Christmas Card With The Holy Family

For me the story of the birth of Jesus is real Christmas.

So every year I make some cards with religious texts or images. 

This beautiful scene is made by Beccy,

like many of my digital stamps.

The text is in Norwegian,

and the upper sentiment is the first line

of an old, beloved Christmas hymn.

I used:

White card stock,

creme paper.

Pre coloured image from Beccy, fussy cut.

Embossing folder: Cuttlebug.

Panel dies: Unknown.

Text written on computer.

Rhine stones, brown pen for the faux stitches.

Tool: Cuttlebug.

Beccy's Challenges (J = Jesus, J= Jul)

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Bingo With Digital Stamp, Buttons, Ice & Snow

Day eleven over at Beccy's November Challenge: Bingo.

I used:

Blue card stock,

White paper.

Image and sentiment: Skating Santa (Beccy).

Button dies: Marianne Design.

Label die: Unknown.

Tool: Cuttlebug.

Star border punch: Artoz.

Snowflake stamp: Hein Design.

White and silver pens for the tiny snowflakes.

Blue cotton yarn.

I coloured the buttons with jeans blue water colour.

Beccy's Challenges (Bingo)

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Here is the Bingo from Beccy's November Challenge.

I picked the first line: buttons, digital stamp, ice & snow.

Pink Christmas Card

I used:

White card stock,

Patterned paper: Bringmann.

Image: Beccy.

Sentiment: Rico Design stamp, green distress ink.

Lifestyle Doily Circle die.

Tool: Cuttlebug.

Beccy's Challenges

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Red And Gold

I used:

White card stock,

Red paper.

Image: Beccy.

Stamp: Rico Design, green distress ink.

Spellbinders Nesting die.

Glitter: Gold.

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Vintage Christmas Card

I find this winter scene

with the two girls on the lake ice

so adorable!

So I just wanted to have them on a card

at day 10 over at Beccy's November Challenge: The letter "I".
But to make a picture of a card decorated with glitter
 in the middle of the night, is not easy.

Well, here it is,
and

I used:

White card stock,

Light blue paper.

Vintage image: Coppenrath.

Spellbinders Oval die.

Sentiment: Rico Design stamp

and green distress ink.

Snowflake stamp: Hein Design

and silver distress ink.

Corner punch: Heyda.

Glitter glue, silver.

Tool: Cuttlebug.

Beccy's Challenges (I = Ice)

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Ice, Christmas Card

A blue card from me today.

I used:

White card stock.

Patterned Paper: Bringmann.

Image: Skating Santa, pre coloured (Beccy), fussy cut.

Spellbinders Oval die.

Silver glitter around the ice.

Blue pen for the faux stitches.

Tool: Cuttlebug.

Beccy's Challenges (I = Ice)

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Cardinal And Holly

Another Christmas card with the beautiful Cardinal.

I used:

Red double card A6,

White card stock.

Image: Cardinal, pre coloured by Beccy.

I coloured around the image

with green water colour pencil and water brush.

Lifestyle doily circle die.

Sentiment: Rico Design stamp,

Green distress ink.

Green pen for the faux stitches.

Tool: Cuttlebug.

Beccy's Challenges (H = Holly)

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Christmas Tree With Gold and Glitter

I used:

White double card A6,

White and purple card stock.

Embossing folder: "Swiss Dots" from Cuttlebug.

Spellbinders Oval die.

Christmas Tree stamp: Craft Sensations,

Sentiment: Rico Design stamp.

Gold glitter.

Purple Distress ink,

Purple, green and gold pens.

Tool: Cuttlebug.

Beccy's Challenges (G = Gold, Glitter)

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Stocking On Golden Background

Today I made a Christmas card

where the image is mounted on "gold".

And such a "gold" paper is not easy to handle!

I think I look really glittery just now.

Tiny pieces from the die cut are clinging to my clothes.

But, here is the card, and I used:

Red double card, A6,

Gold card stock.

Image: Beccy.

It is fussy cut and placed on the golden plate with 3D pads.

Die: Lifestyle "Doily Circle".

Stamp: Rico Design.

Gold embossing powder, heat embossed.

Gold pen for the faux stitches.

Tool: Cuttlebug.

Beccy's Challenges (G = Gold)

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Cardinal

I find the colour of the cardinal so wonderful!

This beautiful bird is unknown here in Europe.

But I want to have him on some of my Christmas cards.

I used:

Red double card A6,

White paper.

Image: Beccy's Place, fussy cut.

3D tabs under the image.

Embossing folder: Swiss Dots (Cuttlebug).

Spellbinders Oval die.

Stamp: Rico Design.

"Gold" embossing powder and heat embossing.

White pen for the faux stitches.

Tool: Cuttlebug.

Beccy's Challenges (F = Fussy cut, faux stitches)

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"Extend Your Stamps"

Beccy brings us great ideas for her challenge,

sometimes even unusual.

I tried to "extend" this digital coffee stamp

and make it a bit "Christmassy"

by adding a clear stamp and a die cut. 

I used:

Creme double card, A6,

Red and green scrap papers.

Image: Beccy (Pre coloured digital stamp).

Stamp: Craft Sensations.

Holly die: Papirdesign.

White pen for the faux stitches,

Watercolor pencils on the stamp.

Tool: Cuttlebug.

Beccy's Challenges (E = Extend Your Stamps)

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