Christmas Cards with Foil

Hello!  More Christmas cards for my stash.  I started with panels of GKD Large Snowflakes Foil Mates for both of these cards and blended Distress Oxide ink using reds on the top card and blues for the second one. I added GKD Glimmering Gold foil to both using a laminator. I trimmed both panels and added the red one to a card base of Gold Metallic card stock. I inked the edges of the blue panel with Pilot Gold Metallic marker and used a GKD Blue Raspberry card base.  I die cut the sentiments from Gold Metallic CS with Creative Expressions die Merry Christmas trim and backed with strips of solid cardstock before attaching with Connect glue.
Challenges:
Make My Monday Challenge: #131 Christmas in September
Love To Craft Challenge Blog: LTCCB #50 September Anything Goes
Love to Scrap Challenge Blog: LTSCB# 137 Anything Goes. Used scrap under the die cuts.

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Hello with Flowers

Hello!  I recently purchased the Watercolor Florals cardmaking Kit from the Artsystamper Shop which includes some beautiful digital stamps and papers.  I used the solid green paper as the card base, with a layer of blue cardstock, and then a layer of one of the floral patterns.  I printed one of the colored floral images on watercolor paper, added a bit of  coloring with Copic markers and pink foiling, and cut with a circle die.  I attached the image to a circle that I foiled with the pink foil paper.  Assembled the card and completed it with a sentiment from the kit  and pearls from my stash.  Love the colors in the design.

Artsystamper Shop Labor Day sale ends Sept 15th.

 

Challenges:
Artsystamper Digitals Challenge: #23 Anything Goes
Mix It Up Challenge Blog: MIUCB #41 Anything Goes + Foiling

This second photo better shows the shine of the foiling. 

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Christmas Ornaments

Welcome to my studio!  The 2 cards that I have posted today were inspired by a Jennifer McGuire video show casing a GKD stamp set (now sold out) and using creative masking.  I decided to use a GKD Stencil Snowflake Mandala with masking and Distress Oxide inks for blending to create these Christmas cards. Circle dies were used to create the masking.  I used a sentiment from GKD Peace and Joy set heat embossed with Gold EP on both cards. The top card was made with DOI Salty Ocean and Faded Jean with GKD Blue Raspberry CS for the base. The bow stamp from GKD  Joyful Holiday was heat embossed with Gold EP.  

The second card was inked with DOI Candied Apple, Fired Brick, and Worn Lipstick and has a card base of GKD Faded Brick CS. The ornament hook and string from GKD Merry and Bright set was heat embossed with Gold EP and I added a Gold Twine bow.

For both cards, I embellished the ornaments with touches of Glimmering Gold Foil using  a Deco Foil Adhesive pen and laminator.  These cards were hard to photograph to capture the foil but hope you can see the results.

Challenges:
ModSquad Challenge: Step Up Your Stencil. Use a stencil on your card front, and then take it up a notch by embellishing it.  I used foiling to embellish the stencil designs.

Mix It Up Challenge Blog: MIUCB 41 Anything Goes +Foiling.  Used Glimmering Gold Foil. 

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round:  Use at Least 2 things that begin with S. Used stencil, stamps, string, sparkle.

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog: MLCCB #26 Anything Christmas Goes

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Leftovers Served for Christmas Cards

Hello! Today I have 2 Christmas cards both using die cuts and negative space leftover from die cuts. 

The top card uses the negative leftover from white card stock that I cut with a GKD Christmas word die.  I trimmed the white panel and placed over a strip of Glimmering Gold foil that I had left from another project.  I inked the edges with a Pilot Metallic Gold Marker. Added the word Merry that I die cut with a Cheery Lynn die from the same foil. Finished with a Red Velvet card base.  

The second card uses the leftover negative from a strip of the Glimmering Gold Foil that I placed on to a card base of White Cardstock with glue.  I cut a frame from Gold Metallic CS with rectangle dies and attached to the card. Finished with the word Merry cut with Cheery Lynn die from White CS. Edged the finished card with the Pilot Metallic Gold marker.
I created 2 simple and quick cards using leftovers and scraps.
Challenges:
613 Avenue Challenge: #235 Anything Goes w optonal twist the Sentiment as the  Focal
Die Cut Divas: Christmas in July
AAA Cards: CAS Game #169 Made in minutes + optional twist Christmas in July
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: #498 Anything Christmas goes with Optional Theme use Red.

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More Christmas

Hello! I am playing with more Foil-mates from GKD to create a Christmas card.  I used a panel of Holiday Flora that I laminated with GKD Red Velvet Foil. I trimmed this and attached to a card base of White CS. I stamped and embossed the sentiment from Joyful Holiday and poinsettia from Holiday Wreath Builder on a strip of white CS using Versamark and Red EP.  I added a strip of red foil beneath and added to the card. Finished with a couple of Pearls.
It is so hard to get a good photo of cards with foil because of the  reflection of the shine. But I did the best that I could.
Challenges:
Monthly Mix Challenge at GKD: Christmas in July
613 Avenue Create: #235 Anything Goes with optional twist Sentiment as Focus

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