Festive Frames at Christmas Kickstart Challenge.

 

Another wintery day here in Auckland, NZ so a bit more time in the craft room today.  While tidying yesterday I found a set of peg stamps by Rubber Stamp Tapestry.  I see my local stamp store has a number of these type of stamps.  The set I have is called Holiday Garden set.    

Here's how I used the peg stamps to add a festive frame around my sentiment. 

I lightly drew around a circle die and then used 4 colours of CP stamps - Rockin' Red, Peppermint Scrub, Eucalyptus and Green Tea to stamp the 4 different pegs.  Added a lot of little dots of the Rockin' Red and Eucalyptus inks and a few gems for the centre of some of the flowers.  The sentiment is from a NZ company called Montarga.  And to finish this CAS card, I used the Rockin' Red and Eucalyptus inks direct to paper to die cut 2 of the smallest die from Spellbinders Poinsettia dies, in the red, and the next size up in the green.  Added some yellow gems for the centre. 

Christmas Kickstart challenge - Delectable Die cuts.

My online friend Jo has started a neat challenge this year called Christmas Kickstart.... to get those Christmas cards started early!  The latest challenge is Delectable Die Cuts
All of you who visit me regularly know I love die cutting and have a huge supply - often picked up as part of freebies in Magazines and many just bought because I like them!

I saw a challenge over at Splitcoaststampers to make a wreath, without using a wreath stencil or other such tool... so I thought I'd give it a go - I knew I was going to add a die cut piece to it so would be perfect for Jo's challenge too.   After about 5 goes at trying to get a nice wreath, I finally decided it would be easiest to use a die cut circle to stamp around.... so here it is finally...

I die cut a white circle and added the flowers and leaves around the edge using a set of Peg stamps "Holiday Garden" around the edge  Added some Nuvo drops to the flowers and around the branches.  The sentiment came from a set that originally came with a magazine but which my newsagent was selling seperately.  I had told myself not to buy Christmas magazines in February and March, but couldn't resist when just stamps were being sold for $5.  It is a sweet little sentiment.  The die cut bell also came from a set I picked up for $2.00.  I cut it with some silver glitter and a bit of green card.  Added some red Nuvo drops for the berries on the holly.   Loved the patterned paper from Reflections "Northern Lights" pad.  A few clear sequins and I called it done.

Hope you are all having a great weekend.  I've managed to make a number of cards so am well  advanced with my DT work... 7 blog posts scheduled, 3 cards in envelopes ready to post away tomorrow and lots of ideas tumbling around in my mind, but not a lot of time left in the weekend for me.

Thanks for stopping by.