Something New

Jingle Belles challenge this time is use something new.  I got this Tim Holtz stamp set before Christmas but did not get a chance to use it for my cards so here it is.  I also am taking up water colouring this year - late to the party- so the use of the new watercolour set as well.  Stamped and embossed in white on watercolour paper and the water coloured.  Embossed the sentiment as well.

CAS

I have never really focused on CAS style cards but lately have been very attracted to that style so thought I would try a few of the sites out there that run challenges. I was particularly interested when I saw CAS-ual Fridays latest challenge for felt and sequins.  Recently I discovered that one of my local fabric stores is actually stocking wool felt which cuts much better than the other  "fake" felt so I have purchased a couple of pieces for my stash.  While I hardly every use sequins it is a good challenge.
Not sure this is as CAS as it should be but will have to keep trying.

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2015

While I admire Tim Holtz work a lot I have never actually done one of his tags since he has gone to the  monthly ones instead of the Christmas ones (which I still get a lot of inspiration from).  I never seem to have a use for tags as I have not really found a way to incorporate them into cards and I do very little scrapbooking etc.  I decided this year that I would play along if I could find a use for the tags I make.  The only time I use tags is every year at Christmas instead of an advent calendar I make a tag for my son each day which get hung on his curtain as we countdown the month.  This is very time consuming and time sensitive but he loves them and I actually have a great time coming up with the little works of art.  So the January tag Tim did I thought I could convert to the 15 of December tag for my son- not the most Christmassy tag he will get but it works.  I am going to see if I can do that for the other months- thinking the summer could be difficult.

Things with Wings 2

Since I was entering Christmas challenges to ensure that I have enough Christmas cards I decided that while I had enter the Winter Wonderland - Things with Wings with a  non Christmas card - I really needed to stick with my resolution to create Christmas cards so I put together this one.  Admittedly it is made from pieces in one of my "to be used sometime" bins (I seem to have a couple).    The image is a digi that I have since lost in a computer crash so I am not sure who it was from.  It was already coloured so I just added some glitter to the wings and around it and put it on a embossed card with a 3-D snowflake rosette from Tim Holtz.

Things With Wings

The challenge at Winter Wonderland this week is "Things with Wings" and it does not need to be a Christmas card.  Now my objective of joining these challenges was to get my collection of Christmas cards done well in advance - I couldn't resist the temptation to make a birthday card for my father in law with the Tim Holtz Layered Bee die which I had acquired a couple of months back and not yet used.  I made it out of mirror paper which I am trying to find different uses for and coloured it with some alcohol inks.  I tried to keep the colouring uneven to keep it interesting...  Otherwise a very simple card

I added the second photo to show the gold paper and the inks on it.

Another Christmas Card Challenge entry

 This is a card I made for the http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.com.au/ Winter Wonderland - Favourite Color combination.  I decided during this process that I do not have a favourite colour right now - I think it changes seasonally for me- but every time I tried to create a card it was all about gold and white so for now thats what it is.  To make this I die cute the snowflake background, adhered it to a sheet of sookwang adhesive, and then covered with Gilding Flakes and added a sentiment .   I ended up layering it with some mirror paper to add to the shine.   Very fun and quite easy.
I couldn't seem to get  a good picture of the shine so added a couple of detail photos.

 

This is a close up

Recycled Wrapping Paper Christmas Card

Made this card for the Jingle Belles Challenge - No Time Like the Presents- which requires the use of some wrapping paper.  My plan is to participate in more of their challenges this year so that I have a collection of Christmas cards long before the holiday crunch- a good New Years resolution!
Most of my wrapping paper was already stashed but luckily I receive a gift late and took the paper off for this.  I adhered it to some heavy paper and purposefully wrinkled it up for texture.  Then I added white paint around the edges but thought that it needed more "snowy" feeling so added some chunky embossing powder around the edges.  I stacked several snowflake die cuts to make a "chipboard" snowflake which I covered with glitter but the glue made it look yellowish so I also coloured that with white paint and got a great texture.






Ingredients:
Die:   SSS Funky Snowflake
Paint: Adirondack Acrylic Dabber- Snow Cap
Embossing Powder:  Chunky White Embossing Enamel - Stampendous
Glitter: Ranger Distress Stickles- Clear Rock Candy