Mixed media textured Christmas card

Hello crafters !

I hope you had a great week end, and you are more than ready for the December marathon... This is a such crazy month !

We gonna start the week with a mixed media card I'm super proud of, filled with textures and ideas :

I started with a white cardstock, sprayed with Warm Colorations spray (Art Anthology) and distress inks in Firebrick and Tea Dye (Ranger), added some gesso.
With paper left overs (BoBunny), I made strips, distressed the edges with same inks and adhered them in a vertical mosaic pattern. I added more gesso and imprint a honeycomb stamp (Prima Marketing) over it.
The card base is a green cardstock by DCWV.

I punched out a ton of small branches in two shades of green (DCWV cardstock) and display them in the center. I added splatters of gesso all over the card.

I found the perfect stickers in my stash, glass crackle square alphas by Sticko. I just added inks on the edges.

The "Christmas" word is cut with the Christmas/Noel Cricut cartridge in the same BoBunny paper.

I hope you like it as much as I do !
Thank you for stopping by on your busy Monday. Don't forget to follow and comment to enter my Christmas giveaway...

See you tomorrow !

Cheer Christmas card

Hello !

 

Here we are again on a sunday with a new new card !

This one was made with DCWV papers from Christmas Creations stack and the wood stickers by Recollections (can be found at Michaels), plus a small white and red twine.

 



This card can be made in a snap, perfect for these last minute handmade card you'll need to send ASAP...

Don't forget to follow my blog and comment on one or more cards to entre my Christmas giveaway (see post on the top left column for details), and see you tomoroow for a new one !

Advent calendar with DCWV

Hello !



I couldn't show this calendar, because it was a surprise for my daughter, who asked for a calendar that didn't exist... So I made one for her filled with what she wanted : pokemons !

I made this calendar with the Christmas Plaid stack by DCWV and a black frame from the Insta Photo Fun collection :

Each pocket was cut with my Cricut machine (Tag, bag and boxes cartridges) as well as the number (Blackletter cartridge). The scalloped circle is an EK Success punch.

Each bag is hold by a small clothespin. As I only had gold one, I paint some in black, red and white with Martha Stewart paints. A ribbon is glued behind the back of the frame to hold the bags.



I know that this calendar is supposed to have only 24 bags, but why not have an extra gift on Christmas day ?

Did you made a calendar too or just buy one filled with chocolate (love those too...) ?

See you tomorrow for a Christmas card (!)...

Christmas Prima doll card

How about some coloring for today's card ?

I choose a Prima doll for this card, colored with my Copic markers, with Merry Memories papers by DCWV and some burlap cut with a Sizzix die.

 

 

To give more dimensions to the dress, I stamped it several time and cut parts before adhering them with 3D foam dots.

To add a little festive detail to the doll, I use white glitter paper for the hat, and a cute white lace for the belt.

We already day 9 of my 30 cards before Christmas event ! Did you comment on one card ? On several ? The more days you comment, the chances you will have to win the huge DCWV prize for Christmas ! And don't forget to follow my blog to validate your entry(ies)...

Thank you for stopping by, I hope to see you tomorrow too...

Black Noel and red poinsettia - A Christmas card



New month, new challenge on the DCWV blog. And for the last, it will not be the usual sketch but a moodboard ! I love moodboard !

 

 

The only thing I didn't use was the green colors. I have the patterned and textured papers (Christmas Plaid, black glitter paper), the theme (obviously Christmas), the gold (border and pearls)...

 

Do you think the red poinsettia in the center is a part of the design of the paper ? You are so wrong ! (no offense)
The paper is a journaling card I cut out from the stack, and the center was completely white ! What I did was cover the border (gold border in the center included) with paper hold by washi tape, place a poinsettia metal stencil (Dreamweavers) and applied clear embossing ink over it. I used then red tinsel embossing powder (Ranger) and heated it.

The final touches are the black glimmer die "Noel" (Sizzix/Holtz) and the black poinsettia, cut out from a stamp placed on the back (La Compagnie des Elfes) with 3 golden half pearls for center.

I will post later the Advent calendar I made with the same collection of papers. So see later, today or tomorrow for my next Christmas card !

December 16 Tim Holtz tag

Hello everyone !

I am simply delighted this morning because I saw my name on the November's winners list on the Tim Holtz's blog ! So right after my happy dance, I started working on the new tag...
As usual, I didn't have the requiered products so I find a way around to recreate this tag. Let's take a look first, and I will explain how I did it after :

I create the base with a tag die by Sizzix with natural burlap by DCWV, and applied firebrick distress ink over a TH stencil. I stitched all around the tag, and I can tell, burlap IS NOT easy to sew !

I didn't have the de-bossing folder, so I tried to deboss a word with a McGill paper blossom tool, then used an embossing pen and applied super fine black embossing powder (Ranger). I know it's not obvious, the title IS debossed...

I distressed the edges of the papers (Merry Memories stack by DCWV) with black ink (Ranger), and add metal and wood embellishments. The wood tree is colored with a black Copic marker. The phrase metal embellishment (Blue Moon Beads) is embossed with black powder.
A small snowflakes border on the green tag. Another small charm (Blue Moon Beads) on the red paper is distress with black Copic marker, as well as the jingle bells (Blue Moon Beads).

The green leaves are a small punch used with two papers (DCWV), splattered with gesso.
A black lace to finish the tag and I was done !

Thank you Tim for another of creativity and inspiration ! I was delighted to participate each month to these challenges ! I wonder what he's cooking for next year...

Don't worry, I'm still doing Christmas cards... I just wanted a different post for each project... And today is a busy day ! Beside this tag, you will have a post for a card AND one for my Advent calendar !

Stay tune and see you very soon...

Christmas Cardinal card



Green and red for a Christmas card is very traditional. But how about adding some burlap to the game ? Does it give a modern traditional look ?

Anyway, this is my card of the day, number 7 now, featuring DCWV papers from the Merry Memories stack and natural burlap stack.

 

Branches were fussy cut. I used the Fabri-Tac glue (Beacon Adhesives) to adhere everything on burlap.

If you love DCWV papers, don't forget you could win a bunch of their stacks if you comment on one or more of my Christmas cards and follow my blog ! See details there and take a look at the prize :

See you tomorrow for another card and have a great day !