Reindeer Holly & Berries ~ We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Hello bloggers I hope that you are well.  Today I have another Christmas card for you, but this time a reindeer.

 

This card began as an A4 sheet of Centura pearl card stock that I cut and scored to make a card blank

 4 x5.5 inches.  Next I stamped a snowflake randomly over the front of the card using tumbled glass distress ink and  Stamping With Dimension 'snowmen' stamp set.  Using a piece of white card stock I stamped the reindeer image using the same stamp set as above and walnut stain distress ink.  I then die cut it using Spellbinders 'labels B' die set.  The edges were then inked with the same distress ink.  The topper was adhered to the front of the card. 

Using some off cuts of green pearlescent paper and off cuts of red waxy paper I die cut the holly and berries  with Spellbinders die d-lites  'holly twigs and leaves ' die set.  I then adhered them around the topper shape.  The sentiment was stamped using tumbled glass distress ink onto white card stock with Creative Expressions 'Christmas toppers' stamp set.  It was then cut by hand and matted onto some silver mirror board before being adhered to the bottom of the card.  

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Snow doubt it's Christmas ~ Christmas couple in love

Hello blogger's I hope you had a good weekend and start to the month of December.  Christmas is approaching fast so I have another Christmas card for you today.

This card began as a white 5x7 card blank.  First using a Christmas card from last year I die cut the topper using Spellbinders 'scallop labels 1' die set.  Next I die cut a mat for the topper using some purple mirror board and Spellbinders 'labels 16' die set.   Next I cut an oblong mat from some silver holographic patterned mirror board.  The mat was then embossed with That Special Touch Mask 'spiral'.   Using some heart patterned holographic mirror board I cover the whole of the front of the card. I thought this would go well with the couple embracing on the topper although not very Christmasy. I then added the mats and topper that I had already cut.  Finally I stamped my sentiment onto white card stock using dusty concord distress ink and Stamping with Dimension' snowmen' stamp set.  This was then die cut using Spellbinder 'back to basic tags'.  Once die cut I inked the edges with dusty concord distress ink and added a metal lilac snowflake brad before adhering to the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

There's no business like snow business - snowman

Hello bloggers today we have another Christmas related card to cool you down in the hot sun.

This card began life as a white hammered 6x6 card blank.  Using some white cardstock I inked through the 'snowflake' mask from That special Touch of Masks using tumbled glass distress ink.  Next I stamped the snowmen using black soot distress ink and Stamping with Dimensions 'snowmen' stamp set.  I then coloured in the crowns and face details using ProMarkers.  The sentiment was stamped using the same ink pad and stamp set.  A metal snowflake brad was added to the bottom snowflake of the mask.  Across the top of the card I wrapped some ribbon around and adhered it into place.  I then folded some more ribbon into a flat bow and wrapped a smaller piece around the centre.  This was all glued in place and then added to the ribbon on the topper.  The whole sheet was then cut down to size and adhered to the card blank.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Dancing Snowman Trio - Winter Time Wishes

Hello bloggers, sorry but another Christmas related card today and I'm afraid it will probably be a regular sign as its only 7 months away to the big day.

This card began as a 6x6 white hammered card blank.  I cut a mat from blue glitter card and made it quite a bit smaller than the card blank.  Next I cut another mat from silver mirror board that was slightly smaller than the glitter card mat.  Using some white card stock and the 'snowmen' stamp set from Stamping With Dimension I stamped the snowflake stamp using 'clear' Perfect Medium ink pad.  Then I added silver embossing powder over the top and heat embossed it with a heat gun.  Next using 'tumbled glass' distress ink I ink up the background of the snowflakes so that the whole area was covered.  The ink resisted the snowflakes as they were heat embossed.  From some patterned vellum I cut out the 'Winter Time Wishes' sentiment and adhered it to the bottom of the snowflake background.  Using some more white card stock I stamped the trio of dancing snowmen using 'tumbled glass' distress ink.  I then water coloured the hats and carrots with distress inks.  With some turquoise ribbon I tied a bow and attached it to the left side of the topper.  The edges of the topper were also inked up with 'tumbled glass' distress ink.  The topper was then adhered to the snowflake background.  Next with some pale blue bakers twine I wrapped this around the bottom of the topper and tied it with a snowflake button attached.  Finally all the layers were adhered to the card blank.

This card is being entered into the following blog challenges:-

Winter Wonderland Christmas Blog Challenge - All Tied Up

You can check out the details here http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/all-tied-up.html

Anything Goes Challenge #93 - Handmade Backgrounds

You can check out the details herehttp://anythingchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/challenge-93-handmade-backgrounds.html

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Happy Crafting xx Hazel