Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge

It's time for our Christmas challenge at Sweet Stamping Challenge.   It runs for the rest of the month 

 I have a cute Snowy the Snowman card to share. 

My background was a practice piece - where I splattered white ink and gold paint.  I die cut it with Waffle Flower Deckled Frame die and added some dots of a white paint pen for my snow bank.   I stamped Snowy onto some white textured card and used some Altenew paints to colour him up.  Added a hot foiled sentiment from Spellbinders.

I'm also entering this into the Christmas Kickstart Challenge. - If it's Christmasy - link it up!  

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Christmas in July at Sweet Stampin' Challenge.

 Hi.   It's time for me to share my Christmas in July card for Sweet Stampin' Challenge blog.   Yes, the challenge for the next fortnight is "Christmas in July"

Here is another card using my new Waffleflower Postage Collage die and stencil set.   This is one i inspired by a design by Vicki  Papaioannou 

The leafy background was made by using a chipboard panel of leaves through my Sizzix Platinum 6 with an embossing tan mat.  I used some green ink to rub over the raised leaves.   I added distress ink - Walnut Stain around the edges of my card stock and the panels as well as my sentiment (from a Rosie's Studio stamp set) that was matted on to some of the same embossed background that had some white ink rubbed over it.  Finished with some iridescent confetti from Nuvo.   

Do come and join us at Sweet Stampin' Challenge with your Christmas in July projects. 

Christmas in September - Sweet Stampin' Challenge

 Hi there...   Time for another challenge at Sweet Stampin' Challenge.   Our challenge this time is Christmas in September.    

I did a ghost technique using a stencil - 

I started by using Hero Arts White Unicorn pigment ink through the stencil and then after shifting the stencils a tiny bit, used some Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink to stencil again.   I added a few pearls for the berries.  The sentiment from Gina K's Holiday Tapestry was heat embossed with white powder. 

We'd love to see you Christmas projects over at our challenge (Here)

Christmas cards - Poinsettias

Poinsettias are a favourite for me when making Christmas cards.  I have a number of stamps and dies that I can use.  My latest two Christm
as cards both use Poinsettias. 

First up is a card using a stunning Digital stamp from Graciellie Designs (from the Hello Christmas set)

I printed the Poinsettia and the pine cone onto some lightweight watercolour paper and used Altenew watercolour paints to colour and add some splatter.    I trimmed it down, layered with some dark green paper and onto a white base.   There is a little bit of Wink of Stella on the flower and pine cone. 

My second card used a stamped Poinsetta that I fussy cut out.

The Poinsettia - a Kiwi Stamping one - was stamped onto a piece of Yupo paper coloured with Alcohol inks and foiling.  I fussy cut the flower.   I took a piece of double sided patterned paper and using a Kaisercraft Poinsettia stamp and some Altenew green ink.   I used another Kaisercraft stamp set to stamp the sentiment.   I added the diecut Poinsettia over the stamped one. A stripe of the reverse side of the patterned paper finished off my card.   I have entered this into the Using Punches/Dies challenge at Sweet Stampin' Challenge blog and the Christmas at Sweet Stampin' challenge.

I also got to spend some time this weekend making more Alcohol ink backgrounds as well as enjoying a nice warm sunny day today - sitting outside this morning with a beautiful bright sky

It did cloud up a bit later in the day but we got to sit outside for most of the day.

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