ABC Christmas Challenge for August

 The current challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge is a choice between:

P - penguins

Q-Quartet

R-rectangles

I went with Q for quartet, with four sparkly little bottle brush Christmas trees.

The background was embossed with snowflakes.  I stamped the bottle brush trees in various colors, using gray for the bases on all, then die cut them.  Crystal glitter was applied to the trees and once that dried, I adhered them to the card front, along with a silver embossed sentiment.  I love the nostalgic vibe of the colorful bottle brush trees.   

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - August color challenge

 The August color challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is to use red, green and brown on your card.

Here's my card for the challenge:

Stamp and dies are from the Timeless Tidings set from Tonic Studios.  I reallyl like the pine branches in this die set, they cut really well.  The white label die is from Gina Marie Designs.  I don't use kraft as a base for Christmas cards to often, but it was just perfect for this woodsy foliage feel.

Sparkles Christmas challenge #186

 The current challenge at Sparkles Christmas is a monochrome Christmas.  For my card, I used shades of green/teal for the trees and the sparkle background behind them, as well as the sentiment.

I added three tiny gold star sequins to the top of the trees for a bit of shine.  The tree stamps are ones from PaperTrey Ink that I hadn't used in a long time.  I'd forgotten how cute they are!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #112

Christmas Kickstart's current challenge is all about the presents!

Here's my card for the challenge. I used a few different stamps sets for this one.  The sentiment was heat embossed in gold.  The presents were adhered with a mix of flat and dimensional adhesive.    I used a splatter stamp for the background sparkles.

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - "Baubles" challenge

 The theme challenge for July from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is "baubles".  

Here is my card for the challenge.  The ornaments were stamped and colored with Olo markers.  I lightly ink blended around the edges of the snowflake patterned paper and added some shimmer pen to areas of the ornaments for some sparkle.

Jingles Belles "Unicorn holiday" challenge and ABC challenge of "no stamping"

I made this card for the Jingle Belles color challenge, but happily it also fit the ABC Christmas challenge of "no stamping".   Here is the color inspiration from Jingle Belles.

The challenge is to use at least three colors from the above image on your project.  Here's my card for the challenge:

I used pink, red and green.  It's hard to see, but there is pink in the plaid and the striped papers.   I used die cut ephemera pieces, a die cut bow, and then added some silver and clear shimmer pens.  When you have pretty papers and pieces leftover from layouts, you hate to let them go to waste!  It unusual for me to make a card without any stamping, but this one looked nice without any sentiment on the front.  

Jingle Bells Stars or Stripes challenge

 Jingle Belles is hosting a stars or stripes challenge.  I decided to go with stars for my card.

The background panel was one I had foiled a few weeks ago but hadn't used yet.  I ink blended shades of blue over the foiled stars and snow and added white shimmer cardstock for the snowy ground.  The penguins were stamped and colored with Olo markers, then die cut.  Penguins and sentiment are from Taylored Expressions.  I added a little bit of clear Stickles to the snow.