Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree... Card

This is my go to Christmas card this year, quick to make but with is lovely look to it.  Unfortunately, the photograph doesn't pick up the clear gems on the tree!

For the tree, I used a Lavinia Stamps "Feather - LAV494".  the sentiment is from a Stampin' Up set called "Winter Memories".  For both I have used a Versafine Clair ink in the shade of "Rain Forest". I've used sticky gems to decorate the tree.

Design Team Make - 25th August 2018 (Christmas in August) - My Time To Craft Challenge

The prompt for the "My Time To Craft" challenge for 25th August 2018 is "Christmas In August".  Please do pop over and take a look at the other fabulous makes by the Design Team and maybe take part yourself?

It seems very odd to be creating Christmas cards at this time of year.  I tend to leave it till late September/October time, but it does allow me to re-visit my festive goodies that have been packed away for months.

I started off by masking a moon and then painting the sky using three shades of Distress Inks.  I then removed the moon mask and gently dabbed a pale yellow and dark grey shades of Distress Ink.

The deer image is part of a Stampin' Up set called "Christmas Deer" which I stamped in Versafine Vintage Sepia ink.

I tore card to create an uneven snowscape at the base of the Deers feet.  I then used a Memorybox die called "Frostyville Border" to cut the intricate frosty detail.

I added extra star/snowflakes to the card and then some dots using a white Signo pen to replicate falling snow.  I added some dots of Stickles to give a subtle glitter to the snowflakes and the decorative border (I'm not sure it shows in this photograph).

Finally, I added a sentiment using a sentiment from another Stampin' Up set called "Winter Memories".

Winter Memories Christmas Card

Today I've been playing with some possible designs for Christmas cards.

I used a stamp from the Stampin' Up Winter Memories set for the picture, using my water colour pencils to colour the image. I die cut the image, setting it onto an oval mount.  I then stamped two words, using stamps from Stampin' Up Holly Jolly Greetings set and then stuck die cut snowflakes adding a little sticky gem to the middle.