Christmas Joy 2 .....

.... Hi! It's turned a bit mild here. Most of the snow has melted away and it was quite nice when I was out earlier! I've not been in my craft room much this week - busy with holiday preparations. The cards I'm sharing here today were actually made last week and based on the one I made for The Paper Players challenge. Here they are:

Stamps: Concord & 9th - Christmas Cheer Turnabout; Stampin' Up! - It's a Celebration
Inks: Gina K - Wild Wisteria, Blue Lagoon, Blue Raspberry, Wild Lilac
Dies: Concord & 9th - Joy
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU Card - Smoky Slate; Shimmer Spritz - Frost

I stamped several card panels when I had my Christmas Cheer turnabout stamp in my MISTI. For this panel, I used pale grey card and cool coloured inks, and I added lots of shimmer with the Frost Shimmer Spritz. I die cut the word 'JOY' from the stamped panel. I used the panel with the negative space on a plain white card and added the die cut word to a white card onto which I stamped some firework bursts. They were both quick and very easy to make. I left the inside plain for my own message.

I'm submitting the first card - with the die cut word Joy to Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies - HLSAG#12 challenge, and the second card with the negative space to Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge - HLSXMAS#12.

Kat has now finished school for a couple of weeks and Jonathan is on his Christmas break too. We are all very much looking forward to going home to the UK to see our family. So excited!! That's all for now. Do drop by soon.