HCW 2013 - Day 1 - part 2

So I had the Snow word die cut from a card I did previous, and I really liked it so I decided to make a card with it. I've made many cards where you block out space for the text, but this time I did it inverted. I blocked off an area to stamp in instead.

 Of course I added some glitter with the snowflakes to give it a more sparkly feeling!

HCW 2013 - Day 3

I just loved Cristina's card in today's lesson, so I had to make a version of it. So here is my stencil Christmas tree. Decorated with liquid pearls and a gold star.

Ho! Ho! Ho!

My second post for today is for the Paper Smooches challenge. I recently discovered that the host competitions on the blog, and I love sketch challenges! I also love their stamps, they're always so cute. But I discovered I only own 1 PS stamp, something I must fix soon!

The sketch this week was:

And My card:

I stamped the chevron stamp from PS in red, green and gold. Santa and the sediment is from Hero Arts. I added some glitter to Santa and a few pearls to the card.

All in one layer

Ever since i bought this hero arts leafy vines stamp I knew I wanted to do a simple card with the vines coming in from the side. And so I finally got to it. This is made for CAS on sundays challenge 21 - On layer wonder!

I embossed the leafy vines on a canvas cardstock to get a non-solid image, and I really love how it came out. I masked out an area in the middle for the sediment, which is in Swedish saying 'Merry Christmas' embossed in gold. Some liquid pearls in withe opal finished off the card.

I just love when you don't have to struggle to make the card, everything just falls into place.

HCW 2013 - Day 2

I don't own many dies (only 3) so it was a bit hard to create a multi die layered card. But I did an inlay card (I realize it doesn't show to good in the picture).

The inlay wreath is die cut from felt, and the banner is cut out with my craft knife. I added some liquid pearls to the wreath to make it more Christmasy.

I'm so going shopping for dies this weekend! And I will go back to this lecture when I have more to work with.

Holiday Card Workshop 2013 - day 1

I loved all the previous holiday card classes so when I saw they were doing one this year as well I just had to sign up! So here are my cards for day 1:

I don't own any embossing folders, so I scored it on my scoring board. I added some glitter to make the lines pop a little bit more. The Santa is colored with ordinary markers (yes, copics are on my wish list from Santa), and I added some glossy accent and enamel to him as well.

I also stamped Santa in beige on the inside due to the class title. To make the card a little more interesting I placed the brown cardstock a bit off to the side. I think it gives it just a little more excitement than it would've being placed in the center.

My second card uses the negative space of the die cut. I'm in love with my new Snow set from PTI, and have a (un)healthy obsession with stamping snowflake cards, so here is another one. The cardstock was from an old stack and I tried to match it with the color i chose for the snowflakes. And with just a little glitter added I'm really happy with the outcome.

I'm really looking forward to the next day of the class!

Using my paper

So this card is for the mojo monday challenge. I like their challenges, 'cause I tend to use the patterned paper I have on hand more on their challenges than in any other.

The sketch:

My card:

The sediment is in Swedish and says "Merry Christmas and a happy new year". All the patterned papers are from Crate Papers "Snowday" collection, and the ornament die is from memory box. And of course I added some glitter on the ornaments with my glitter pen.