Christmas Card Club Challenge #14 - A Christmas Snowy Scene

Hi Crafters,

Where do these weeks go?

It's already time for another new challenge at our friendly Christmas Card Club and this week it was Shaz's turn to choose the theme.

A CHRISTMAS SNOWY SCENE

Recipe

Embossalicious Cloud Folder

Cuttlebug Snow Folder

Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass

Perfect Pearls Shimmer Spray

Glitter Card

Memory Box Dies - Curved Dashing, Cute Cottage, Frosted Roof and Ledges

Magnolia Doohickey Dies - Slender Firs, Snowy Forest

Britannia Die - Christmas Flight

Challenges I'd like to enter:

CHNC Every Saturday - #341 ATG Christmas

CHNC Extra - July Challenge

Christmas Cards All Year Round - July ATG

Unicorn Challenge - #23 Christmas in July

Deep Ocean - #158 Lots of Layers

I had made a card similar to this last year using the cottage die and thought it was perfect for this challenge, thank you Shaz for a great theme.

Pop over to the other CCC members blogs by following the links in the tab at the top of my blog for more Christmas inspiration.

See you soon,

Lorraine 

xXx

Christmas Card Club Challenge #12 - Christmas Scene

Hi Crafters,

It was Kate's turn to choose a theme for our friendly challenge this time and she has given us 'Christmas Scenes'.

I had a Papermania decoupage sheet with this beautiful Christmas Night Scene and thought this would fit perfectly in to the theme.

 

It had three layers to complete the picture but I feel as though I have cheated as it was die-cut too so just a case of popping it out and layering it up. I'm so used to taking hours to make one card by colouring the image and picking out papers, finding a sketch or design to follow and then putting it all together that this was done in a flash. However the fact that I need to make as many Christmas cards as I can to stock my stall and give out to family and friends means that these sheets are a Godsend.

But then I felt guilty so I made another card, lol...

 

 

Not a traditional Christmas Scene but a lovely wintry scene at that.

I used a Dreamweaver Stencil to apply embossing paste on to some thick cardstock and before it dried I sprinkled black glitter over it, this created the background trees. I then layered another tree-scape die-cut on top which I think is a Taylored Expressions die (I bought ten from Ebay and I can't quite remember). The deer and single die-cut tree in the front are both Memory Box dies and they were layered up too showing the deer coming out from behind the trees. A quick dusting of glamour dust on the branches for the snow.

The banner was cut using a Spellbinder die and the sentiment is from a Papermania set. A little silver metal snowflake and organza bow to finish.

A side view shows the dimension:

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Crafty Creations - #290 All Creatures Great and Small (2nd card)

Craft Dee Bowz - ATG - include a handmade bow (2nd card)

CHNC Extra - June Challenge ATG (2nd card)

CHNC Every Saturday - #232 Use some BLUE (1st card)

 

 

We are almost half way through the year so I hope you have made a start on your Christmas cards ladies :)

If you would like some inspiration from the group then pop over to their blogs using the list in the tab in the header.

Happy Sunday everyone!

 

Lorraine