Card making: Christmas card #5

I finally managed to make some more christmas cards, here's the first

I adhered some pp behind the snowflake, I also added some stickles on top

For this one I used a Dovecraft stamp from a christmas set I adore, I also stamped a Hero Arts tree and the tiny ones are from a pp, I just cut them and adhered them on the card.

In this card I cut the snowy hills on white paper, inked the edges with Broken China distress ink and then layered the trees and the house. On the sky I just did some dots with stickles, I also added tons of stickles on the hills.

I also added stickles on the little house, actually I have covered just about everything with stickles, LOL!

One week to go before christmas, yay!!!

JYC 2010: December 5

Advent calendars is the prompt but instead of making one, I had the idea to illustrate it with a "connect the dots" kind of way. On the right, I took some shots of the new decorations for our christmas tree also added a pocket for the journaling spot and a cute Tilda!

I remember that as a child I had lots of fun trying to reveal the hidden image by linking the numbered dots, so I sketched a tree and traced the outline, marked and numberd the dots and then colored it by stamping repeatedly with a small stamp and distress inks so as to make the folliage. Then I used stickles for some shine and ready!  

Last step, I watercolored the Tilda with distress inks, I also used the clear Sakura Startdust for some shine.

Tip: if you try watercoloring an image that's printed with an inkjet printer, make sure that you don't use too much water or else the black ink will bleed. I found that out the hard way!

Card making: Christmas card #4

Another color that I rarely use is dark royal blue, so I decided to give it a try for this christmas card and the idea was to create an outdoors night scene.

First thing, I made the snowy hills with white cardstock and Broken China distress ink and then stamped and embossed the little stars. Next step, I adhered the little deer (I colored it with distress inks), I had some difficulty with cutting around the tiny swirly horns so I threw them away and drew them right on the card with glue and then covered them with glitter.
Last thing, I heat embossed the tree with white embossing powder and then colored it with distress inks. When I adhered it on the card, the outcome was a little dull, so I lightly covered it with stickles and...ready!