It's the second Wednesday of a new month, so that means it's time for a new ABC Christmas Challenge! I'm the host, and the themes are:
'U is for Use it Up'
&
'V is for Vertical'
The prize for the lucky winner of this challenge is this 'Cozy Christmas' 6x6 paper pad & snowflake die set:
For my 'U is for Use It Up' card, I decided to make a card using just die cuts, and picked some scraps of card and patterned paper from my stash to use:
I trimmed the 'snowy' paper (from the 'Christmas' pad by Craft Sensations) to fit an A6 card blank, then used my Penny Black 'Xmas Tree Border' die to cut a couple of rows of trees from the two green card scraps. I inked the tops of them a little (to tone down the bright green!) using 'Forest Moss' Distress Ink, then layered them on to the snowy blackground. I used my Lawn Fawn 'Stitched Hillside Borders' dies to cut the snowy grouns from the scrap of white card, then inked the top of those with a little 'Salty Ocean' Distress Ink, before adding them to the card. I cut a little deer (using one of the dies from the Tim Holtz/Sizzix 'Winter Wonderland' set) from the snippet of kraft card, then inked him using 'Tea Dye' Distress Ink and added him to the scene. Finally, I cut the sentiment using the remaining scrap of white card using a Memory Box die, then added it to the snowy sky.
I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
- Allsorts - Anything Goes (First card only)
- Creative Fingers - Anything Goes (First card only)
- Happy Little Stampers (Dies) - Anything Goes (First card only)
- Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets (First card only)
For my 'V is for Vertical' card, I used a Woodware stamp called 'Robin Stack' to make a DL sized card. I stamped the robins on to a piece of watercolour paper, along with one of the sentiments from the set, then coloured them using watercolour pencils. I doodled a simple border, then added the panel to a kraft card blank.
- Fab 'N' Funky - Show Us Some Colouring (Second card only)
- Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
- Polkadoodles - Anything Goes (Second card only)
Gorgeous as always. I totally missed to add my card to the challenge but it's there now :)
ReplyDeletetwo beautiful cards Helen, I really like the robin stack stamp.
ReplyDeleteYour Allsorts card is so beautiful. It reminds me of an illustration from a childs book with the bold colour and clean lines. Thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts.
ReplyDeleteSo cute also is your robin card.
Your snippets Christmas card is fabulous. (I also love the stacked robins card!).
ReplyDeleteThanks for entering a piece of homework to the Snippets Playground. See you up in the treehouse later. xxx
Fabulous cards Helen. Love the use it up card, those die cuts go perfectly together to make this wintry scene, thank you for sharing at Allsorts. Sarah
ReplyDeleteAn elegant Winter scene with the Deer Helen, the second on is fun, many thanks for joining us again at Allsorts challenge.
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What a marvelous way to use the patterned paper to create your peaceful scene! Thank you for joining the challenge at Allsorts.
ReplyDeleteFabulous card. Thank you for sharing at Allsorts Vintage week;-))m
ReplyDeleteGreat snippets card Helen - and those stacked robins are also adorable. Lovely work as always.
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Di xx
Lovely card with a great image and super colouring, thanks for sharing at Fab'n'Funky.
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You've created such a peaceful snowy scene on the first card, Helen and the second one leaves a big smile on my face. Those robins are sooo cute!!
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Carol x
Super cute and fun, I love it! Thank you for sharing at Polkadoodles Craft Challenge. Hope to see you again!
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The animal stack is fabulous Helen, beautifully coloured. Thanks for joining us at Fab'n'Funky. Pat K x
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous! Love the scene you've created with all these various papers. Thank you for joining us at the Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies challenge with this beauty!
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