52 Christmas Card Throwdown - 18.23

Week 18 and another card for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown.  It may be my last since we are leaving today for our summer home and I only take a few Christmas stamps with me.  

The deer is from EbyE cut from brown and inked around the edges.  I added a bow die cut from PTI to dress him up a little.  The sentiment die is from Elizabeth Crafts and the DSP from Photoplay.  

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The Card Concept #193a

After reading the definitions of the acceptable card styles on The Card Concept I wasn't quite sure where my card fits, if at all.  It's either clean and layered, although I have no white space, or Freestyle Collage? Anyway I love this baby card that I created for my husband's grandson and his wife who are expecting a little one this summer.

That fox from HoneyBee's Heart Hugs is so cute I couldn't resist using him on my card.  He's cut from white and inked with Altenew Dusty Rose.  The background is a stencil from Winnie and Walter that was turned 90 degrees after the first inking to make a plaid.  The sentiment was stamped on Soft Stone that was cut with a Waffle Flower dome and then embossed with a quilt folder.

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Freshly Made Sketches #549

I brought a lot of Christmas things with me to fill my stash of cards and haven't done much with them.  The challenge at Freshly Made Sketches sparked an idea. 

This card took a few turns along the way.  The elves from MFT had already been colored but I went outside lines in a few places. 😞 Using Copic blender didn't work well.  I tried coloring the background but it didn't cover the blender.  😠 Not one to give up, I fussy cut them (and you know how much I hate to do that) and put them on a black square.  I think they show up much better this way so it's a win.   The heat embossed sentiment is from Reverse Confetti and the plaid DSP is from Photoplay. 

I have more of these 'selfie' squares so using this sketch will result in even more Christmas cards. Yay!

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CAS Christmas September 2021

I love a plaid and that's what CAS Christmas wants to see on our cards.  I hope I get extra points for making my own plaid.

I used a background stamp from Concord and 9th, stamping it in CP Rouge ink.  I added Altenew Mountain Pine in the centers of the white spaces.  It didn't look plaid enough or Christmasy enough so I heat embossed gold through the red portions.  Luckily I had received the sentiment die free with an order from Scrapbook.com.  I heat embossed it with the same gold and stacked it up.  I'm way behind in my Christmas card making but at least I have one more card for my stash 

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Color Hues #21

I made this card before I saw the colors at Color Hues.  How serendipitous! ;)  It was going to be for my grandson's birthday on the 2nd but I ended up giving him a different one.

I used Concord and 9th's plaid background and a combo of CP and Altenew inks. The sentiment from Sunny Studio is popped up on foam tape. 

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Christmas Kickstart #28

When I saw all the fun images that friends were posting on Christmas Kickstart, I had to jump on the bandwagon.  Their theme is "red" and I had just the images to use.

Speaking of bandwagons, I jumped on the gnome one and bought these cuties from Sugar Pea Designs.  I colored them with Altenew watercolors and placed them on a dark green Concord and 9th plaid background.

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