun to use at Christmas. The panel is embossed with Lisa Horton's 3D poinsettia embossing folder and the edges were die cut from the fine red glitter paper I found at Winner's/

Both the mat and candles are cut from the red glitter paper, it has just the right amount of shine to it!

Thanks for dropping by and having a look!!

Deneen

Gnomes and Christmas

Hello and welcome here!  I've been working on Christmas cards this month and thought I'd share over the next week or so some of the ones I've been making.  In the past I've made some dollar card ones, these ones I'm sharing are a little more intricate and so I'll be selling at my regular price.  

The glitter paper I found at Winner's last year, it was being sold as wrapping paper, and because it was such a great price I am able to use it on most my cards.  All cards are 4.25" x 5.5". 

I love this gnome die, it's from Simon Says Stamp.  I die cut his hat from silver glitter paper and added some beard hair using a grey Copic marker.

This time I die cut his hat from dark grey glitter paper, it went well with the paper scrap I had from 10+ years ago, lol.  I knew that scrap would come in handy sometime.  I added some dimension to the background with a snowflake circle die.

I made a bit more of a traditional coloured gnome using red glitter paper, filled in the holes on his coat with red Stickles.  It felt odd to use black on a Christmas card, but it made the colours pop!

Thanks for dropping by and having a look!!

Deneen

Christmas Cards with Lamp Posts

Hello and welcome here!  I've been working on Christmas cards this month and thought I'd share over the next week or so some of the ones I've been making.  In the past I've made some dollar card ones, these ones I'm sharing are a little more intricate and so I'll be selling at my regular price.  

The glitter paper I found at Winner's last year, it was being sold as wrapping paper, and because it was such a great price I am able to use it on most my cards.  All cards are 4.25" x 5.5". 

I saw a card on Pinterest that had a banner hanging from the lamp post, I tried to recreate it using what I had in my stash.  I added a little wreath to the post and was able to make the banner reflect the patterned paper I used. 

I used gold foil paper for the lamp and it doesn't like to photographed well, lol.  I saw a card on Pinterest that used lamps and had a small fence with a garland on it.  I recreated it using things in my stash.

I saw a card on Pinterest that used a door and had a wreath hanging on it.  I added a lamp post to mine.  It's difficult to see, but I embossed the background with a brick embossing folder.  I added 3D snow and glitter to the top of the door and along the bottom.

It was a lot of fun making Christmas cards using a lamp post.  I die cut it out and added a bit of greenery to finish it off.

Thanks for dropping by and having a look!!

Deneen

More Christmas Cards

Hello and welcome here!  I've been working on Christmas cards this month and thought I'd share over the next week or so some of the ones I've been making.  In the past I've made some dollar card ones, these ones I'm sharing are a little more intricate and so I'll be selling at my regular price.  

The glitter paper I found at Winner's last year, it was being sold as wrapping paper, and because it was such a great price I am able to use it on most my cards.  All cards are 4.25" x 5.5". 

Blue is always a great Christmas colour when it comes to cards, it makes you think of cold and winter, lol.  I used a snow embossing folder for the background and then inked the bottom edge with blue to give it some dimension.  I added some Stickles to the trees for sparkle.

I thought this was such a cute die and cut out the trees and house in coloured cardstock and pieced them together to make the little scene in the jar.

                       

Thanks for dropping by and having a look!!

Deneen

Christmas Cards

Hello and welcome here!  I've been working on Christmas cards this month and thought I'd share over the next week or so some of the ones I've been making.  In the past I've made some dollar card ones, these ones I'm sharing are a little more intricate and so I'll be selling at my regular price.  

The glitter paper I found at Winner's last year, it was being sold as wrapping paper, and because it was such a great price I am able to use it on most my cards.  All cards are 4.25" x 5.5". 

I die cut the car in blue and added a bit of colour to the bottom.  The tree I coloured with a grey Copic marker to add some dimension.

I wanted to make a yellow car as well.  This time a cut out the fenders and added foam behind them to give it dimension.

Thanks for dropping by and having a look!!

Deneen

Art Impressions Birthday Challenge

Hello and welcome here.  I've had some time on my hands and tried out the most recent Back to Basics by Kendra over on the AI Stamps Facebook Group, you can find the video HERE.  

She showed making a garland, but I made it my own by masking off the top so that I could add a sentiment!

I love the pink version, I also made a blue version.

Card Size: 4.25 x 5.5



I am entering the pink Birthday card to Bonnie's Birthday Challenge found HERE.

Enjoy!

Deneen

A Tag Shaped Card

 Hello and welcome here.  I wanted to join the Challenge over at Art Impressions Blog and it's a shape challenge.  No square or rectangular cards.

I used Marianne Designs tag die CR1352 to give my card a it's shape.  I am still new to watercolouring but I am really enjoying having fun practicing.  I used a throwback stamp set that was available for a short time called 4058 WC Series 5.

I also used 4052 Flower Set 1, 5474 WC Flower Set 5, and 5476 WC Foliage Set 5.

Tombow Colours Used:

Outline - 969, 565

Window Frame - 249

Window Panes - 565 mixed with 969

Window Box - 856

Greenery - 177

Blue Flowers - 528

Yellow Flowers - 993, 925

Misc. N70, N45

Thanks for stopping by!

Deneen

More Baby Cards

Hello and welcome here.  I needed to bump up my stash of baby cards I had on hand and so I also created these ones using my favourite baby carriage die from Memory Box.

Card Sizes:  4.25" x 5.5"

I also used one of my favourite Spellbinders to give it an extra special touch. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Deneen

Slimline Card Challenge

Hello and welcome here. I decided to make a second card for the Art Impressions Slimline Challenge found HERE, using the instructions from THIS video by Bonnie Krebs.  THIS is the video I first saw, and bought my stamps based on this project!!!

I used 5261 Large Birdhouse Set, 4052 Flower Set, 4051 Foliage Set, and 5258 Flowers Set 4.

This was my first attempt at watercolouring the Ai way, and so I copied the flower placements etc. used by Bonnie in the video, so that I could focus on the watercolouring part.  I had so much fun, and learned sooooo much...enough to design the first card today all on my own.

Thanks for stopping by!

Deneen

Watercolour Slimline Cards

Hello and welcome here.  A few weeks ago I discovered an Art Impressions watercolor stamp video.  I am hooked!!  I ordered the Watercolor Starter Bundle and Flower Set 4, which allowed me to create these 2 cards...and the wreath I used on a wedding card a couple of posts ago.

Card Size:  3.5" x 8.5"

I am new to these slimline cards, and I saw that the Art Impressions Blog is having a Slimline Card Challenge.   You can find it HERE.  I thought I would challenge myself to give it a go.

I used 5123 Decorative Jar, 4051 Foliage Set, and 5258 Flower Set 4 for this card. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Deneen