Polar Blue

 

Happy New year!

But here's a Christmas card, made with a very old polar bear stamp by Magenta with die-cut snowflakes and a white embossed sentiment. 

I'd like to enter:

Try it On Tuesday feeling blue

Cards 4 Guyz  - centre vertical 

Sisterhood of Crafters snowflakes 

Two Christmas Box Cards

 

My daughter and I fantasise about going to New York near Christmastime, for the shopping - so I made this first card for her.  I used manual dies plus stamps and markers.

I'd like to enter :

Love those Pretty Papers

Allsorts  dies

Sparkles Monthly Christmas Transport

This one was cut on a Silhouette digital cutter and I've kept largely to the design - I just changed up the colours, used patterned paper on the trees, liquid pearl snow and stamped the sentiment. 

Little Penguin

 This little MFT penguin is skipping through the dry-embossed snow, with die-cut trees and sentiment.

I'd like to enter:

Krafty Chicks cas

Cut it Up  more than one diecut 

Can You Handle the Pressure? 

Inkspirational Challenges - Stencils

 

Our new challenge at Inkspirational is

For my DT card I create a scene with a loose stencil background, a die cut Christmas tree and stamped streetlight, cute animals and sentiment. 

This is my last challenge with Inkspirational. After 12 years I am leaving the DT with sadness and pride - they are a wonderful team and a fantastic challenge blog - but competing priorities have meant that I haven't felt I've been 'pulling my weight' lately and so it's time to move on. 

I hope you'll go over there now and see what the DT have made and enter your own creation. 

I'd like to enter:

Stencil Fun 

My Time To Craft Christmas  lights 

Paper-pieced Cas Christmas

 Here I used an old wood- backed stamp and I paper-pieced the noel. I subtly coloured the animals and stamped a sentiment. 

I'd like to enter:

Make My Monday  cas winter 

ABC Christmas  zoo animals 

Simply Clean and Simple 

Kraft Stepper

 

Here's a simple stepper card, with little polar bears, and snow drifts made from torn paper. 

I'd like to enter:

Aud Sentiments  non trad Christmas colours/ winter 

Sisterhood of Crafters  Christmas 

Cardz 4 Guys  Christmas card 

A Happy Accident?

 

Whoops! I took the top off a mica ink spray, trying to unblock the nozzle, and managed to knock the whole thing over. Luckily, I was holding it in a cardboard box, so I grabbed some plain cardstock and mopped the spillage up. I made these two cards with it. 

For the first, I used reindeer and chimney stamps, a diecut 'noel' and wooden stars.

I'd like to enter: 

Fab n Funky - Christmas Animals 

Give a Crafter a Cookie  believe

Christmas Kickstart 

For my second card, I used an embossing folder on the card with the mopped up ink. The snowman was a free digi - I coloured his scarf with glitter pen and layered die-cut snowflakes behind. 

I'd like to enter:

Moving Along with the Times  Christmas character 

Can you handle the pressure? 

Holly

 

I made this card using a big holly stamp by Colorado Craft. I stamped it first in gold, then shifted it a bit and stamped again in black. Then I coloured it with markers. 

I'd like to enter:

Allsorts  winter flowers 

Try it On Tuesday  traditional Christmas

Bridge of Snowmen

 Here's a bridge card made with two snowmen digis - I've had them a few years and I think they were free but I can't remember where from. I paper-pieced their scarves with the reverse of the snowflake patterned paper. The speech bubble sentiments are Purple Onion. 

I'd like to enter:

Mix it Up  paper piecing 

Can't Wait

 I enjoyed making this card, even though you couldn't get more minimal! Just two stamps, a black in k pad and four marker pens - and done. 

I'd like to enter:

Shopping our Stash  masculine