Vintage Candy Cane Postage

Hello friends ~ A while back, way back in September, I posted a card that was originally intended to be a Christmas card.  You may recall it here.  I had used Crackling Campfire to add ink to the center of the Waffle Flower Postage Stamp die and it looked more orange than red.  I promised then, to share the Christmas card I finally made on my second attempt and then promptly forgot to share it.  

 

As I was looking through the challenges, I realized this fits perfectly for the Color Hues challenge, so I'm entering card #3 into their challenge.  

 

I inked the background with Fired Brick Distress Ink on Kraft card stock and stamped text randomly over the top using the same color ink.  Then I proceeded to stamp some Christmas images and snowflakes in black while the stencils were still on the die cut, leaving me with nice crisp edges on each postage stamp.

 

The candy cane dies are from Dee's Distinctively, and the holly leaves are from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  Both die sets are a throwback to my days with Dies R Us, and I'm sure are well retired by now.

 

I'll be entering this card into the following challenges:

Color Hues ~ Red & Green

 

The Card Concept ~ Red, Green, Brown & White

 

Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ Christmas

 

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Christmas Cosmos

Good morning friends ~ 

 

Now that I'm in full on Christmas card making mode, I pulled out the Cosmos stencils from The Ton and made a card using the colors from Color Hues, Red & Green.  I cut the stenciled panel out using the largest postage stamp die in my collection.

 

I'm hoping the folks at Color Hues consider gold a neutral color, as I've added gold bells and a shadowed sentiment, both from the Christmas Joy die set from Scrapbook.com

 

I'm not sure if you can see the sugared petals, where I added some of Tim Holt's Rock Candy glitter to make them glisten.
 

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Color Hues ~ Red & Green

 

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

 

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Kitchy Christmas Reindeer

Hello friends ~

 

Today's card features this darling Lovely Layers Vintage Reindeer from Honeybee Stamps.  I can't think of a cuter die set to use this time of year.

 

After layering this cutie together, I mounted her onto a pine embossed background.  To add color and dimension, I rubbed Pine Needles Distress Ink over the embossed surface and backed it with a postage stamp die.

 

The Christmas words embossed background add even more texture and a bit of retro color using mint green.  

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

A Cut Above ~ November

Peace On Earth Christmas ~ inspired by the little deer

 

Double D Challenges ~ Textures 

 

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Bright Blooms for a Special Day

Hello friends ~  

 

 It doesn't happen very often, that I have the right card at the right time.  But that is the case with this card here and the Color Hues Challenge.

 

I made this card earlier this summer and never got around to posting it.  I think I made it for another challenge, but the challenge closed before I got around to posting it.  I do that often.  

 

Anywho, the stencils are Poppy Posy stencils from LDRS Creative.  I stenciled them and cut them out using the coordinating die and popped it over a die cut arch, stamped with script. 

 

The card base is cut from the largest arch die, covered with design paper.  The sentiment is a stamp from Altenew.

 

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Color Hues ~ Red & Green

 

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Stencil Fun ~ November 

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Rustic Christmas Tree Card #2

Following up on my last post found here, I have another rustic Christmas card to share with you today!

 

Since I still had Tim Holtz’s Winter Woodlands stamps and the Honeybee Stamps Lovely Layers: Trees on my desk, I put together another quick card! I even managed to finish off the very last scrap of paper from a 6x6 pad. There is seriously no better feeling than completely using up an entire paper pack!

 

To give the Honeybee Stamps Christmas tree a glistening finish, I pounced white ink over it and added a sprinkle of Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter.".

 

Nothing fancy, just using up some scraps and feeling good about adding another Christmas card to the box for this season.

 I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

A Cut Above ~ November 

 

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