Christmas Kickstart #109

I knew right away what I would do with the theme at Christmas Kickstart.

They want images wearing a hat and I couldn't think of a better one than Penny Black's Snowy.

I paper pieced his hat and scarf with some Gingham from Honey Bee and added Fluff it Paste to his brim and pom pom.  The background is a press plate from Spellbinders called Snowflake Shimmer and was pressed with Unicorn White on SB Celestial.  To keep Snowy from fading into the snow, I put him on a vellum Stylish Oval from SB.  The sentiment is from PFS.  

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Christmas Kickstart #108 - Out of the Woods

I had a little fun with my card for Christmas Kickstart.  The "Out of the Woods" prompt sent me looking for forest patterned paper.  I was going to use a different bear but settled on Spellbinders Festive Friends.  That features a Polar Bear but I did something different with him.

You'd usually find black bears in the forest so that's how I cut him.  Then I got silly and decided that the bear wouldn't want to be seen so I put him in a sweater that camouflaged him.  Camouflaged until he ran into a string of Christmas lights that is.  The sentiment is from an older Ellen Hutson set called Bear Wear that was heat embossed in clear to make it show up.  

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Christmas Kickstart #107 and NBUS #83

I had several ways to go with a card for Christmas Kickstart - Sing-a-Long, a fun theme picked by my friend and teammate Carol Mayne.  I decided on The Snow Notes from Spellbinders.

After making a card with these delightful snowmen at Michele's last summer, I had to have a set of my own.  All the 'accessories' are cut from scraps. The background is Snowfall Shimmer press plate, inked with Hero Arts Unicorn White on light blue cardstock.  The words are from the Snow Notes set and the music notes are from Penny Black's Sing for Joy.  I can't wait to make more of these fun choristers. 

Since this is the first time using my own set of Snow Notes and the first outing of the press plate, I'm sending my card to Darnell's NBUS. 

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Christmas Kickstart #106

Here's this month's challenge at Christmas Kickstart.

Pink makes lovely Christmas cards and so I tried my hand at a couple

I saw a card my friend Marcia made a card using the Altenew Perfect Poinsettia embossing folder with patterned paper.  I found a local craft and paper shop near me and picked up a pad from Craft Consortium that was perfect.  The Hero Arts sentiment was cut from SB Treasured Antique Glitter cardstock.  This was my second make.  Here's the first.

There was a bit of a learning curve with the paper as it cracked.  Not wanting to waste the beautiful paper, I tried the Japanese art of Kintsugi. The cracked areas were rubbed with an embossing pen and gold powder added and heated.  The gold sentiment carries on the theme.  To stop the cracking, I misted both sides of the paper on the lighter pink card and it worked beautifully.  Since I have an entire pack of paper in various shades of pink to red to purple you will be seeing a few more of these cards. 

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Double D Christmas Wrapping and Christmas Kickstart #105

Sometime during a sale I got a couple of items from Sunny Studio and one was their Perfect Gift Boxes.  They're really meant for birthdays but I thought they'd be cute as Christmas gifts and made this card. 

The boxes and bows are all cut from ancient scraps.  The back panel is from Reverse Confetti cut in white with a green panel behind.  Another smaller panel was cut and embossed with the Graceful Holly from SSS.  The silver embossed sentiment is from Alex Syberia.  

The Double D challenge is Christmas Wrapping and Christmas Kickstart's is "Anything Christmassy Goes" so my card will head off to both of them. 

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Christmas Kickstart #104

'Just Add Antlers' is the theme over at Christmas Kickstart and I had just the right dies to make a card. 

Featuring Simon Hurley's Floral Stag!  He was cut from C9 Acorn and Desert Storm scraps and is hanging from Altenew's Ornate Nesting die cut from a scrap of wood look paper.  The background floral is from Honey Bee, the greens from TH and the sentiment from PFS. 

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Christmas Kickstart #103

My friend Loll is the guest elf on Christmas Kickstart and since she's the one who got me into using the large JOY die to make Christmas cards, I made one for the challenge to honor her.

The theme is Snow Alert so I picked this cute image from Penny Black's Festive Frolic, coloring it with Zigs.  The JOY is cut from red and layered three times, the image glued behind and all added to a panel embossed with the SU Softly Falling folder.  

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Christmas Kickstart #101 and Krafty Chicks #781

The other day I did Tim's Funky Floral Wreath.  Today it's his Festive Wreath for Christmas Kickstart and Krafty Chicks - Christmas. 

I left off the poinsettia, doubled up on the orange slices and tripled the pine cones to give a more rustic feel to my wreath, including a plaid bow that was also doubled.  The edges of the Honey Bee Deckle Edge and card base were inked with Altenew Vanilla Cream and Sand Dunes.  A BetterPress sentiment in dark green fit inside perfectly. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #695 and Christmas Kickstart #100

I said yesterday that I had another card for Freshly Made Sketches.  I made this card for Christmas Kickstart's Merry-go-Round challenge before seeing the sketch and it was a good fit. 

The ornament is from Spellbinder's Christmas Wonder, the embossing folder is Encircle from Penny Black and the gold heat embossed sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio.  I can see making more of these with different colors and sentiments to add to my Christmas card stash.  

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Christmas Kickstart #99

Christmas Kickstart is a good way to get going on your Christmas cards.  Jo and her elf-of-the month inspire you with some makes of their own using this month's theme - Christmas Critters. 

My card was made using Penny Black's Festive Frolic.  The images were colored with Altenew artist markers and the background was made with Distress Inks and masking for the hill.  I don't remember who makes the sentiment but I thought it worked great for the scene.

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Christmas Kickstart #98

This month's challenge at Christmas Kickstart is "Winter Warmers", as picked by Jo's elf, Becca.  There are lots of ways to go with this theme and this is what I chose to do.

Those cute little owls from MFT are wearing their winter warmers.  They are stamped on Bristol and colored with Zigs.  To add to the knitted warm weather wear theme, I stenciled the knit background with a PTI stencil in Salvaged Patina, then surrounded it with a frame from Waffle Flower.  A sentiment from the same set was stamped on the snow bank.  

Why make one card when you can make two?  

On this one the owls are gray and their scarf and hat are in navy and dark red.  The background is patterned paper stamped with another sentiment from the set.

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Christmas Kickstart #97 - Reminder

I'm back with another card to inspire you to join us for this month's Christmas Kickstart - Positively Poinsettias.

We're asking  you to use your poinsettias to make cards for this challenge.  This card is an entirely different style from my first one.

The dies are from Tim Holtz, called Festive Bouquet.  Everything was cut from watercolor paper and colored with Distress Inks.  I thought I'd give them a rustic look with black splatter.  Not sure that was a wise choice but I'm going with it.  The images are arranged on a panel embossed with Altenew's Poinsettia Cluster, popping up some of the leaves with foam tape.  The sentiment is another one from Pinkfresh Studio's Basic Banners Christmas, heat embossed in black. 

If you haven't joined us yet there is still time.  Don't miss this chance to get a kickstart on your Christmas cards.  I'd love to see your poinsettias.

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Christmas Kickstart #97 - Positively Poinsettias

Jo asked me to be her elf at Christmas Kickstart for April.  I can't tell you how excited I was to get that invitation.  I also got to pick the theme for this month's challenge and this is it.

I don't know about you but I have a number of poinsettia stamps and dies so I thought it would be good to let you use yours to get a kickstart on your Christmas cards.  Here's mine.

This is a BetterPress plate from Spellbinders called Festive Poinsettias. It works beautifully as a hot foil plate that covers the background so you can use the available stencils to color in the image.  The sentiment is from  Pinkfresh Studio's Basic Banners, heat embossed in silver.  I really had to search for a place to take the photo since the foil background wanted to reflect a range of different colors.  It worked best standing up.  

Now it's your turn to make a card featuring poinsettias.  Please be sure to read the challenge guidelines on the blog.  I'll be back on the 15th with another card to inspire you.  I'd love to see your card in the gallery. 

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Christmas Kickstart #96 - Not the Norm

What does Christmas Kickstart mean when they say "Not the Norm?"  It means they want cards that don't use the traditional red, green and gold.  I had just the thing.

Spellbinder's Delivering Joy Sleigh was cut from shades of brown with gold foil for the runners.  The background and packages are leftovers from a long ago paper pack and the bows are shimmer paper.  To let it stand out against the patterned paper, the sleigh is added to the inside cut of Penny Black's Classic Frames.  The little gold tag is the only sentiment needed.   

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