Snowman Trio

 Hello Ai fans!

Do you love the new 5353 - Large Snowflake Dies as much as I do??  Adding snowflakes is something I do to almost every holiday card that I make, and... well... I kind of went to town on these two!

                            

I did a lot of Copic colouring when we were first in lockdown mode last spring, so I had coloured up these two images from 4667 - Holly Jolly Set, and pulled them out this week to add to my Christmas card stash.  I die cut both of them with decorative rectangle dies, and mounted them on black cardstock.  To create my snowflake background, I die cut the entire Large Snowflake Die in 5 different colours of cardstock.  I arranged them randomly on my white card base, adhered them down, and then trimmed off the bits that hung over the edges.

The sentiment "Merry & Bright" comes in the Holly Jolly set, but since I wanted to use the word die, I cut my sentiment in half (gasp!) and just used "Merry &"...  I stamped "Merry &" in Onyx Black Versafine ink, and die cut the word "bright" in some shiny silver cardstock.

Both cards are 5"x 6 1/2".    

Happy stamping!

A little reindeer

Another quick Christmas card to share... I think I've been able to make about eight cards out of this polka-dot paper!  It really inspires me.  Here is Holly Jolly set from Art Impressions:

Santa

In my flurry of card making over the last two weeks, I got two of these cute little Santa cards made up.  This is one of the images from Art Impression's Holly Jolly set (Sku #4667) from last year's holiday release:

Patterned papers are Tis the Season by Echo Park; Stamp set is Holly Jolly by Art Impressions; Joy die by Memory Box; Stitched STAX die by MFT; Copic markers.

Cheers to You

 Well, people are certainly getting in the holiday spirit around here this week, with Christmas just days away!  So I have the perfect holiday card for you today, in some non-traditional colours.  Here is the fun gal from Art Impressions Cheers to You set (Sku #4664):

 Isn't she festive??  She was fun to colour, and would look great in a more traditional colour combo, too.  Now I have a bonus card to share - with the holidays fast approaching, I won't have time to share many more cards, and I really loved how these little guys turned out.  Here is the snowman trio from the Holly Jolly Set (Sku #4667):

Copics used on Cheers to You: E11, E00, E000, R35, R20, RV18, RV15, RV13, RV11, YG03, YG01, Y38, Y35, Y32, E53, E51, E50, B02, B00, B000, B0000, C1, Y26, Y23

Copics used on Holly Jolly: W7, W5, W3, W1, R59, R35, R32, R30, Y26, Y23, Y21, E57, E55, E53, E51, G46, G43, G41, B28, B24, B23, B21, YR18, YR15

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Sweet Sunday Sketch #297

I had time to put together a couple of Christmas cards tonight - using a sweet little penguin image from Art Impressions.  I've used the current Sweet Sunday Sketch and some Teresa Collins papers:

Patterned papers are Candy Cane by Teresa Collins; Cardstock is Whisper & White Daisy, CTMH; Ink is Memento, Tuxedo Black; Copic Markers; Stamp set is Christmas Cheer Set (Sku #4666) and sentiment is Holly Jolly Set (Sku #4667) - both Art Impressions.

Holly Jolly

 I have a couple of sweet reindeer cards to share today, using one of the newly released Art Impressions Christmas stamp sets: Holly Jolly Set (Sku #4667)

After colouring him several times with my Copic markers, I fussy cut them out, and mounted them with some foam tape over several circle die cuts.  I wanted to add a little glitz, so I used some gold foil tape on one, and added some gold thread under the other.

For a little extra shimmer, I put some clear Wink of Stella on their bells and noses!

There are three images and two sentiments in the Holly Jolly set - you can see them all here.  We hope you'll join in with our current challenge on the Ai blog - our theme is Be Merry!  We want to see your festive creations - and you just might win a prize...  Happy stamping!

Copics used: E57, E55, E53, E51, E50, Y26, Y23, RV25, RV15, RV14, R24, R22, R20, G46, G43, G41, YG05, YG03, YG01, W5, W3, W1

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