Noel in red

The Jingle Belles are challenging us to make a Christmas card this fortnight that uses either the colour red OR green, but not both. Since red is one of my favourite colours and green is not, red seemed the obvious choice for this one.

Tuesday Morning Sketches were having another fab sketch this week, so I used this as the base for my layout.

I stamped the Noel sentiment (My Sentiments Exactly) in red and white Versamark on kraft cardstock (Bazzil)  and heat-embossed with two layers of Frosted Crystal (Ranger's). I used an embroidery template to punch the holes for my hand-stitched border. After stitching the border I used the same holes at the bottom end to stitch on the pompon trim (Ladybug Crafts Ink). I matted my topper on some red cardstock and then onto some older PP (MD, Eline's Vintage christmas red & blue), which I inked with Frayed burlap distress ink (Ranger's), and then matted on a red A6 card. The poinesttia was die cut (MD) from red felt and finished with a button from my friend's button box (see my earlier post).

Challenges:

Jingle Belles - Red OR green but not both

TMS - Sketch #155

CHNC - #82 Monochrome

CCAYR - Christmas flower/holly

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - #20 Use any sketch

Marianne's Design Divas - Anything goes (use MD product)

Crafter's Companion - #26 Ho ho ho Christmas

LCI - #64 Christmas in July

Craft Your Passion - #119 Kraft paper with ribbon/lace

Simple Santa with a bow

Bugaboo is having a Christmas in July party this week. This card is for Friday's prompt: wrap it up with a bow. I got the image of the Simple Santa as a freebie. I coloured the image with Spectrum Noirs and glitter glue. The circle dies are Lifestyle Crafts and the embossing folder is by Crafts Too.

Challenges:

CHNC - Twinkle twinkle little start
Catch the Bug - Wrap it up
Crafter's Companions - Ho ho ho Christmas
Crafts and Me - R'nB ribbon and a bow
PaperPlay - #29 Christmas in July
Delightful Challenges - Christmas in July



Embossing resist

For this card, I used two stamps. The snowflake background is from a Hero Arts stamp, while the sentiment is by Inca Stamp. I masked the sentiment and frame to create the snowflake background on my top layer, which I then heat-embossed and then I only stamped the sentiment and frame in black. I also masked the small snowflakes that were part of the sentiment stamp (inside the frame). I used the same background stamp on my second layer. The tricky part was aligning and centering the two layers. I almost succeeded LOL. I sponged the layers with Milled lavender and Dusty concord distress inks. The card base was embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. The ribbon is from my stash.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Winter Wonderland - Sentiment as focal point

Christmas Card Challenges - #33 Embossing resist

Crafter's Companion - Ho Ho Ho Christmas

Paperplay - #29 Christmas in July

Delighful Challenges - Christmas in July

ABC Challenge - T for Two (2 stamps and 2 embossing techniques)

Frosted Designs Fab Friday - Stamping