Monday, 24 October 2016

Inky Christmas

I have a set of Christmas cards to share today...inspired by these cards by Sandy Allnock. I started by smooshing three different combinations of Distress Inks on to watercolour paper...adding a few layers of ink, allowing each one to dry before adding the next. I cut panels of plain white card just a little smaller than my A6 card blanks, then used various Christmas dies to cut an aperture. I mounted the white panels over the inked paper on 3D foam pads, then attached them to my card blanks. The sentiment stamps are from the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous.


I made a couple of each design:




Challenges for these cards:


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9 comments:

  1. Sandra H24 October 2016 at 20:19

    Ooooh such a pretty cards!

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  2. BożenA24 October 2016 at 20:23

    Hi, very beautiful cards. Great inspirations :-)

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  3. Cornelia (fun stamping)25 October 2016 at 00:07

    Such a beautiful set of cards! Thank so much for playing along with us at HLS!

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  4. Diane Louise J25 October 2016 at 02:22

    Hello Helen… Thanks for joining our ‘Anything Goes’ challenge with your lovely set of 'clean and simple' Christmas cards… they look very stylish.
    Please join us again next time. Good luck!
    [Diane Louise, Team Leader for Crafty Friends Challenge Blog]

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  5. Rema DeLeeuw25 October 2016 at 22:50

    Beautiful cards! Love the clean and simple look. Thanks for playing along at Christmas Card Challenges.

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  6. Annettes Hobby Rosettes26 October 2016 at 08:22

    Love your CAS Christmas Cards. Nice work.
    Thank you for sharing with us over here at Crafty Friends Challenge, best of luck with your entry.
    Annette DT

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  7. Tinka's paper wonderlland27 October 2016 at 15:39

    Very nice card.
    Thank you for joining us at Craft Your Passion!
    Good Luck and hope to see you again.
    xx Valentina DT xx
    Tinka's paper wonderlland

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  8. Amy Seigler30 October 2016 at 00:44

    Beautiful set of cards! Love how you used the distressed ink on the watercolor paper! Thanks for playing with us at HLS!

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  9. crafty-stamper5 November 2016 at 16:39

    Beautiful set of CAS cards and love the image apertures and distress ink backgrounds---Thank you for joining us at Artistic Inspirations
    Carol DT x

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Thanks for taking the time to look and comment on my cards! Helen x

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