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The central element of this card is a foil 3D from the punch-out sheets I bought. I chose a blue folded card base to match the blue ornament and pulled out four colors from the art with Christmas bulb brads. These go through only the distressed-look cream layer.
The greeting at the bottom is a small clear sticker.
Ddd
Yes, we're still looking at Christmas cards because I haven't finished showing them yet!
These beautiful candles are from some new foil 3D papers I got. They are more of those that punch out rather than being meticulously cut out.
The gold-on-gold text paper realy suited this and no other decoration was needed.
Ddd
For a friend who teaches quilting and loves cats, I created this card using 6 patterned papers and a teabag folding technique. Each of the blocks has a little punch of a plaid cat in the center.
The quilt got a coordinating sashing around the outside and is mounted with pop-dots on a text-printed cardstock with corners rounded.
I used rub-on 'stitches' on random places on the quilt and completely around the sashing. The date at the bottom is also rub-ons and the greeting is a premade tag.
Ddd
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Here I used the same background as yesterday but in a less imaginative way. But the Santa is so decorative I didn't want to distract from him.
He is scavenged from the pages of the stamp catalog and colored with Copic markers. The furry parts got some Stickles that are shine but not glitter. Not sure I like these
Santa is popped up on foam dots and the greeting is stamped.
Ddd
When I decided to put this Santa on the tree-covered background it just looked too plain. But by cutting along the top of one row It made a nice foreground to the paper with the little town. I gave Santa a little strip of road to walk on and loved how it came together.
The circle stamp at the lower left reads SPECIAL DELIVERY and I added a star to the center. I added stars to the tops of the trees in the forest as well as to many of the trees in town.
Santa is from the stamp catalog, colored with Copics. I put a little shadow under him with watercolor marker and added a clear sticker for the text.
Ddd
This illustration is from a book of cross-stitch patterns. Since the Santa had plaid clothing I combined two plaids for backgrounds. These are layered over blue borders in a simple layout.
I did give the staff a gold star centered in the one already printed there.
Ddd
This is another cutout from an old quilting magazine. I trimmed right around its scalloped edges and placed it on a complimentary background from my 6 x 6 Christmas print pad. The text tag is a commercial one that comes with foam dot mounting. It also already had red glitter on the berries.
Though they do not show up in all their glory, I added three rhinestone 'berries' to each of the leaf clusters on the quilt. A green folded card base matches the holly leaves.
Ddd
These gingerbread people are cut from the catalog I bought and I colored them with Copic markers. I chose a homey plaid for the background and added a few strips of table scraps to 'ground' them.
I popped the seated figure on foam dots and added a clear sticker for the text.
Ddd
Look closely at the text on this illustration!
I set Harold up to carol for the whole town with this cute background paper. I added a thin border of woodgrain to the top edge of it and then stamped snowflakes all over the pink folded card base. Each of the snowflakes got a rhinestone center for a little sparkle and Harold got some Stickles on his halo and his star.
Harold is bordered in black and popped up on foam dots.
Ddd
Though I did use another bargain book picture I treated it in an entirely different way.
I wanted to set up a contrast between a 'natural' winter tree as it might be decorated in the forest and the type found in livingrooms across the world. I stamped the green printed cardstock with the black tree and added stamped borders at the top and bottom.
The colored picture is mounted with a thin brown border and popped up on foam dots. Then each of the ornaments is enhanced with gold Stickles.
Ddd
I bet you know where this illustration came from...
You probably recognize the backgrounds as some table scraps from recent projects, too. Oh... and the stamp looks familiar, you say? Yeah, nothing original about this at all. I did use a new piece of folded cardstock for the base, though.
Oh, yeah, I added Stickles. Another 'no surprise there', huh? They are the little gold dots in the center of each of the red flowers.
Ddd
Back to the bargain book...
I bordered the illustration with black and made a merry mix of scrap papers vor the background. LOVE those dots, so I amped it up by applying various Stickles to the blue ones, the gold ones and the white ones.
The text banner is a clear sticker.
Ddd
I got this adorable mouse image in a stamped image swap and colored it with Copic markers. Love the blending! I cut him out with a craft knife so I could mount him with foam tape over this pine background. The background has wonderful glittering on the berries and the branch tips.
I added some 'ornament' paper to the background along with some woodgrain paper borders and another piece as a stamped banner. I rounded the corners of the text block and popped it up on foam dots.
Ddd
I cut this picture of a nativity out of an old quilting magazine. Hey, I take 'em anywhere I can get 'em.
I pulled blue from Mary's gown to choose the background paper. It had these wonderful swirling snowflakes on it so I added stars to each of them to turn it into a night scene.
The illustration was mounted on black and cut to a thin border. I popped it up on foam dots. Then I added a star on the illustration and a thick clear acrylic text sticker with a background to match the folded base.
Ddd
These two circles were illustrations off of separate cards last year. The blues batched and I thought it was fun to combine them.
I started with a wood-grain paper background and placed the two circles. The angel is pupped up on foam dots. The andel already had gold sprinkles so I just added gold Stickles to all the stars with the church.
The greeting is a clear acrylic thick sticker. I mounted it on green patterned paper and popped it up on foam as well.
Ddd
More bargain book illustrations...
I mounted this one on black for a very skinny border so it would show up better. Then I mounted it 3D over patterned paper and some table scraps that picked up on the colors.
The text is a clear sticker.
Ddd
Another page lifted from the bargain book. This only required some simple layering so I made sure they were very interesting papers. I also added a bow at the bottom and a star brad on the top.
Since the illustration has test in it I did not add any more to the card.
Ddd
I went to a used book store and picked up a mini-book of Christmas illustrations by Mary Engelbreit. Cost? 25 cents! Purpose? Tear it apart and use the artwork on cards. Which brings us to today's card.
I used a yellow card base and covered the front with the patterned paper. Then I cut a hole in the front and mounted the artwork inside.
I stamped the greeting on a piece of matching yellow and rounded two of the corners. Then I added three green rhinestones.
Ddd
Totally odd colors for Christmas, huh? But I scrapped out the wreath from an actual card so I guess somebody 'professional' thought it was OK. Ah, validation!
I used nested scallop dies to turn the printed wreath into a cut wreath and added an organza bow over the printed one.
I used a printed green background over a purple folded cardstock base and added a text rub-on. The wreath is mounted 3D.
A little odd, maybe, but I think it looks elegant anyway.
Ddd
Recovered from one of last year's cards, this nativity has beautiful, rich colors. I used a nestability labels die to cut it and emboss the edges. I used a different diw to cut and emboss a backing piece and mounted them 3D.
More of that awesome gold on gold text paper layered onto blue cardstock forms the backdrop for them.
Ddd
