Sparkles Christmas Challenge

This week the challenge at Sparkles Christmas Card Challenge Blog was to create a Christmas Card that uses something that represents your favourite part of the holiday. This card has a background of snow flakes - i love snow although we dont often see that at Christmas here in the UK. However I also like getting dressed up and going to family, or having family over. I am also entering this into Creative Cottage Challenge which is to use sparkle - i have used glitter on her santa hat and the snowflakes

Using waterbrush markers I have stamped the mini flower in Clare's Stamp set all over the blue paper.

For this card, I have used one of the previous sketch challenges which i loved instantly. I hope to enter more of these challenges to create lots of Christmas cards ready for the time of the year.

Products used:
Clare Curds Shop Til You Drop Stamp Set
Daisy and Dandelion - All Wrapped Up Stamp Set (for the sentiment)
Forever Friends Santa's On His Way Paper Pack
X Cut Flower Punch

All Wrapped Up

Using the Daisy and Dandelion all wrapped up stamp set, which is ideal for a christmas gift or even for yourself, in this instance. It comes with ink pads, and an acrylic block which perfectly fits the large stamp image. And one background sheet paper. On the front and the reverse of the packaging, it gives you ideas for cards. The recent issues of creativity also gives you inspiration for this set. It is only £9.99 and definitely value for money.

I used the snowflake trio stamp, and stamped it over the background. Matted this onto card. The rest is as below. Stamped through an aperture and stamped the hat separate. Used an embossing pen, added a square around the image, powder and heat embossed it.

I created this card with two different schemes, as gold and white is my favourite combination, I had a customer saying that if it had been silver, she would have bought the lot. So even since then, if i do it in gold i do it in silver. If i do it in silver, i do it in gold. No excuses for them then!




Products used:
Daisy & Dandelion All Wrapped Up Gift Set
Gold & Silver Mirror Card
Gold & Silver Embossing Powder
Adhesive Gems
Christmas peel Off stickers
Glitz It Glue

Sketch and Stash Challenge Card

Its been a while sine i have been on here, and things appeared to have changed when posting. It has me all confused.

I have made this card using the cute and adorable Daisy and Dandelion Bubbles and Squeak All Wrapped Up Christmas Stamp Set. I used the layout on Sketch and Stash Challenge blog. I really love their sketches, they are so easy to work with.

I achieve the image by stamping through an aperture, a technique Clare demonstrated on QVC.

Items used:
D&D Bubbles and Squeak All Wrapped Up Christmas Stamp Set
Glitz it Glue
D&D Winters Tale Paper
Sparkling Trims
Papermania Button
Thread
Anita's Gem Stone Wheel
Christmas peel off stickers