Wild Whisper - Using Non-Christmas Paper for Christmas Cards

Hi everyone,

It's December, and time to push the cardmaking into high gear!  

So what do you do if you don't have any Christmas paper, and you're in the mood to make Christmas cards???

I'm going to show you how to use a pack of non-Christmas paper and challenge you to try it!

The collection I started with is Simplicity by Pam Bray.  At first glance, it doesn't look very Christmassy does it?

Flipping through it though, there was a wreath that caught my eye.  Next step was to find some background paper for the wreath and I loved this lattice piece.

The reverse side of the wreath had the perfect shade of green to mat it.

If you prefer a more simple style of card, you could have stopped right at this point...

but me... I love lots of detail and embellishment, so I continued to build and add layers to the card.  The stamped word, Joyful, is from Wild Whisper's "Home for the Holidays" set. 

Every year I seem to find one stamp that speaks to me, and this year, this is the one!  I love the font and the feeling of joyfulness that it imparts.  Hopefully you have the set in your stash, as it's no longer available in the Wild Whisper shop.

I splurged and bought Bekka Feeken's "Christmas Cascade" set of dies this year, and using it I cut poinsettias, ribbons, and snowflakes out of the piece of red paper below.  I placed my dies where the reddest parts of the paper were.

The little deer, I merrily cut out of this piece below, forgetting that I wanted the pretty paper on the other side for a layout.  *slapping forehead*  Do you ever do that?  

The deer was a little light in colour, so I inked up her edges with some Fired Brick Distress Oxide ink.  The oval piece she is matted on, has pop up foam underneath it, to give it some dimension.

For the inside of the card, I used the negative piece of one of my diecut snowflakes, and the Merry Christmas dies that came with my die set.

It was fun challenging myself this way.  Give it a try and surprise yourself with what you can create with non-Christmas paper!

I hope you will have a "Joyful" time as you embrace the new type of Christmas we are going to have this year.  It will be one for the memorybook!

Check out the Wild Whisper store and to get a 10% discount, use my DT Code - DTLINDA.

Happy Creating!

Linda

Sparkle in the Shade with Power Poppy

Hi everyone,

Power Poppy inspired me this month with their Creative Confetti Challenge.  

"Create with just one color in many different "shades" - then, add a little sparkle to the final creation!" Julie said…  so I did!!

My starting point was this pretty piece of paper from Wild Whisper Designs' Christmas Comfort line.

I pulled the colours from the blue side and used one of the digital images from 

Power Poppy's "Merriest Berries" set.

I love this set and can't wait to colour up the candy cane one as well!

To add some dimension to the berries, I coated them in Nuvo Glitter Accents "Snowfall" which made them beautifully sparkly.  It is such a pretty glitter glue and dries very quickly.

I can't believe it's already the end of the month.  I'm just getting my entry in on time! 

Be sure and check out the challenges at Power Poppy.  They are a lot of fun!

Outside in the bushes, I'm starting to hear the rustle of spooks and ghouls... 

they will soon be arriving!  

Enjoy All Hallows Eve and thank you for stopping by.

Linda

Silver and Gold Joy

Hi there!

It's the season for card making and I have one here that I made from Close to My Heart's Silver and Gold patterned paper with a little silver foil paper added as a mat.

I took inspiration from this photo that was on the CTMH blog, and then put my Cricut to work.

The beautiful glittered "Joy" die cut can be found in the Silver and Gold complements package.

The bow is made from a gold ribbon in the Basics Ribbon Pack.

For the inside of the card, I used my cricut to cut out a mat and print the sentiment on it.

I have saved the Cricut cut file in design space for those who would like to use it.  Go here.  If you don't have the cartridge I used for these images, Cricut will charge you a dollar or so for them.  You will see the cost before you cut it and can cancel the cut if it is too high.

With all the gift making and card creating.....

Enjoy these fun crafting days!

Linda