Glittery Poinsettia Candy Canes

 

Good morning!  I have a fun and glittery Christmas card to share with you today.  A Colorful Life Designs has some wonderful new Christmas stencils in their November release, and I couldn't wait to play with the new Crossed Candy Canes stencil.

I placed the Crossed Candy Canes stencil over some white cardstock and then I spread some glittery red paste over the whole panel.  After that was completely dry, I added the Spellbinders poinsettia (die cut from glitter cardstock) to the intersection of the candy canes.  The center of the poinsettia is accented with a large Metallic Gold Card Bling.  The sentiment (from scrapbook.com) was die cut from green glitter cardstock, adhered to a vellum shadow, and then adhered to the candy cane panel below the poinsettia.  This panel was then adhered to a white card base.

Doesn't that just scream holidays??  It's so cute and classic.  You can save some money by using this code, HollyFan10, when you shop at A Colorful Life Designs.  This code will work on stencils, stamps, and Card Bling, so have fun shopping!

Claus Family Ornament Tags

Good morning!  I have a couple of cute Christmas tags to share with y'all today.  I pulled out a couple of new stencils from A Colorful Life Designs and some plain white tags.  I placed the Watercolor Ornaments stencil over one tag and brushed some red ink over the long spiral ornament.  Then I moved the Watercolor Ornaments stencil over to the second tag and brushed some green ink over the small round ball.  

Next, I placed the Mama & Daddy Claus stencil over the red ornament tag and brushed black ink over the "Mama Claus" sentiment.  I moved this stencil over to the green ornament tag and brushed black ink over the "Daddy Claus" sentiment.  To give these tags a bit of a distressed look, I splattered some gold watercolor paint over both tags, and then I added some more gold paint along the edges.  After the paint dried, I tied some black ribbon to the top of the tags.  Now these are ready to add to the wrapped gifts for "Mama" and "Daddy."

Please feel free to use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% off your entire order, excluding Master Creator Bundles, at A Colorful Life Designs.  The November release is full of wonderful Christmas designs and you can stock up on your favorite colors of Card Bling.  Have a great day!!

 

Bundle Up Sweater Grid

 

Good morning!  A Colorful Life Designs released some new Christmas stencils yesterday, and the new Snowflake Grid stencil is so perfect for all kinds of wintery cards.  I placed the Snowflake Grid stencil over some aqua cardstock and brushed some aqua ink over the whole panel.  After I die cut the stenciled panel with a rounded edges rectangle die, I added the die cut sweaters and the sentiment (Concord & 9th).  This panel was then adhered to a white card base.

Feel free to use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% off your entire purchase (excluding Master Creator Bundles) at A Colorful Life Designs.  Check out the new release and stock up on all your favorite colors of Card Bling.  Have a wonderful day!

Poinsettia Postage Christmas

Good morning!!  It's November and there is a wonderful new stencil release over at A Colorful Life Designs today.  This month is focused on Christmas designs, from candy canes to reindeer to ornaments to trees.  I fell in love with the new Christmas Postmark stencil and I wanted to make fun little postage collage card.

I started by placing the Marvelous Masks Postage Stamp 5" stencil down on a white card and I lightly brushed some pale blue ink over the stencil.  With the Postage Stamp stencil still taped in place, I put the new Layered Poinsettia stencil on top and stenciled the flower petals with a medium blue ink, the leaves with a gray ink, and the little flower center with a dark blue ink.  I removed the Layered Poinsettia stencil and placed the Christmas Postmark stencil at an angle across the top and sponged a dark blue ink over that.  I moved this stencil so that the edge of the postage lines were over the bottom left corner and I sponged some more dark blue ink there.

After I removed the Christmas Postmark stencil, I left the Postage Stamp stencil taped to the card.  I splattered some white paint over the entire card (and the stencil!!  LOL) and let it dry.  Then I removed the Postage Stamp stencil and glued some Winter Wonderland Blend Card Bling randomly all over the card.  I love how this card turned out!

If you want to shop at A Colorful Life Designs, be sure to use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% off your entire order (excluding Master Creator Bundles).  This code is good on stencils, stamps, and Card Bling, so grab all the things on your wish list and save some money.

There are two Master Creator Bundles this month, one for Batchables stencils and one for Classic Christmas stencils.  These bundles are a terrific value at 20% off for all those stencils in each bundle.  If you're like me, you will want both of them.  :-)  Have fun shopping!

 

Tis The Season Fig Wreath

Good morning!  I was in the mood for a non-traditional Christmas card, so I pulled out this gorgeous new Layered Holly Berry Wreath stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and placed it on some Pebble cardstock (a sort of pale gray/kraft color).  I stenciled the leaves with Tidepool and Juniper inks and the berries with Fig ink.  It's a fun new color combo and I love it!  

After I stamped the sentiment in the center with Fig ink, I added some Crystal Metallic Chameleon Card Bling (A Colorful Life Designs) all around the wreath.  I love that bright sparkle on this wreath!  This stenciled panel was then glued to a Fig card base.  The sentiment stamp, the inks, and the cardstock are all from Concord & 9th.

Please feel free to use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% off your entire order, excluding Master Creator Bundles, at A Colorful Life Designs.  You will love the wide variety of stencils in the store, from the Christmas stencils to the Patterns to the fun Pet themed stencils.  Don't forget to drool over all the gorgeous colors of Card Bling.  Have a wonderful day!

 

Holly Jolly Leaves

Good morning!  I love making Christmas cards and I have a pretty good stash of them by now, so I should be good to go in December.  This is one of the cards I made with the new Holly Berry Set stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.  

I placed the stencil onto a white card and randomly moved it around to fill up the background of the card.  The leaves were colored with Avocado ink and the berries were colored with Honeysuckle ink (Concord & 9th).  For a bit of interest, I splattered some glossy black spray (Dina Wakley) over the card.  While that was drying, I die cut the sentiment and the shadow from Avocado, Honeysuckle, and Black cardstocks and glued them together.  Once I was sure the black splatter was dry, I affixed the sentiment with some foam tape.

Feel free to use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% off your entire order (excluding Master Creator Bundles) at A Colorful Life Designs.  You can use this code on stencils, stamps, and Card Bling, so have fun shopping!  Have a great weekend!

 

Holly Jolly on Kraft

Good morning!  There is a fun new week-long linky party on the BYSHC blog and I'm playing along.  All you need to do is make a holiday or wintry card and enter it into the linky party.  I love making Christmas cards, so I cranked out several cards to share with you throughout this week.

Today's card is probably my favorite - it even has my name on it!!  LOL  I used the Layered Holly stencils from A Colorful Life Designs (use code HollyFan10 to save) on a kraft card, with green ink brushed over the leaf stencil and glittery red paste spread over the berry stencil.  After the paste dried, I added a small white die cut circle to the center with a kraft die cut sentiment (scrapbook.com) and some punched leaves and berries.  

I hope you had a chance to play along in the linky party this week.  I have lots of fun new cards for my Christmas card stash and now it's time to start addressing envelopes.  Happy Holidays!!