LIM - Cozy Christmas

When I saw this week's sketch on the Less is More blog, I just knew I wanted to play along.

To create my card, I stamped the houses and trees from the Cozy Christmas set (Essentials by Ellen) on a panel of water colour paper using Versamark ink and heat embossed using SSS white embossing powder. I then added water to the area I wanted to paint and added colour using a wet paint brush and distress reinkers. To finish things off, I stamped the sentiment, curly smoke and some tiny stars using Archival black ink and adhered my panel to a black card base.

I'm also entering my card into the following chalkenges:

Kathy Racoosin's 30 day colouring challenge

ATSM - 168 Holiday

Winter Wonderland - Anything Christmas goes
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Emboss resist

Who wants more pink?

Yep, another pink Christmas card from me. I just cannot get enough.

While my husband was undergoing his 4th round of chemo at the hospital, I had some time to do a little colouring. This fun image was one of the images I had printed the night before and took with me to the hospital along with a selection of Promarkers. The image is part of a digital set of 3 stamps and 2 sentiments by From the Heart Stamps, called In the Meadow Snowmen (yes, one of the other images has trees and some cute snowmen).
After my colouring was finished and I was home again, I die cut the panel using my SSS stitched rectangle die, and die cut the Merry sentiment (Ellen Hudson Essentials) from the panel and inlaid a white version. I used foam tape to adhere my panel to my card base after inking the edges with the same pink Promarkers that I had used for the trees. To finish things off, I added clear Wink of Stella to the sentiment and adhered a few sequins (SSS, Moonshine) using Multi medium matte.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Jingle Belles - PINK Christmas

Kathy Racoosin's 3rd 30 day colouring challenge
Addicted to Stamps - 167 Make your mark

More pink Christmas and CAS(E) this sketch

Today's card came together very quickly. I love when that happens.

While I was browsing my ancient pink Christmas papers by DCWV, my eye fell on this sentiment paper and I immediately thought of this week's sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch.

All I had to do was cut a rectangle, and ink (Althenew pinks) and heat emboss (Versarmark ink and Irridescent sparkle EP) the ornament die cut I still had lying on my craft table. I used the ink that was remaining on my dauber to also add a little pink to the PP background. After mounting the panel and the ornament, I pierced two holes, added the twine and called it a day.

Materials used:

Cardstock - PTI Rustic white

PP - DCWV

Inks - Altenew & Versamark

Ornament & rectangle dies - Holiday Ornaments
and Stitched rectangles by Simon Says Stamp

Embossing powder - Irridescent sparkle by Judi Kins

Twine - Metallic Classic by Hemptique

Challenges:

Jingle Belles - PINK Christmas
For each card that is being linked this fortnight,
Stephanie and Lauren will each be donating
 2 USD to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation

CAS(E) this Sketch - Sketch 145

ABC Christmas challenge - U for Unusual Christmas colours
Crimbo Crackers - 91 Pink Christmas
Allsorts - 333 All sentimental
Classy Cards 'n Such - 107 Pretty pink Christmas