I have a set of Christmas cards to share today, made using a new Penny Black stamp set called 'Mugs of Joy' that I got for my birthday recently. I stamped each of the four mugs on to watercolour paper, then coloured them using watercolour pencils. For the background, I used a piece of watercolour effect paper from the 'Pastel Watercolours' pad from The Works...it's a 12x12 sheet, but had four separate squares on the sheet each with slightly different colours. I heat embossed snowflakes in white, using stamps from the 'Snowflakes' set by Personal Impressions, and 'Wintertime Messages' set by Hero Arts on to each square. I distressed all of the edges, then matted the images and backgrounds on to coordinating pastel card, before adding a sentiment to each using a stamp from the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous.
- Crafty Calendar - Anything Goes
- Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
- Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
- Happy Little Stampers (Christmas) - Anything Goes
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- The Holly & the Ivy - Anything Goes
Such an effective collection of seasonal cards Helen, many thanks for sharing at Stamping Sensations challenge.
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i am sorry your card will not be entered into the draw as this is a rectangle card. The Challenge is a SHAPED CARD NO SQUARES OR RECTANGLES. Marlene
ReplyDeleteA lovely set of Christmas cards Helen, the stamps are so sweet and your embossed backgrounds are beautiful. Thank you for sharing at crafty Calendar this month.
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This is a wonderful set of holiday cards!!! I'm really loving those colored images. Thanks so much for playing with the HLS Christmas challenge!
ReplyDeleteA lovely set of Christmas cards Helen, love the mug images.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us at Stamping Sensations.
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