Glitter Me Silly

So we’ve made it to month 12!  I have to say, this year has been tough on trying to get time to myself to craft and for sure my gift to myself this year will be the promise of more crafting time in 2020!  For those new to this challenge, it was dreamed up a couple of years ago by the fabulous Jenn Shurkus,  Chari Moss, Libby Hickson and Cheiron Brandon.  We all agreed that the stress you suffer when trying to create Christmas cards in December along with everything else going on could be eased by pledging to make one holiday card every month throughout the year.  I haven’t managed to play along every month but I’m thankful for the months I’ve have managed it.

And here’s one for December.  I made this for my ma and pa! (Obviously!!)

I started with a square card and used Catherine Pooler Twilight ink to stamp the holly image from Mondo Holly by Ellen Hutson (LOVE this stamp set).  I coloured it with Prismacolour pencils (not my greatest skill I’ll admit) – may stick with Copics in future!!)  Once coloured I added lots of sparkle with Tim Holtz Distress Glitter (which helps to hide the not-so-perfect colouring, lol)!!

For the sentiment I pulled out a set I almost forgot I owned – I’m keeping it at arm’s reach from now on though – it’s so great) – the Sophisticated script Upper Case and Lowercase sets from Concord and 9th.  I stamped it in the same Twilight ink and used the Merry Christmas from the Mondo Holly set.

Supplies:

Mondo Holly Stamp Set – Ellen Hutson

Sophisticated Script Uppercase – Concord and 9th

Sophisticated Script Lowercas – Concord and 9th

Prismascolour Pencils

Twilight Ink – Catherine Pooler

Tim Holtz Distress Glitter

Here today with a card that is always useful to have in your stash – a thank you card.  I’ve used the newAvery Elle  Thanks Thanks stamp set which has a great selection of sentiments in a large scale which is perfect for the focal point of a card.

Those of you with an eagle eye will remember I used the Cloud Mat die on THIS card in the Winter release blog hop.  As I mentioned in that post, I saved the “negative” part of the patterned paper From the Create Magic Card Kit) and the positive part of the white card (the clouds) and have created a second, reversed card (two for the price of one)!

I pieced the clouds into the patterned paper and adhered them for the background of the card.  I cut a strip of vellum and stamped the second of the THANKS sentiments in versamark and embossed it in silver embossing powder.  I then stamped the “for your kindness” and embossed in New Moon pigment ink and embossed it in clear embossing powder.  I then wrapped the vellum strip around the front of the card and adhered it on the inside so there is no need to hide and adhesive on the front.

To finish I added a few enamel dots in silver sparkle  below the banner, I thought they looked a wee bit like rain drops!!

Supplies:

Thanks Thanks Clear Stamps

Cloud Mat Elle-ments

Create Magic Card Kit (for the star patterned paper)

Silver Embossing Powder (retired)

Clear Embossing Powder

New Moon Pigment Ink