Holly card

I was delighted to find a new Christmas card challenge blog as I like to make Christmas cards during the year so avoiding any last minute stress.  The added bonus of the CAS Christmas card challenge is that cards must be clean and simple - a favourite design of mine.  The current theme is holly.

 

I found a simple holly wreath stamp among my stash and decided to keep my card very simple, mounting the stamp on a couple of scalloped circles and adding some foam tape for dimension. 

 

 

 

Materials used:-

Stamps - Jolly Holly Days free set from Simply Homemade magazine issue 48

Inks - colorbox

Dies - 2 sizes

 

Thanks for visiting my blog - I really appreciate your comments.  Now pop over to the CAS Christmas Card blog and see what the other participants have created. Margaret



Another holly card

Here's another Xmas card for my collection and it qualifies for the NBUS challenge as I used some gilding wax which has been lying in a drawer for years! For those of you who haven't heard of NBUS this term was coined by Darnell and means Never Before Used Schtuff. And who doesn't have lots of stuff lurking in their craft rooms which was bought ages ago and hasn't been used?

                                    

I'm also entering this card into the Happy Little Stampers Christmas challenge which is holly.

Materials used:-

Embossing folder - freebie from Simply Homemade Magazine issue 48

Gilding wax - Treasure Gold Renaissance 

Gold card from stash

Word die - Sizzix Tim Holtz holiday words script

Thanks for visiting my blog and for your comments - I really appreciate these. Margaret 

Holly Merry Xmas

I'm still busy making Christmas cards! Here is a card I'm going to enter into 2 challenges featuring holly

• Merry Monday #170 Use Holly 
• Happy Little Stampers -September Christmas Challenge is holly 

                                 

I wanted to keep my card clean and simple as the embossing folder is quite detailed. I added some clear Wink of Stella to the leaves for a subtle shine.

Materials used:-
Sizzix holly embossing folder
Stamps from Simply Homemade Magazine issue 48
Die - Lawn Fawn stitched circle
Inks - Memento bamboo leaves and Colorbox chalk rouge; clear Wink of Stella
Pearls and ribbon from stash

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