November Rudolph Day

I made these quick cards for this month's Rudolph Day Challenge.

Christmas tree die (magazine freebie)
Snippets of mirri and white hammered card

I cut a square of white card, layered it onto mirri card and then attached it to the card front.  I die cut a Christmas tree and attached it to the card - so quick and easy!

Kath x

Happy Christmas Mum

This is the Christmas card I've made for my Mum - as everything is from my snippets drawer I'm visiting the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Woodware Holly Tree stamp
Docrafts Me to You sentiment stamp (magazine freebie)
Versafine Black Onyx ink
Wink of Stella 
Cream and clear gems
Red and cream papers from snippets drawer

I layered cream paper onto red, attached it to the card front and stamped the sentiment. The tree was stamped onto green paper, cut out and attached to the card.  The star, holly leaves and bow were stamped onto red paper, cut out and attached with silicone glue.  Cream and clear gems were added to the tree and to finish I used a Wink of Stella on the star, leaves, bow and swirls.

Kath x

A Touch of Charm

This card was made for the Crafty Cardmakers and More ... challenge 'A touch of Charm'.

Hunkydory backing paper and image (magazine freebie)
Silver ribbon
Silver snowflake charm (magazine freebie)
Peel-off greeting
Silver mirri card

The red backing paper was layered onto silver mirri card, then the ribbon was wrapped around it before it was attached to the card front.  The image was layered onto silver mirri card before being attached to the card with foam tape.  I attached the charm to a small piece of silver ribbon which was then tied to the ribbon strip.  To finish, I used a silver peel-off greeting.

Kath x

Frosty the Snowman

This card is for this week's 'Frosty the Snowman' challenge at Winter Wonderland.  All the papers and card were from my snippets drawer, so I'm also paying a visit to the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Snowman topper (magazine freebie)
Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Ovals Small & Classic Scalloped Ovals Small
Crafts-Too 'Twinkle' embossing folder
Woodware regular snowflake punch
White pearls
Gold mirri card and red paper from snippets drawer

I embossed the card with the 'Twinkle' embossing folder.  A strip of red greeting paper was layered onto gold mirri and attached to the card front.  I used the Ovals die to cut and emboss the snowman image and the Scalloped Ovals die to cut the gold mirri, the image was attached to the card front with foam tape.  To finish, I attached three gold snowflakes and pearls.

Kath x

Colour Me ... Red

I made this card for this week's Colour Me monochromatic challenge, which is to use Real Red.

Penny Black Wonder Collection wreath and sentiment (magazine freebie)
Versafine Satin Red ink
Clear embossing powder
Red moondust card

I stamped and embossed the wreath and sentiment onto white card.  This was trimmed and layered onto red card and attached to the card front.

Kath x

Merry Christmas

I made this card following this week's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches and using the colours from the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown colour challenge which is to use Red and Green, plus Silver or Gold.

Penny Black Wonder Collection tree and sentiment stamps (magazine freebie)
Red moondust card
Versafine Olympia Green ink
Gold metallic ribbon 

I stamped the tree onto white card and layered it onto red moondust card.  Gold ribbon was wrapped around the top before it was attached to the card font.   The sentiment was stamped and layered onto red card before being attached to the card front.  To finish, I attached a small gold bow to the card.

Kath x

Jewel Christmas Tree

This week Less is More have a colour challenge to use non-traditional colours (no red or green).  Even though it's not a one-layer challenge week, I surprised myself by making a one-layer card!

Woodware Christmas Bubble Tree stamp
Snowflake embossing folder (magazine freebie)
Versafine Onxy black ink
Clear embossing powder
Sakura Glaze pens
Snippet of paper
Triple thick gloss glaze

I embossed the front of the card and stamped and embossed the bubble tree, before colouring the bubbles with purple, pink, blue and yellow glaze pens.  I paper pieced the tree trunk and added a layer of gloss glaze before sticking it to the card.

Kath x

Gold Christmas

This card was made for this week's Winter Wonderland challenge, which is 'Gold Christmas'.

Woodware ribbon tree peeloffs
Gold mirri card
Gold snowflake paper (magazine freebie)

I layered gold snowflake paper onto gold mirri card and attached it to the card front.  I stuck the ribbon tree peeloff to gold paper and cut around the tree, this was attached to white card which was layered onto gold mirri and then the card front.

Kath x

Red Christmas

I made this card for the 52 [Christmas} Card Throwdown Stash Challenge which is to use enamel dots.

Woodware Christmas Date stamp
Red mirri card
Red snowflake paper (magazine freebie)
Red nailheads
StazOn black ink
Promarkers

I layered the patterned area of the red snowflake paper onto red mirri card and attached it to the card blank.  The image was stamped onto a paler section of the same snowflake paper, embossed and coloured with Promarkers.  This image was then trimmed, layered onto red mirri card and attached to the card front with foam tape.

To finish, I used red nailheads for the holly berries.

Kath x

Me to You Santa

I missed my trip to the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop last week, so am paying an early visit this week and hope to pay another visit soon!

Docrafts Me to You Santa stamp
Red mirri card
Woodware snowflake punch
Woodware squared corner cutter
StazOn black ink
Promarkers
White fun flock
Red gems

I stamped the image onto white card, coloured it with Promarkers and trimmed to size.  This was layered onto red mirri and then attached to the card front.  I made snowflakes from snippets of white card and found three red gems for the centres.  A Quickie glue pen and white fun flock added the finishing touch.

Kath x

October Rudolph Day

For this month's Rudolph Day challenge, I've made cards using Hunkydory papers which were a magazine freebie.

Hunkydory Christmas papers and toppers (magazine freebie)
Gold mirri card

I layered patterned paper onto gold mirri card and attached it to the card front.   The images and sentiments were attached using foam tape.

Kath x

Jingle Belles Pink Christmas

I saw this Jingle Belles challenge on Di's blog.    As October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, they're asking for holiday cards with a noticeable amount of pink on them - for each card that is linked the ladies that run the challenge will donate $4 to the Susan G Komen Foundation.   I've used my favourite Christmas stamp for this quick card.

Woodware Bubble Bloom Festive Tree stamp
Woodware square corner punch
Pink moondust card
Pink card candi
Pink and clear gems
Versafine Vintage Sepia ink

I stamped the tree onto white card, punched the corners, layered it onto pink moondust card and attached it to my card front.  I then decorated it with card candi and gems.

Kath x