Needs not the holly-berries red

I’m sharing a CAS Christmas card I made today featuring one of the Mixed Media Christmas dies from Tim Holtz.

I used the current colour palette at Christmas Card Throwdown on my card.   I tried a background using Magicals but after tossing a couple decided to switch to one from alcohol inks.  Not sure I have enough contrast between the kraft top layer and the yellow background but they were the challenge colours and I was a bit limited in my actual alcohol inks in yellow.

It seems awfully disloyal to say so but I am not loving the die cut.  I think it needs something more but I don’t know what.  As it is I gave a glow to the die cut with some Distress Ink and added in a few pearls in gold to match the colour palette.

I’ve kept the card deliberately CAS so I could also play along at Less is More.  For their shimmer theme I’ve got Gold Mixative in my alcohol ink background to the die cut and also lovely rich gold embossing powder on the sentiment.

Over at Watercooler Wednesday Gail’s asked for Christmas projects so I am also linking my card up there.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

WOW! Embossing Powder ~ Metallic Gold Rich Pale

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits Die ~ 661602 Mixed Media Christmas

Embellishments

Flourish with a Bling Pearls ~ Antique Gold

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink ~ Caramel, Gold Mixative & Sunshine Yellow

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye

Tsukineko ~ VersaMark

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Core’dinations Smooth Cardstock ~ Kraft

Yupo ~ 200gsm White

Stamps

Magnolia ~ Sentiment Stamp from Vintage Box 1

Challenges

Christmas Card Throwdown ~ May Colors

Less is More #330 ~ Shimmer

Watercooler Wednesday #120 ~ Gail’s Christmas Challenge

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…you do not gather the beauty of the flower

I’m sharing the matching box to my previous post’s card, again featuring the beautiful Delicate Wings die from Sizzix.

For the box I used a pattern from Nicole’s Stamp Addiction.  Nicole does the most amazing patterns for the Silhouette, this one was super quick and easy to put together.  Once the base box was done I had some fun embellishing to match the card.

Over at Studio 75 they have a fun bingo board, which I used to help embellish my box.  I was already going to use flowery paper, as that was requested by the person who commissioned this set.  A search through my chippie stash turned up the pieces that looked a bit like flames (I think they were branches actually) and a bit of distress ink helped with the effect.  That left me pearls for the row so I added these over the small holes in the box overlay.  I actually made the box first so carried over the chippie and pearls to the card to help them match.

The current theme at Moving Along with the Times is birds and feathers so I am also entering my box there.  At Shopping Our Stash they have a rose challenge happening.  The roses on my box have languished in my stash for a while now; I went CAS last year and haven’t been using flowers much at all but was good to get some out and on a project again.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Stampendous! Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Shabby White

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Sizzix Die ~ 660094 Delicate Wings

Nicole’s Stamp Addiction SVG ~ Present Box

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Pearls ~ Blush & Rose

Chipboard from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tattered Rose

Tim Holtz Distress Reinkers ~ Aged Mahogany, Carved Pumpkin, Rusty Hinge & Squeezed Lemonade

Papers

Core’dinations Smooth Cardstock ~ Great White

FabScraps Oh! Sew Beautiful~ Floral Pattern

House of Paper Romanesque Card ~ White Champagne

Ribbons & Trims etc

3mm Pink Satin Ribbon from stash

Challenges

Moving Along with the Times #43 ~ Birds & Feathers

Shopping Our Stash #299 ~ A Rose By Any Other Name

Studio 75 #3 ~ Bingo

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By plucking her petals…

I’m sharing a card commissioned by a colleague for her niece’s confirmation, featuring the lovely Delicate Wings die from Sizzix.

Over at Fussy and Fancy they are looking for fancy fold cards so I decided to make a twisted easel card.  I wanted some way to make the dove die cut look like it was flying and the twisted easel provided the perfect base.

The symbol for a confirmation is a dove coming out of flames.  Rather than doing a flat image for the flames I made them out of flowers.  I took a gazillion I Am Roses roses and rose buds and a few cherry blossoms and coloured them with my Copics in shades of red, pink, orange and yellow.  I added in some dark red rose hips and twigs to give some extra shape.  With all of the I Am Roses flowers I am entering my card in their current challenge.

At Open Minded Crafting their current theme is Angels in April.  My card doesn’t feature any angels but it does meet the faith based option, steeped as it is in Catholic symbolism and featuring a sentiment appropriate for the rite of confirmation.

I haven’t done a fully loaded fussy and fancy card in a long time and haven’t had my flower box open for so long the poor things were nearly needing a good dusting!  And while I am still loving my CAS cards it was a lot of fun doing up this one and I am very pleased with how it turned out.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Stampendous! Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Shabby White

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Sizzix Die ~ 660094 Delicate Wings

Embellishments

Chipboard from stash

I Am Roses ~ Cherry Blossom (S3-15), Medium Rose Buds (T26-151), ½'' Open Rose (R8-15), ¾'' Open Rose (ZR3-15), 1'' Open Rose (ZR6-15)  T30-151

Orange & Yellow Twigs with Pearls from stash

Rosehip Bunch from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tattered Rose

Papers

Bazzill Burlap Cardstock ~ Clementine

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bazzill Fourz Cardstock ~ Pollen

Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Pomegranate

FabScraps Oh! Sew Beautiful~ Floral Pattern

House of Paper Romanesque Card ~ White Champagne

Challenges

Fussy and Fancy #185 ~ “Fancy Folds or Shaped Cards”

I Am Roses ~ April

Open Minded Crafting #16 ~ Angels In April {angels, faith based or inspirational}

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…sometimes these are cinnamon and spices, you know

Unbelievably I am here sharing a Christmas card I just made, on the 2 January, and it’s actually for this year not late for last year!

  
I had to make 112 cards last year, pretty much production lined them so this year I wanted to start early and make a few special ones for crafty friends.  I’ve also decreed this year to be the year of shaker cards so my first Christmas card is a (somewhat) shaker.  My glitter has sort of stuck to the acetate so it doesn’t shake too well sadly.

My card layout is based on the current sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch, although not sure my card is actually truly CAS.  Probably should have left off the cinnamon stick but I found it in my stash and it smelt so Christmassy that I just had to use it.

I chose my die cuts based on the current challenge theme at Christmas Cards All Year ’Round.  Was a great opportunity to crack open my Tim Holtz Paper Snowflakes Mini dies and I made sure I used six different ones in keeping with each snowflake being unique.

For my colour scheme I was inspired by the colour palette at Weekly Christmas Card Challenge.  I picked up the wood panel from the inspiration photo in the designer paper I used for background.  From the colour palette I went with a soft fawn cardstock for the top layer and also my card base.  Also picked up the browns in the glitter I used (gotta love Tim’s Vintage Platinum) and the cinnamon stick as well as in the highlight of the debossed lettering on the Typed Token.

Although it doesn’t really shake I am really pleased with the card.  It’s simple but a bit special and, apart from trying to the get the top layer on straight when I couldn’t turn it over because it was full of glitter (yes, sadly it is really that crooked!), it was pretty quick and easy to make.  Oh, and did I mention is smells Christmassy?  Yum!

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Dust ~ Vintage Platinum

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Thinlits ~ 661599 Paper Snowflakes Mini

Embellishments

Live and Love Crafts ~ Cinnamon Stick

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Typed Tokens ~ Christmas

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Crayon ~ Antique Linen

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Ground Espresso

Papers

Bazzill Smoothie Cardstock ~ Fig Swirl

Couture Creations ~ Acetate Sheet

Kaisercraft Base Coat ~ White Wash

Ribbons & Trims etc

Darice Natural Hemp Cord ~ Earthy

Challenges

CAS(E) this Sketch ~ Sketch #202

Christmas Cards All Year ’Round January ~ Add Snowflakes

Weekly Christmas Card #3 ~ Colour

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