Festive Garlands

I made a set of Christmas cards with a Sizzix/Tim Holtz die set Festive Garlands. They all have the same layout, the same inked background (Distress Oxide inks in Bundled Sage and Iced Spruce with few splatters of gold ink), the same sentiment (Finnish for 'Christmas Peace') and the same die cut bow (die cut with Vault Festive Wreath die by Sizzix/Tim Holtz). The only thing that changes between them is the die cut elements. I also added a bit of Distress Glitter in Rock Candy here and Nuvo Glitter Pen there. Very quick and easy to make!

Festive Wreath

I think I'm falling in love with diecutting! I had so much fun making this card and adding all the little details, it's so different from colouring in a stamped image. The die set I used for this is by Sizzix and Tim Holtz and it's called Vault Festive Wreath. I die cut the pieces out of either white cardstock or coloured cardstock and added a bit of colour to them with Distress Oxide inks. I also splattered a bit of white acrylic paint to the wreath itself and added shimmer and glitter to the elements with Nuvo Glitter pen and Distress Rock Candy Glitter. The sentiment says 'Christmas Greetings' in Finnish. I also used some white half pearls to embellish the card.

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* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Christmas Post

 Here's a Christmas card I made with a Penny Black stamp called Darling Delivery. I kept the card quite clean and simple, just the image on a panel die cut with Zig Zag Stackers die (Penny Black) and coloured with my Copics. I did add a bit of glitter to the image with a Nuvo glitter pen, and also some white gel pen accents. I inked the panel with Distress Oxide ink  in Tattered Rose and stamped my sentiment on it (it says 'Merry Christmas' in Finnish). I matted the panel onto a panel of pale pink cardstock and adhered it all onto my cardbase before embellishing the card with some pink gems.

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* The Paper Funday Challenges: Challenge #71 - Anything Goes

* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #482 - Christmas

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

More Poinsettias

My Christmas cards continue with the poinsettia theme. The stamp I used for these two cards is called Center Cut Holiday Floral by Simon Says Stamp (thanks for letting me use your stamp, Nonni!). I coloured both images with my Copics but just changed the colours a bit. I also added some Nuvo Glitter Gloss Aqua Shimmer pen to the little red berries as well as some white gel pen here and there. I used some Stickles glitter glue to line the center before adding my sentiments. For the first card I used a die and die cut the word out of gold foil cardstock and for the second card I heat embossed the sentiment - both sentiments say 'Christmas peace'. After matting the panels onto dark green cardstock, I embellished them with some gems.

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* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Sparkle & Shine

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* We Love Stamping: November - Christmas

Poinsettias

I recently treated myself to a bunch of new stamps and this gorgeous Festive Poinsettia from Alex Syberia Designs was one of them. I think the stamp itself is so stunning that I wanted it to take the center stage in my cards so I went for clean and simple design with the cards. I did the colouring on all of them with my Copics but changed the colours for each one. I then ink blended the backgrounds with Distress Oxide inks before heat embossing the sentiment (it says 'Merry Christmas') with Ranger embossing powder in the colour of Bubbly. Lastly, I embellished the cards with some gems.

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* Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything Floral Goes

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Sparkle & Shine (the heat embossing has a beautiful shine to it and the gems sparkle)

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* Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Emboss It (the sentiment is heat embossed)

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* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #481 - Make Your Mark

Father's Day

It's Father's Day in Finland today and here's the card I made for my Dad. Somehow clean-and-simple always seems the best way to go with masculine cards and it's what I chose to do here.

I used products from Concord&9th, the stamp set is called Give Thanks and the die set Layering Leaves. I first stamped the images in different shades of blue (Distress Oxide inks in Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire) on a panel that I had die cut with a die from the Border Collection set by Penny Black. After the images had dried, I heat embossed the lines on the wheat. I then die cut the leaf that is on top of the middle image, and heat embossed it, too, before adhering it on top of the leaf. The sentiment on the little banner is heat embossed as well and it says 'To Dad'. I adhered the panel with foam adhesives on top of a panel that I had ink blended with Distress Oxide inks in Faded Jeans and Chipped Sapphire. For embellishments, I used some silver gems.

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* Inkspirational: Challenge #328 - Layer It (I layered stamped images with heat embossed elements, stamped images with die cut images and panels on top of each other)

Bundled

Here's a Christmas card with another wee girl from the new Penny Black stamp set Bundled (you'll find the other one if you scroll down to my previous post or simply click here). This stamp set is a part of the new Christmas release from Penny Black called Wishing You Joy - Christmas Round 2.

I coloured this little lady with my Copics and added a bit of white gel pen here and there before die cutting her with the matching die, Bundled Cut Out. I embossed the background panel with Texture embossing folder and very lightly inked it with white ink so that only the raised parts picked up the ink. The white frame is die cut with the new Whirl die and this time I used the middle panel, too. I ink blended it with Distress Oxide inks in Broken China, Peacock Feathers and Uncharted Mariner before heat embossing the sentiment from the sentiment set Season to Believe onto it. After adhering everything in place (the little girl is adhered with foam adhesives), I embellished the card with  a snowflake made with Stick & Shine sheet Snowflakes and foil and die cut with the matching Snowflakes die as well as with some sequins and gems.

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* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #479 - Any Occasion (mine is Christmas)

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Christmas

Here's a close up so you can see the pretty shine from the foil in the snowflake.

All products by Penny Black, available in their online shop:

* Bundled (31-091)

* Bundled Cut Out (51-849)

* Season to Believe (30-868)

* Whirl (51-827)

* Texture (65-026)

* Snowflakes (15-020)

* Snowflakes Cut Out (51-834)

* Classic Colors Multipack Foil (21-002)