SHC - A Topping Christmas ....

.... Good morning! I'm here this morning with my Seven Hills Craft blog post - the last one of 2020!! I know that I said I'd finished with all my Christmas cards, but I've got a couple more to share. Today, I'm sharing the card I've made for my hubby, Jonathan. This is a big card - 8" square - well he deserves something special.

Stamps: Colorado Craft Company - Big & Bold - Frosty's Hat, Big & Bold - Winter Wishes Snowflake; Concord & 9th - All the Merrys, Snowflake Turnabout

Inks: Gina K - Sea Glass, Blue Lagoon; Delicata - Silvery Shimmer; Versafine - Onyx Black

Accessories: White Card; Copic Markers; Nuvo - Clear Aquashimer Brush; Clear Embossing Powder

I stamped the card with lots of snowflakes. I stamped the large snowflake in shimmery silver and added some soft teal snowflakes over the top. I stamped a bold greeting in the corner. I stamped the large top hat on white card, coloured the image with Copic markers, put it back in the MISTI and restamped with Versafine ink and heat embossed with clear powder. I did the same to make the bunch of holly. I fussy cut both images and edged them with black ink. I added some shimmer to the hat band with a clear aquashimmer brush. On the inside, of the card I kept it very simple with a greeting and another bunch of holly.

I'm submitting this card to Uniko - USC#62 - where the theme is Tis the Season and an optional twist of sparkle, and to The Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge - H&ICC#85 where the theme is anything Christmas goes.

That's all from me today. Do pop by again tomorrow, I've one more Christmas card to share. See you then.

Season's Greetings ....

... Morning! I had a good day yesterday and made another Christmas card for my stash - I will NOT be purchasing boxed cards again this year 😁.  Here it is:

Stamps: Concord &9th - Snowflakes Turnabout, Christmas Cottage, Petals & Pallets; Stamplorations - Yuletide Deer
Inks: Gina K - Black Onyx, Soft Stone, Kraft; Versafine - Onyx Black
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU Card - Real Red; Copic Markers; Clear Embossing Powder

I'm submitting this card to several challenges - 52 Christmas Card Throwdown - 52CCT05-20, where I used their sketch, The Card Concept - CC#127, where they have a lovely inspiration photo, Jingle Belles - JB:20:03, where they wanted to see three of something, and finally to Colour Throwdown - CTD#578, such lovely colours.

I started by stamping the lovely stag head three times on white card, coloured them all with Copic markers, put them back into the MISTI, restamped with Versafine ink and heat embossed with clear poweder. I then carefully fussy cut them out.  I stamped the two log planks using a mixture of kraft and grey ink to give a softly weathered look.  I added some snowflakes to the background, and then stamped the greeting.  I finished the front by adhering the two side stag heads flat to the card, and the centrally one with dimensional pads.  On the inside I cut a mat layer of bright red card and on the white panel added a bold greeting and another gorgeous stag head.

That's all for now.  I've got a reasonably busy day ahead - part of which includes attending my local craft group.  See you soon.

C24C - Merry Christmas ....

.... Good morning!!  Most of you know that I've not been very active making cards over the past year and a half, but at the beginning of January I came across a new Christmas card challenge - Christmas 24 Challenge and saw that they were looking for some new design team members.  Now, I love making Christmas cards so I had to play along.  I left it very late but submitted my card on 29th January and found out yesterday that I've been picked to join the team.  To say that I'm pleased would be an understatement.  I'm thrilled to be joining Jacqueline, Mynn and Sue.

Our Christmas based challenges are on the 1st and 15th of the month, and if you play along with us each time you'll have at least 24 cards made by December.  Our theme for the next couple of weeks is to use:

Dry and/or Heat Embossing

So I was busy yesterday afternoon making a card for today, here it is:

Stamps: Concord & 9th - Snowflakes Turnabout, Mistletoe Messages
Inks: Versamark; SU! - Night of Navy; Delicata - Silvery Shimmer
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU! Card - Night of Navy; Embossing Powder - Ranger -  Silver Super Fine, Cosmic Shimmer - Steel Blue Aurora; Gems

I might not have been making many cards recently, but I have still been buying stamps for my stash.  I decided to use one of my new stamps for this card.  I love the turnabout stamps from Concord & 9th and snowflakes make a simple, elegant card.  I'm submitting this to The Male Room - TMR#128 where the theme is It's snowing.

If you haven't seen how to use turnabout stamps, here's a link to Concord & 9th videos showing how it's done. I set up the stamp in my MISTI and stamped the image using Versamark ink, leaving the card attached to the jig, removed it from the MISTI and added silver embossing powder.  I repositioned the jig into the MISTI and stamped again in Versamark, removed it from the MISTI and added blue embossing powder.  I decided to only stamp the snowflakes twice as I didn't want to risk smudging the powders.  After removing the card from the jig, I heat embossed in the usual fashion.  I finished the front by adding a simple sentiment and some gems in the centre of the snowflakes.  This is still a magical process - I just love watching the powder melt and seeing the images revealed - it's what got me hooked on crafting in the first place.  I cut the panel down to 5" × 3¾" and layered it onto a navy panel and attached it to the card base.  On the inside, I cut a panel of navy card for the mat layer and on the white panel added a fun greeting and some silver snowflakes.

I also took a closeup photo to show off the pretty embossed snowflakes - the blue ones have a lovely shimmer:

It really is so nice to be part of a design team again and even better that it's to make Christmas cards!!  Do visit the Christmas 24 Challenge blog to see more inspiration cards from the rest of the team, and do play along, you have until 14th February.  I look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your creations.  See you soon.