CAS Christmas card challenge

The July challenge at CAS Christmas Card Challenges is "Nativity".   Keep your card clean & simple, with a Nativity theme.

I used two older stamps from Inkadinkdoo and Stampendous for this card, stamped and heat embossed in gold.  To keep this simple, I just added a narrow diecut frame from gold shimmer paper; no other embellishments.  The gold embossing adds just enough shine!

A couple of Christmas challenges

The June theme at CAS Christmas cards and at Sparkles Christmas Challenges is bells.  For my card, I used an Anna Griffin image and the print & cut feature on my Cricut for the bells.

I added sequins for the bell clappers and some gold pen dots and tiny red gem stickers for the holly berries.   The background oval is a Spellbinders die and the sentiment is from Taylored Expressions. It's fun to work on Christmas cards - and we're halfway to Christmas!

CAS Christmas

The March challenge at CAS Christmas Card challenges is to incorporate Christmas flowers into your project, but still keep it clean and simple.  Here's my card, with a poinsettia and a few holly leaves.

I used a Taylored Expressions frayed edge die for the background with a little bit of inking along the edge with a silver ink pad, along with a small square die and a holly die from Tim Holtz.  The poinsettia stamp is from Unity, fussy cut to just get the poinsettia and leaves.  I added a Tim Holtz sentiment sticker and a couple of sequins to finish off the card.

CAS Christmas - Joy challenge

The February challenge at CAS Christmas Cards is to use the word "joy" on your project.  Here's my card for the challenge:

I wanted to make a one layer card, so used navy cardstock for the card base.  The images are all diecuts from vinyl.  The snowflake and stars are a Cricut image and the "Joy to the world" image is from DesignBundles.  I just added three tiny silver gem stickers around the snowflake.  Sometimes it's just easier to use vinyl instead of cardstock when cutting very small or intricate designs. 

Christmas card time!

I'm joining in a couple of Christmas card challenges:   Christmas Kickstart challenge (include a woodland creature on your card) and CAS Christmas Card Challenge (create a winter scene)

The woodland scene stamp is from Hero Arts and the sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.  I stamped the scene with blue ink (It's a Boy from Catherine Pooler) and then embossed it with clear embossing powder and used a MFT die to create the dome shape.  Some tiny clear and silver Stickles dots were added for a little sparkle.

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