Monday, 19 January 2026

'Tis the Season to be Jolly

I made this Christmas card for the AAA Cards Challenge 'Follow Francesca's Lead'.  

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white matt card blank
     Clearly Besotted 'Let's Prance' stamps and coordinating dies
     Clearly Besotted 'Cheerful Christmas' sentiment stamp
     Memory Box 'Wicker Panel' die
     Versafine Onyx Black ink
     Cosmic Shimmer Clear Detail embossing powder
     Copics
     Snippets of white matt card

I embossed a strip across the card with the Wicker Panel die and then placed it into my MISTI.  I used black ink to stamp the sentiment underneath the embossed strip and then embossed it with clear embossing powder.  The reindeer were stamped in black ink onto snippets of white card and embossed with clear embossing powder before being cut with the coordinating die.  The reindeer were then colourd with Copics before being attached across the embossed strip with foam pads.

I am entering the following challenges:
     AAA Cards Challenge - Follow Francesca's Lead
     ABC Christmas Challenge - A for Anything Christmas
     As You Like It Challenge - Favourite Occasion (my favourite cardmaking occasion is Christmas and I tend to make far more cards than I need)
     Krafty Chicks Challenge - CAS
     Simply Clean & Simple - Clean and Simple

Francesca's Card

Kath x

11 comments:

Pat said...

I love your trio of reindeer Kath, and the embossed strip using a Wicker Panel die makes a great background for them, and finished with a lovely sentiment too. x

Liz said...

Fabulous card Kath, I love your adorable little reindeer.
Liz xx

LesleyG said...

Love this fun card Kath and I like how you embossed the strip. I admire your clean and crisp style xxx

Cardsbymaaike said...

oh those reindeer, I loved them so much, I need to pull them out more often. your card is fab. Thank you for playing at the AAA Card Challenges

Darlene said...

OMG ... this is too, too cute! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Simply Clean & Simple challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Simply Clean & Simple Co-Owner

Ink Outside The Box With Diane said...

What a wonderful and fun card! Beautifully coloured frolicking reindeer, I love it! Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful CAS card with us at The Krafty Chicks Challenge! So nice to see you in the gallery.
Diane - DT KCC

Lynne said...

I do love these cute reindeer. I just wish I could find the dies for them as they are a bit fiddly to cut out. They look great on your embossed strip Kath. Thank you for joining in at AYLI.

Sarn said...

A fabulous CAS and fun Christmas card xxx

Sarah said...

That's such a fun Christmas card. Thank you for sharing at AYLI. Sarah

cm said...

Your trio of reindeers are delightful! Fabulous take on the "leader's" card; thank you for sharing at AAA Cards Challenge.
~carol

Francesca said...

So cute! Thank you for playing at AAA Cards Challenge!