Frosted WOTG Part Three

Here is the last card we'll be making at my card class.  The ladies will all make 5 of each, for a total of 15 cards:

The whole center kraft panel is popped up off the base, with the twine wrapped around and a glitter gem added onto it. 

All supplies are Frosted Workshop on the Go + Ruby Ink - all Close To My Heart

Frosted WOTG Part Two

Here is the second card that we'll be making at my card class next weekend:

The snowflakes are second generation twilight stamped right onto the card base.  The twine is wrapped around the sentiment panel and popped up over the ruby mat.

 

All supplies are Frosted WOTG + Cocoa and Twilight ink - all Close To My Heart.

Frosted WOTG Part One

Well, I've managed to get cards posted for the first 8 days of November... and I'm going to cheat a little for the next 3!  I've had a large rush project requested of me, so will be crafting overtime for the next few days to get it all done... so even though I have personally made the cards I'll be showing today through Monday - they are the Close To My Heart Workshop on the Go cards that I will be teaching at a card class next weekend.  Even though I didn't design them myself, they will still add towards my count of total Christmas cards made this month - yay me!  Here is the first one:

The trees are done in first and second generation stamping in Cocoa ink, and the horizontal strip is also second generation Cocoa.  The image square and the strip are both popped up for a little dimension.  You can't see it very clearly in the photo, but the bakers twine has a silver thread running through it, and the glitter dots also add a little sparkle to the card.

 

All supplies are Frosted WOTG, plus Ruby & Cocoa ink - all Close To My Heart.

Deconstructed Sketch #126

I have a cute little Christmas Santa to share with you today... using this week's Deconstructed Sketch:

Here's a closeup of Santa... I didn't realize untile I uploaded my photo, that I hadn't coloured in his lantern, so I'm going to go back and add in a bit of a yellow glow. 

Patterned papers are A Very Merry Christmas, Echo Park; Cardstock is Black and White Daisy, CTMH; Ink is Tuxedo Black, Memento; Copic Markers; Stamp sets are Christmas Santa (Sku#T4171) and Christmas Script (Sku#G4166), Art Impressions.

Reindeer Games & Ugly Sweater

The Art Impressions Design Team are all showcasing the new Christmas Stamp sets on our blogs today, in support of the current Ai challenge  - "Holly Jolly Christmas".  I just about flipped when I saw these two stamp sets... in general, I would say that there aren't a lot of humorous Christmas stamps on the market - but when I saw Reindeer Games & Ugly Sweater, they cracked me up!  They were also screaming for some very fun colours/papers, so here's what I came up with:

 

Oh, the possibilities with these two... stay tuned to my blog, you'll be seeing several more cards using them this season.  Here are a couple of close-ups:

For the Art Impressions challenge - we want to see your hilarious Christmas cards, so use a funny saying or image, and you just may win a fabulous prize!  Click on the icon below to take you over to the Ai blog.  Hope you can join us!

Season's Tweetings

I really love how this one turned out!  The first time that I coloured this wreath image, I did it in the classic green leaves/red berries (which turned out great!!)  But then I decided to just do some cool & frosty berries using blue tones... and love the effect.  I kept it all fairly simple (I'm on a real kick to do flat & mailable cards this year):

I am entering this into this week's Curtain Call challenge... here is the inspiration photo:

 

Patterned paper is Dakota; Carstock is Twilight, Heavenly Blue & White Daisy; Stap sets are Season's Tweetings & Frosted WOTG; Crystal Blue Waxy Flax - all Close To My Heart;  Ink is Tuxedo Black, Memento and Whisper, CTMH;  Snowflake stamps are Merry & Bright, Verve; Copic Markers.

Jolly Carolers

It's my day on the Art Impressions blog, and today I am sharing one of the fabulous new Christmas stamps: Jolly Carolers (Sku#U4316)  These little guys are so sweet, and were fun to colour:

I kept my card fairly simple, as the image does all the talking... just added a little strip of brown glitter paper for a little sparkle.  I also made this a flat card - so it's perfect for mailing!  The sketch is the current Sweet Sunday sketch #196.  Here is a closeup of the fellows:

Be sure to check out our "Hilarious Christmas Card" challenge - you can link up your creation here.

 

  You'll also want to visit the Art Impressions Store where all the newest Christmas stamps are now available... and keep checking back here on the blog to see plenty of inspiration from the Design Team in the weeks to come.