Hello everyone!
After all the masculine cards, I thought it was about time for something cute! And since my goal is to have loads and loads of Christmas cards ready before December, I decided to share with you a “Season to be Happy” card! Hope you enjoy it!
Quick Instructions:
I started by heat embossing the sentiment in the bottom right corner of my panel. This way I didn’t have to worry in case I didn’t have enough white space later. Then I applied Oxide inks over my Create a Smile stencil. I splashed a bit of water and dabbed it off to create the watercolored effect. Next I die cut a star shape out of my panel and I also die cut the same star out of white cardstock. I stamped the little reindeer and the stars on the white die cut and colored them using watercolors. To finish off my card I added a bit of Wink of Stella on the little yellow stars and parts of my reindeer and adhered everything down on a white cardbase (I adhered the diecut with double sided foam tape to make it pop a bit!). Job done!
Supplies used:
- Kraft Cardstock paper – white
- Archival Ink Jet Black
- Tim Holtz -Distress Oxides: Faded jeans, Peeled paint, Spiced marmalade
- Prima Confections Watercolors: the Classics
- Prima Confections Watercolors: Decadent pies
- Mama Elephant – Reindeer games stamp set
- MFT – Joyous Christmas Sentiments stamp set
- Create a smile – Lots of stars stencil
- Sizzix Big Shot Machine
- Star nested dies (unknown maker)
- Versamark Ink
- Wow! Primary Ebony Regular embossing powder
- Heat tool
- Paper trimmer
- Watercolor brush
- ZIG- Wink of Stella clear glitter brush pen
- Post it notes (for masking under the stencil)
- Double sided foam tape
- Double sided tape
Below you can find a list of the challenges I entered with this card. Why don’t you have a look around and join the fun? 🙂
Challenges:
- Craftyhazelnut’s Christmas Challenge: CHNC 337 Anything goes as long as it’s Christmas optional theme: non-traditional Christmas colours
http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/chnc-challenge-337.html
- CHNC Extra: Anything goes as long as it’s Christmas – June 2017
- Happy Little Stampers : June Christmas Challenge -Anything goes option twist tree
http://www.happylittlestampers.com/2017/06/hls-june-christmas-challenge.html
- Seven Hills Crafts: June Die Cut a Die Cut
http://sevenhillscrafts.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page.html
- Penny Black and More: June Anything Goes
http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/june-anything-goes.html
Thank you all for stopping by! Stay happy and keep creating!
Hugs
Kleri
Thanks for entering both of my CHNC challenges with your lovely crafting – hope to see you again soon. x
Thanks,Hazel!Hope to see you again soon!
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Kleri
Lovely card!
Thank you,Melanie!
Hugs
Kleri 🙂
oh, that little reindeer is too cute!! i love the colourful background and the bold sentiment too! thank you so much for playing along with us at the penny black and more challenge! sorry to be so late in commenting; i’m recuperating with a new hip.
linda
Thank you so much for stopping by,Linda!Much appreciated that you took the time to leave me a nice comment!Hope you feel better soon!:)
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Kleri
Pretty card! Thanks for playing along with the Seven Hills Crafts challenge!
Thank you,Taheerah!Have a good day!
Kleri xx
Love the background!
Thank you for sharing with Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Extra!
Susan
DT for CHNC Extra!
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Thank you for stopping by!
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Kleri
I love that stencil, and you did a wonderful job with it and the DO inks. Adorable little reindeer image. Thanks so much for playing with us at Happy Little Stampers June Christmas Challenge.
Thank you,Stephanie!Hope you have a fantastic day and you visit again soon!
Hugs
Kleri xx