Christmas Card Club - Let it Snow on a Sheltering Tree

You know it's a bad day for taking pictures when it's raining, cloudy and the battery is flat in your camera!  However I've managed to get a picture of my card for Christine's challenge in our fortnightly Christmas card club.  'Let it snow' was the challenge and I've used a part of the Sheltering Tree Stampin' Up! set  and to create the sound along the ground one stamp from Work of Art.

I used a brayer to add different shades of blue to some whisper white card stock and then stamped the tree silhouette twice allowing some shadowing with the craft white.  I've cut an aperture in my card base and added a layer of vellum before adding my picture behind.  On the vellum I heat embossed with white craft ink some of the snow using another stamp from Sheltering Tree.

My sentiment is from the Alphabet Rotary stamp which is versatile obviously because you make it say what you want.  Some Everyday Chic Designer washi tape adds a touch of silver with silver foil card to add a banner and a frame for my scene using two oval frame lit dies together to create the frame.

Don't forget to pop by the other members of our Christmas Card Club and let's hope the sunshine is back soon.

Zx

Eureka Challenge - Christmas in July
Christmas card challenges - Anything goes

Christmas Card Club - Snowman

 

Snow day from Stampin' Up!

 

 

I'm back with my second post for Christmas Card Club.  This fortnight's challenge was set by Sue J over at her lovely blog Olliesmam.  The challenge is to include a snowman and you couldn't really get a much jollier snowman than this cute little fellow.  Such a great smile and and I love his buttons made from candy dots and candy dot brad bases.  I stamped his body with craft white ink and sprinkled a little dazzling diamonds on him before adding white embossing powder and heating.  You can just about see the sparkle in the top photo taken in the morning sunshine.   I wanted to give his scarf some texture and so I cut a strip of stitched satin ribbon in half lengthways to get some fraying and also to not drown the poor chap!   His message is simple and says it all!   For those of you worrying about writing inside a black base card we now have a White Stampin' Chalk Marker which is perfect for writing in dark coloured cards and adding your name onto kit. 

 

 

A final note for today..... Before heading out for school this morning Charlie asked me if I had slept well and this is how the conversation went.

Me : yes thank you

Charlie : Did you dream about MEN!!!

Me : CHARLIE

Charlie :  Or chocolate biscuit cake?

 

What makes a small boy's mind work this way!!!!

 

 

Ah well off to enjoy this beautiful morning. Hope it's just a lovely with you! Have a great day. Zx

 

Challenges

CHNC 143 - Stamp Stamp Stamp

 



Christmas Card Club - Santa Claus

 

This fortnight's challenge is to include Santa Claus on your card.  I've taken this jolly fellow from the very old Stampin' Up! stamp set Star Santa.  I've stamped him in black Staz On ink and then used my blender pen to pick ink up from the lids of my pads to colour him in and use more ink to add some shadow. His black buttons are button brads from  vintage trinkets which you can cover in Versamark ink, add heat and stick powder before heating very gently and then dipping in black glitter.  They look very effective.  Of course you can do this technique with all manner of metal accessories adding embossing powder or glitter. 

 

The stamp set includes a banner stamp which you can stamp onto cotton ribbon again with Staz On to make a ribbon embellishment.  A button from the Spring Summer Stampin' Up! catalogue (basics designer buttons) with some linen thread ties it all together.  I've also added some tags from the Tiny Tags set with the jewellery punch give a merry message.  These two items are currently on our retiring list which you can order until the end of June while they stay in stock.

 

A white gel pen just breaks up the stark black matting layer with doodle dots and the matt layer itself and the Santa were cut using oval framelits.

 

The final touch which really I should have added before I stuck my card together was to add some dazzling details to give the stars and Santa a Christmassy sparkle.

 

Thanks to Margaret for another fun challenge.  She chose Father Christmas as it reminds her of the excitement on Christmas Eve waiting for him to arrive down the chimney.  I have to say I agree totally and I'm hoping that we might just get another year of believing in our house, but it's really in the balance......

 

Have a good week. Zx

 

This is also entered in Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra where anything goes so why don't you join in!