Old and new

Hello and Happy New Year everyone.

I've been playing with my new Snowflake Stripe layering stencils that I snagged during the Black Friday sale at Simon Says Stamp. My order arrived just before Christmas, yay.

I did some simple ink blending with one colour of ink (It's a boy, Catherine Pooler), varying the intensity and paired the new stencils with a NBUS STAMPlorations/CUTplorations die that I bought over 2 years ago but never used before.

I'm linking up my card at:

Jingle Belles - Something old, something new

Allsorts - #814 Anything goes

ABC Christmas - A ... Anything Christmas goes

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Jack Frost nipping at your nose

Peace on Earth - #79 AG Christmas

NBUS - #70

So0SS - #258 NBUS

Stencil Fun - January AG with a stencil (optional: Winter/Hello)

Polar Bear

This card came together quickly, using elements from my UFO box. I adhered the bottom of the bear directly onto my card base, but added thin foam tape behind the ears. I also added strips of thin foam tape behind the frame.

Bear: Festive Bear and Deer die set, Katie Skilton

Frame: Sue Wilson, Creative  Expressions
Sentiment strip: not sure of the brand as it was in my UFO box

I'm linking up my card at:

Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards - C ... Cute Christmas Critter

ABC Christmas - X for Xylophone (photo inspiration)

The Cutie Pie - #200 Special occasions

Christmas treats

Hello everyone. I have 2 cards to share that are similar in design but with the colours red and green switched around.

I started by randomly stamping the red candy canes (old Stamp of Approval collection, Catherine Pooler), onto white Neenah cardstock and then filling up the spaces with brown coffee cups (Verve Stamps) and green candies (Stamp of Approval collection), using Distress Oxide inks. I die cut the panels using a SSS stitched rectangle. 

For the sentiment topper, I used a Neat & Tangled stamp and die cut the circle using a Winnie & Walter die. The sentiment topper got lost against the busy background, so I decided to do some ink blending using Pumice Stone regular distress ink, and I love how that turned out.

I'm linking up my cards (left card for those challenges requesting only one card)  at:

Jingle Belles - Christmas feast (Christmas food and treats)

Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards - Change colours (day 8)

Make My Monday - #239 Food and/or drink

We Love Stamping - Christmas

Allsorts - #807 Anything goes (option: food and drink)