Christmas Postage Collage from Waffle Flower

 Hi there.   Today I'm sharing my design team card for this month's Die Cut Divas challenge... Our challenge is Winter/Christmas  and our wonderful sponsor is 

My card today uses the Waffle Flower Postage Collage Die and paired it with some 49th and Market Christmas rub-ons.   

I started by making my background.  I used a smooshing tool to add some Shabby Shutters Distress ink and some Lindy's Stamp Gang - Sea Grass Green spray.  Add the rub-ons from 4th and Market  Mistletoe and Memories.  Die cut with the Waffle Flower Postage Collage die and added it to an Evergreen card base.   Added a sentiment from Waffle Flower Star Snowflake Sentiment.  I die cut some dots from the Evergreen card and added together with some little red dots for the berries.

Do come and join us at Die Cut Divas - just remember to use your die cut machine.  

Adding to the Christmas Kickstart Challenge -  If it's Christmasy, Link it Up!

Take a sheet of scrapbook paper - and chop it up Part 1

 While I was browsing You Tube  I came across a video by Maymay Made it Crafts where she took a 12 x 12 scrapbook paper - particularly ones that are hard to use and just chop them up - don't look or chose an area - just chop.   I have a box of 12 x 12 sheets - have had them for years.... so decided I'd try and see what I could come up with.  

I chose a sheet of some grey paper with some black and clear embossing on it.  It came in a pack of mixed company's papers, so I'm not sure who produced it.   I chopped it at 4 inches by 5.25 inches and off I went...  Today I'll share the first three cards  I made. 

#1

For this one, I trimmed the panel a little and added a black layer.   I went with a monochromatic look for this first one.   I used one of the Altenew Craft Your Life kit - Hello Beautiful  stamps and used some Altenew grey inks to added some colour  I due cut the stamp with the matching die.  I die cut a couple more white dies and layered them all together.   The sentiment is from the same stamp set. 

#2

My next card had a bit more colour.  I used Altenew mini set - Adorable Anthurium stamp and die set to make three pots of flowers.   I used Altenew Woodless Watercolour pencils to add the colour.   I added the back one directly to the card and the front two were popped up on dimensional tape.  The sentiment is from the same set.  

#3

The background for this one was very textured.   So I decided to add a bit more with a Hero Arts stamp called - Old French Writing (an older wooden stamp.  I used a dark grey Altenew ink for this.  For my floral I used a 49th and Market rub on from the Vintage Bits Blendable 01.  The sentiment is a pre-printed one from Creative Expressions cut with an Altenew die.  The card looks much nicer in real life.  

I had fun coming up different ideas for this rather different paper.   I've done the other three cards but still have to photograph and edit them.   

Happy crafting