CSAYL Challenge - Use Your Favourite Holiday Image

Hi again!

I was really looking forward to posting this card as the CSAYL Challenge this week is just to use your fave holiday image on your creation. This stamp set - Charlotte's Holiday Mail from Little Loud Stamps - is without a doubt one of my all time favourites as it is just tooo cute!!! The winner of this week's challenge will have the opportunity to be a guest designer over on the CSAYL blog for one week in May!

I decided to go with a white theme for my card to create a lovely wintery look, so started with Select White cardstock for my base and then stamped my image straight onto my main white panel. I used the snow from the image to stamp extra snow on either side. I coloured my little girl with Copics and then stamped the envelope again and mounted this on dimensionals. With my Quickie glue pen, I added some glitter to the snow, mail box and the edge of the layer.  I die cut some clouds and then heat set them and added glitter to cover them before adhering with dimensionals also.

Along the bottom, I added a row of diamantes and my banner sentiment. Finally, the main panel was adhered to the card front with foam tape - it looks so much better in real life!

On the inside, I die cut another cloud and stamped my sentiment, before edging the cloud with glitter and adhering it to my main layer which had also been edged with glitter.

Take a look at the cards on the CSAYL blog as their are some fantastic creations and why not have a go at creating a card for this challenge - I am starting to collect quite a stash of Christmas cards so I won't have any last minute rush this year!!

Supplies

Stamps: Charlotte's Holiday Mail - Christmas Freckle Collection (Little Loud Stamps); Wings of Joy (TE)

Cardstock: Stampers Select White (PTI)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Crumb Cake (SU)

Accessories: copics; Dazzling Diamonds glitter (SU); diamantes; cloud die (PTI); dimensionals; foam tape; Quickie glue pen

Meet Me Under The Mistletoe

Hi there!

I have been busy getting prepared with cards I have made for Christmas and have been dying to ink up an old stamp from Paperworks Co that I believe may now be retired.  I decided to participate in the latest Caardvarks challenge which is to decorate a card insde and out. The challenge is sponsored by Penny Black and I must admit I am a huge fan of their images - they are great for someone who loves colouring like me!

I used Real Red cardstock for the base and then used white and Tempting Turquoise cardstock for matting. The main image was stamped and coloured with Copic markers.

To create the overcast sky I masked the image and sponged on some grey ink. I used a white gel pen to create my snow falling and add to the overcast image. I used Sparkly Fluff to create the snow layer on the ground and in the tree, adhering it with 2-way glue. To add a little more texture, I used my sewing machine to stitch my mat layers together and finished off by adding a snowflake embellishment from my stash.

To carry my theme to the inside of my card, I kept it simple by stamping my sentiment from the Wings of Joy set by Taylored Expressions and colouring the mistletoe with copic markers. I used a paper piercer to add some detail to the corners.

Thanks for looking and I'll be back soon!



Supplies

Stamps: Wings of Joy (TE); Meet Me Under The Mistletoe (Paperworks Co)

Cardstock: Real Red, Tempting Turquoise (SU); Stampers Select White (PTI)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Sky Gray (VersaColor)

Miscellaneous: Copic Markers, Paper Piercer, Sugar Sparkly Fluff, Snowflake Embellishment, Signo White Gel Pen