Freshly Made Sketches #714

One more Christmas card based on Cecile's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  Mine are already in the mail but it's good to get a head start on next year's cards.

The Honey Bee Poinsettia was cut in white and colored with GinaK Carnation inks.  Two different embossing folders add to the theme, the white one from Tim Holtz and the green from Altenew.  The sentiment is from Penny Black. 

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Jingle Belles - Banner Inspiration

The gals at Jingle Belles would like to see cards based on their blog banner and I was happy to oblige.

The background was watercolored with Evergreen Bough Distress Ink.  Once dry, I used the BetterPress Season's Greetings Evergreens and the same ink for the first pressing.  Then I pressed again using Pine Needles adding some splatters with the same ink.  The snow is Altenew's metallic watercolor.  The sentiment is "merry" from Penny Black cut in Altenew moonstone and a stamped "Christmas" from PTI.

Thanks for dropping by and spending a little bit of your day with me.  I hope your Thanksgiving was blessed with fine food, family and friends.

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Just Us Girls #803 - Stencil Week

It's stencil week at Just Us Girls and our host is Sue.

This will be our last challenge until the new year.  We hope you check in with us in January.

The image is Spellbinder's Full Bloom Poinsettia glimmer plate, foiled in gold.  Distress Inks were used to color it.  Salt Water Taffy, Abandoned Coral, Fired Brick, Rustic Wilderness, Ground Expresso, varying the intensity with pressure and layers.   The gold foiled sentiment is from PFS.

Thanks to all our guest designers and to all of you who have been so good about entering our challenges.  We couldn't do it without you.

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Inkspirational #355

The mood board at Inkspirational gave me the perfect chance to use all of the images in Spellbinder's Envelope of Wonder Christmas add-on with the actual envelope.

This 5 by 7 card took a turn from my original vision which was more rustic, hence the DSP from BoBunny and the card base of Spicy Yogurt from Altenew.  Scraps of colored cardstock, foil and patterned paper came together to fill the envelope with Christmas cheer including the sentiment from BetterPress.  Don't ask me how long it took to arrange everything and get them glued down.  😁

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Happy Thanksgiving to my USA friends.

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