Christmas Card Club - Cute Foxy Friends

Lovely Sylvie is our hostess at Christmas Card Club this fortnight and she set us the challenge of a cute Christmas card.  I couldn't resist a little punch art for this one and my new Foxy Friends stamps and punch worked their magic and we have this cute trio all dressed ready for Christmas celebrations.

All three are created with the fox builder punch except the rabbits ears which started life as part of the bow builder punch and a little bit of freehand fussy cutting.  My festive accompaniments are from Snow Place and sentiment from Oh What Fun.  I'm also liking the new Classic Label punch which arrived with my UPS man this week.

A bold statement background works well I think with these cute characters and it is just a piece of designer series paper from the Pop of Pink pack.  No pink here today though!

Also to add a little bit of different coloured fur to the European Badger featured I have used white craft ink and stamped with the large paint brush mark from Painter's Palette.

Please do visit the other ladies in our club who all have a cute card to share and different inspiration for you.

Happy Sunday.  Zx

Wedding cards with Bravo Stampin' Up! Set

Last week I took part in the Stampin' Up! Mediterranean Cruise Achievers Blog Hop. Wow trying said that after a glass of wine or two....! The theme was wedding dreams and you can see my entries in my Wedding Dreams post, but I also made this card at the same time. Wedding season is here and so I thought I'd share this one also.

It's very simple using a collection of heart stamps from different Stampin' Up! sets including A Nice Cuppa, Tin of Cards and Beautiful Ride. Additionally I used the mini heart punch from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack.

I've added the faintest touch of silver thread and a handful of rhinestones along with whisper white punched hearts raised on stampin' dimensionals for a little depth.  I used the paper piercing mat from long ago, but the current  Updated Essentials set on p168 of the annual catalogue would be even better to add some detail to the border of my top layer.  You can't really see it, but the black layer is a piece of embossed card from the Colour Me Irresistable Designer Series Paper.

The sentiment in black archival ink says it all and is part of the Bravo stamp set which is full of congratulations and well done stamps.

Weddings are such happy times and let's face it the world needs happy right now.

Zx

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