Bubble Trees & Paper Candy

I have a couple of really simple Christmas cards today...using stamps from my Woodware 'Bubble Tree' set. They are A6 sized, but with the fold along the shorter edge...and flat too, so cheap to post! I stamped and embossed the images and sentiments in black, then painted the 'bubbles' using various shades of blue Distress Inks (Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans, Stormy Sky, Chipped Saphire & Weathered Wood), then went over the top with Glossy Accents, to make them look more 'bubbly'.

Here's a close-up of one of the cards, which shows the gloss a little clearer:

Challenges for these cards:

• Christmas Inspirations - Clean & Simple
• Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Non-Traditional Colours (NO Red or Green)
• Crafts & Me - Blues
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Goes
• Scrapbook Sisters - Blue
• Sketchy Colours - Shades of Blue

Before I go...I just have to tell you all about Amy's candy. I'm sure that lots of you will remember the 1000 sheets of paper giveaway that she did to celebrate her first blogoversary last year...well, she's doing it again...and is giving away another 1000 sheets of paper:

Wow...that's a lot of paper to get through in a year! It's not just just paper....there are lots of lovely stamps on offer too...you can find out all about it here on her blog.