Monday, September 25, 2017

Christmas Cards for the 25th!


I'm three months early, but I have two Christmas cards for the 25th day of Kathy Racoosin's The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge! I coloured a couple of cute images from Taylored Expressions with Copic and Spectrum Noir markers. 


Hot again today, but cloudy, so cloudy pic, too...

I made the ice-fishing penguin into a card first.Breaking away from patterned paper, I stencilled a snowy background before using some watercolour powder for a background. 



I even broke out some twine! For appropriate holiday shine, I embossed with sparkle powder, added Stickles to penguin's hat and Nuvo glitter drops to the snowflakes in the sky and on the sentiment. 
My penguin qualifies this for the new Merry Monday challenge; embossing paste, Stickles, Nuvo drops and more puts this into Just Add Ink challenge #378; and the glitter added to the embossing paste, the sparkle embossing powder as well as the Stickles and Nuvo drops qualifies this for the HLS September Christmas challenge
Next up, the snowman got the card treatment: 



Back to using up some patterned paper (from my very first Christmas paper pad, no less!). I was using two rectangle dies to cut out the panels when I noticed the perforation die and thought it would be fun to use down the side. Nuvo drops again for the snowflakes, plus a couple of added red snowflake die cuts. 


Supplies: (let it snow) white cardstock, Canson watercolour paper, Taylored Expressions Ready, Set, Snow stamps, Versafine onyx black ink, Hero Arts clear sparkle embossing powder, Copic & Spectrum Noir markers, Simon Says Stamps falling snow stencil, Dreamweaver glossy white embossing paste, Martha Stewart fine crystal glitter, Magenta Nuance cerulean blue watercolour powder, MFT blueprints 24 dies, frosted lace Stickles, Nuvo clear glitter drops, yellow Divine twine, fun foam; (ready, set, snow) white cardstock, Echo Park Holly Jolly patterned paper, Taylored Expressions Ready, Set, Snow stamps, ? snowflake stamp and die, Versafine onyx black & Stampin' Up real red inks, Hero Arts clear sparkle embossing powder, Copic & Spectrum Noir markers, Winnie & Walter Katharine cutaway dies, Nuvo clear crystal drops, fun foam

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14 comments:

Karen L K said...

Such cute penguin cards!

Jan said...

Such fabulous Christmas cards Lindsey! I love your super cute fishing penguin in the first card and your shiny and sparkly details are so perfect for Christmas! Thanks for sharing with us at Just Add Ink this week.

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Just love your coloring on both cards, Lindsey!! Your darling penguin is perfect for Merry Monday - so glad you could join us this week!!

Barbara Godden said...

Adorable cards, great colouring and so so CAS

Jaxx Crafty Creations said...

Super cute cards, Lindsey! I love the textured background on the first card, the embossed falling snow is just the sweetest background for the fishing penguin. I adore the blue tones for a Christmas card! Thanks for playing along and sharing with us at Just Add Ink.

KimB said...

These are both adorable cards Lindsey! I love how you have bright pops of colour in each image and the snowy blue background of your penguin card is fabulous. Thanks for joining us at Just Add Ink this week.

Anonymous said...

Both very cute Christmas cards. It great to see the water colour powders used. Chantell Just Add Ink

Mona Pendleton said...

Super cute cards Lindsey! Love the cute penguin and snowman! Great take on the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge!

Linda said...

Both cards are so adorable. Thank you for joining us with that cute penguin card at Merry Monday. Love your snowy background.

Ina G said...

Totally cute. Certainly looking like Christmas is coming. Thank you for sharing with us at Happy Little Stampers for our September Christmas Challenge.

Notes by Nina said...

Adorable pair of cards, Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday.

Princess Judy Palmer said...

Oh dear, all these snow friendly cards. I'm not ready for cold weather! Love the penguin card and that background. Great job!

Helen said...

So cute! Love the snowy sky background too!
Helen x

Carla said...

Love your penguin card so much! The snow and sky make a fab backdrop for your cute penguin!