Good morning lovely friends. I hope you're all doing ok and having a great week so far. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and we are on Week 2 which means I am our hostess, and our theme as always is 'Christmas'. We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.
I had been itching to use my new Gina K Designs Christmas kit and this was the opportunity I needed to pull it out. The stamp set I used today works perfectly with her previously released postage dies/stencils so I decided to combine them. I hope you like it.
Here is my card:
A close look at the images:
Plus I decorated the inside:
I began by stamping the images onto alcohol marker friendly card and coloured them with Promarkers. I had a really tough time choosing which images to use but I was inspired by a card I saw by Karen Hightower over on the Gina K FaceBook page so used the same ones she did. I used the matching dies to cut them out. I also stamped and die cut one of the sentiments from the stamp set. I used the postage die to cut a white panel but didn't want the whole panel so cut all the postage squares apart. I used the matching stencil to lightly colour the squares with sea glass ink. I found a confetti layering stencil and the one layer reminded me of snow so after cutting a white panel I used that to create my background again using sea glass ink. I matted the white panel onto a black mat layer with double sided tape. I used foam squares behind the images and sentiment and added them to the postage squares. I also cut teeny tiny foam squares to go behind the string of lights! I arranged the images in a similar fashion to Karen's card and added them with double sided tape. I finished off with a few silver smooth disc sequins. For the inside I cut another set of white and black panels and adhered them with double sided tape. I stencilled the bottom of the white panel with the confetti stencil and sea glass ink. I had stamped, coloured and die cut an extra tree image and also used another of the postage squares so added them into the bottom right corner with double sided tape. I stamped a sentiment along the edge of the stencilling with black ink. A fun card and with so many cute images in the stamp set you could create a bunch of these cards.
I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Cut It Up challenge - inspired by a song ('driving home for Christmas')
Girlz Creative Christmas challenge - Christmas trees
I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG/witchy
Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes
My Time To Craft Christmas challenge - Christmas trees
Peace on Earth Christmas challenge - anything Christmas themed
Sparkles Christmas challenge - use the word Christmas on your projects
Stencil Fun challenge - anything stencil goes optional Halloween
Sweet Stampin' challenge - transport
Card ingredients:
Gina K Designs - Christmas cheer stamp & die bundle (kit is sold out but this bundle will be available next week)
Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 14 & co-ordinating postage grid stencil
Gina K Designs - sea glass ink pad
Gina K Designs - layered confetti stencil
Promarkers
Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - currently not available but they have 240gsm in stock here
Hobbycraft - A4 black card
Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed
Spellbinders - silver smooth discs color essential sequins
Versafine - onyx black ink pad
Memento - tuxedo black ink pad
3 comments:
Ooh, what a great Christmas card with the wonderfully festive dies! I didn't know this Christmas song, so you've introduced me to a new one! Thanks! So happy you shared with us at Cut It Up! Katrina
Thanks for sharing before the extended deadline expired at MTTCChristmas!!! The Christmas card scene is cute! I like the soft blue and lots of white to give that wintery look contrasting with the bright colors of the lights, car, and tree! Super! --Becca
Awesome job my friend, love this card all the details and color way to go. Have a nice day! Cheers, L :)
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