Merry & Bright

     Good Morning!! It's Day 4 of this year's Christmas card run through. I have a set of ten cards for today - they are all one layer - simple and bright:

Stamps: Gina K - Festive Phrases, Blizzard, Holly Jolly Mini; GK/ToW - Penguin Pals

Inks: Gina K - Wild Dandelion, Peach Bellini, Light Carnation, Light Lilac, Applemint, Ocean Mist, Soft Stone, Lovely Lavender; Memento - Angel Pink, Summer Sky; Versafine Clair - Nocturne

Accessories: White Card

I'm submitting these cards to Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge - HLSCC#12 where it's Anything Christmas goes (I've skipped the optional extra), and to Cupcake Inspirations Challenge - CIC#584 - Winter Wonderland.

Having a MISTI stamping platform makes it so easy to create multiple cards with the same layout. I set out the snowflakes stamps in the MISTI and then, using different colours, stamped the images directly onto A2 white notecards. Once finished I light inked the edges of the cards to soften the look. I finished each card with a bold Christmas greeting in black ink, again stamped directly onto the notecards. Inside I added a panel of white card onto which I stamp a bold Christmas greeting along with a few snowflakes - the colour matching the front of each card.

These cards were fun to make - sort of rainbow colours, with two sub-sets - warms and cools. That's all for today. See you soon.

Stencilled Snowflakes

... Hello again!! Day 2 of this year's Christmas cards. I have two sets this time - both using the same products, but in greens and then blues:

Stamps: Gina K - Festive Phrases, On the Inside - Christmas; ThermoWeb - Penguin Pals

Inks: Gina K - Blue Raspberry, Blue Denim, Applemint, Lucky Clover; Memento - Summer Sky, Cottage Ivy; Versafine Clair - Nocturne

Dies: Gina K - Master Layout 2

Accessories: White Card; Gina K Stencil - Heartfelt Layering Snowflake; Blue & Green Mirri Card; Posca - White Pen

I'm submitting these cards to Happy Little Stampers Stencil Challenge - HLSSC#12 - where it's Anything Goes, and to The Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge - H&ICC#153 - where it's Anything Christmas Goes.

I used a 4-for-1 stencil technique that I learnt from Jennifer McGuire to create the backgrounds. I used the layering Heartfelt Snowflake to  make the images. I used Master Layout 2 to cut the mat layers in blue and green mirri card, and to cut the stitched panels. I used a Posca white paint pen to add some white highlights on the image, and finished the panels by stamping bold Christmas greetings in black ink. Before adding the stamped panel to the mirri card mat layer, I used a smaller die to cut out a rectangle from the centre of each piece. On the inside, I added a white panel stamped with a Christmas verse and added some snowflakes.

That's all for today. Thank you for stopping by my little piece of blogland!! See you all again soon.