Two More Christmas cards!

Well... just when I thought I was done (except for two special cards I will be making for two special little ones!) making Christmas cards I found out that I wasn't, lol!  So I whipped up a couple of quick cards for several challenges.  First up is a card for Color Throwdown and CAS(E) this Sketch.   For this card is used a Simon Says Stamp word die set called Christmas Blessings and a background that was created using an Altenew die (Dotted Swirls Debossing Cover die) that my friend Greta sent me a month or so ago along with one of her pretty cards.  I had been wanting to make something with it since it arrived and the CTS layout was the perfect opportunity.  I used a AJVD Elegant Stitched border die to create my cure and then adhered the piece to a light gray cardstock base.  The words were die cut from bright green and bright pink cardstock four times each, stacked and then adhered to the card front.  The little sentiment (from the SSS Stained Glass Greetings set) was stamped on the light gray cardstock, trimmed out and popped up with foam tape.   Stacking and adhering the words together took the most time with this card!

The second card is for Freshly Made Sketches.  I always love Narelle's simple, but innovative designs that allow you to go in many different directions.   Because I have been in a die cutting mood lately this sketch lent it self perfectly to die cutting.  I used one of my favorite A Jillian Vance Design dies Holly and Swirls along with a die that is also from AJVD.  I decided to go through all of my old Christmas papers (Those are the only ones I have!  I didn't buy any new Christmas patterned paper this year!) and found a few sheets from the a pad called Tinsel & Company by Teresa Collins.  I die cut the holly from a piece that had holiday themed words on it in red and then the strip from a piece that had a small chevron pattern.  I adhered the two pieces together before adhering to an off white cardstock panel I die cut with a large rectangle die.  I then added Stickles to the berries using a color called Tiara.  It is perfect as it has silver and a little bit of red in it as well. The word merry is also an AJVD die, but one that is no longer available.  I like the style so I will continue to use it on my non-AJVD projects in the future.  I originally die cut it just from some additional coordinating paper, but decided to die cut it from red glitter cardstock and I'm so glad I did!  I stacked and adhered all the die cuts and then adhered to the panel.  I finished off the card by adding lots of little silver Pretty Pink Posh sequins.   I love how it turned out and it will be easy to mail!  I decided that I will also add this to the current Time Out challenge of Merry & Cheerful.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!