In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall

This is the second of my two watercolour postcards, for it I’ve used the Stampin’ Up! Carols of Christmas set.

For the layout I’ve followed the current sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch, I’ve just gone super simple with the two corner elements.  I made five of this design and got varying amounts of detail in the ornaments and leaves, on some you can see the patterns in others the stamps were obviously too wet so I ended up with a silhouette image.

Over at Addicted to CAS they are looking for sparkle so I’ve added some to my card by cutting my sentiment from a Deco Sheet.  I love how you get all that glittery sparkle with none of the mess.

I’m also linking my card at CAS on Friday for their current Christmas challenge.

Ingredients:

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Clearly Besotted Dies ~ Merry Christmas (retired)

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Markers ~ Blueprint Sketch, Festive Berries, Pine Needles, Pumice Stone & Wild Honey

Papers

Strathmore ~ Watercolor Postcards

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Deco Sheets ~ Holiday

Stamps

Stampin’ Up! ~ Carols of Christmas

Challenges

Addicted to CAS Challenge #126 ~ Sparkle

CAS(E) this Sketch ~ Sketch #250

CAS on Friday #122 ~ Christmas

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Shining in the East, beyond them far

Sharing the second Christmas card I’ve made today as the rain keeps tumbling down outside, this one feature some dies from Noor! Design and Clearly Besotted.

I’ve based my card on the current sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch.  Stars take the place of the cloud thanks to the current theme at Happy Little Stampers Christmas.  The largest star is actually a small shaker element, I’m loving making up little shakers to add a bit of interest to my CAS cards.

The colour scheme comes from Sparkles Christmas where they want to see projects that use silver or gold.  Using the metallic cardstocks makes for a lovely elegant card with just a touch of extra sparkle from the bitty gems, which replace the raindrops from the sketch.

Ingredients:

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Clearly Besotted Dies ~ Merry Christmas

Noor! Design Dies ~ 6002/2003 Sparkling Christmas

Embellishments 

Little Things from Lucy’s Cards Shaker Selections ~ Antique Christmas 

Zyneri Hotfix Rhinestone Crystals ~ 2mm Clear 

Papers 

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow 

Core’dinations Kraft Core Tim Holtz Collection Metallics Cardstock ~ Gold & Silver

Couture Creations ~ Acetate

The House of Paper Romanesque ~ White Champagne 

Challenges 

CAS(E) This Sketch ~ Sketch #213

Happy Little Stampers Christmas ~ Star

Sparkles Christmas #74 ~ Use Silver or Gold

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