19 October Christmas cards

 

Poinsettia

                  Shape poinsettia leaves. Add sakura pen sparkle to veins on holly leaves.

Bauble

Add rustic wilderness ink around blue card and chipped saphire ink to edges. Stamp and emboss the background and bauble with silver embossing powder. Die cut bauble then add green ink to edges. Peel off strip as bauble hanger. Red dots and red bauble. Foam pads under bauble.

Nativity

           Stamp and enboss stars to the top part of blue card with silver embossing powder.

Houses

Colour houses with 2 coats of berry red and Marsh green, colour cut out bits in the other colour then stick back. Stick gold card behind each building. Colour trees with forrest green, tree trunks and snowman's hat firewood or umber brown. Glue artificial snow to trees, building

and ground.

12 October Christmas cards

Stag bauble and trees.

Place bauble template onto white card stick yellow circle in position for the moon. Mask off bottom of bauble with white paper. Add faded jeans blue ink to bauble. Mask off blue area and chalk some white onto the bottom of bauble. Use circle mask to add yellow chalk to the moon. Stamp stag with black ink. Stamp trees with black using second generation stamping.

Bauble trio on green

Stamp and emboss greenery with everglades. Stamp baubles on cream card with brilliant sparkle white gold. Stick baubles under the die cut baubles. Add stars, bows and peel off hangers. Foam pads under sentiment.

Church window

Stick glitter card under window. On the white panel make vertical creases at 1 cm intervals. Peel off dots to poinsettia.. Foam pads under sentiment.

Poinsettia

Cut out 1 full image plus just the red petals of the second image. colour with Marsh green and berry red. Stich yellow beads to centre or use dot peel offs. Lightly spray with spray and sparkle. Foam pads under poinsettia.

 

5 October 2021 Christmas cards

 

Black and cream baubles

Cut out baubles leaving a small border around them. Marsh green and berry red for the holly. Foam pads under red card and baubles. Secure ribbon with red liner tape. Sakura pen to baubles.

Wise men

Hands and faces satin, circles berry red, shoes black, beards firewood or umber brown. King to the right: evergreen, berry red, prussion blue, ditted border french navy or china blue. middle king forrest green, berry red and prussion blue. Gifts and crown sunflower yellow. Stardust stickles to add sparkle. Foam pads under kings and sentiment. Edges of white layer faded jeans blue ink.

Snowflakes and tree

Stick parchment to white card with the tape on the back to stamp amd emboss snowflakes with frosty dawn embossing powder. remove tape and chalk to white card. Secure layers with brads. Stamp and emboss tree with white then cut out and colour pot black. Gems to snowflake panel. stickles to tree. Foam pads under tree.

Snowmen

Carrot noses bright orange. China blue or 7170 and sky blue for hats and scarves. Chalk blue around the snowmen. Sakura pen to add sparkle and stardust stickles to snowflakes.