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!

May your holidays be filled with fun

It's a cold, snowy weekend again (two in a row!) so it seemed like a good time to join in a couple of Christmas card challenges.   Here is my card:

The background was dry embossed with an Alexandra Renke embossing folder.  I lightly sponged silver ink over the raised portions and then used holographic embossing powder for some sparkle.  The penguin and sentiment are from Inky Antics, colored with Copics and with a little bit of Stickles added to the snow and hat.

I'm entering this in the current Jingle Belles challenge, to use something new on your project (the Alexandra Renke embossing folder, which was a Christmas gift) and the current challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenges, which was to use sparkles on your project.

Red & white for Christmas!

The current challenge @ Sparkles is to use a favorite color combination on a Christmas card. I love the look of red and white for Christmas cards (reminds of candy canes!)   I used a curved die from Avery Elle to cut the red cardstock hat, and then added some sparkly white chenille trim.  The "ho ho ho" was stamped with a Paper Smooches alphabet set, and then I added some small gem stickers.  This is a little different style for me, as I normally do more stamping on my Christmas cards, but I think it's kinda cute.