Snow and Snowflakes

Well, we are forcast to have snow the day after Christmas.  It isn't the same as a White Christmas, but I'll take it.  We don't get much measureable snow in Tennessee.  I just love  to watch it fall; I'm like a little kid when it comes to snow.

This card uses Sketch 1 from 2011 from Christmas Challenges with Sketches.  I used numerous snow designer papers.  Also in the layering is a die from Cheery Lynn Designs called Mexican Tile.  This diecut can be used for so many things.  I think it is perfect for a snow theme as it is like a snowflake, so lacey.   In a couple of the corners are dies from Corners F from CLD.  The theme for the CLD this week is Happy Holidays with Layering.   Highlighting the card are a couple of snowflakes from Spellbinders.   These were cut from glitter paper.  The image in the middle is a couple of stamps from Stampin' Up.  It is colored with Copic markers and the glittery snow is Stickles.

The third challenge for this card is Our Daily Bread Designs' Snow and Snowflakes challenge, the theme for my card.  I did not have any of their winter-type stamps so I used the word Blessings from their Christmas Blessings stamp. 

Another Christmas Greeting

I mentioned in my previous post that I was posting a series of Christmas cards for my visitors and followers.  This is the second one.

This one is being entered in Cheery Lynn Designs' challenge "Happy Holidays".  When I think of that phrase,  I immediately think of the commercial aspect of Christmas.  However, this card was created for "Happy Holidays" as we all should be happy for the real reason for the season.  And the holidays is a time of celebration.  So let's celebrate the birth of Christ.

This is a 6 x 6 card. I am beginning to enjoy making these square cards as they give you a little more space to work on.   I first embossed the background of the card with snowflakes by using an embossing folder.  Next I cut a Cheery Lynn Mexican Tile and Doilly diecut  On the circle made with a Spellbinders die I placed my Nativity image from Stampin' Up,  In the corner I decided to use black for my Cheery Lynn flourish to enhance the black in the image.  I adjusted the flourish a little to fit the area I had.  For just a touch of glitz I put a very small flower out of glitter cardstock on the flourish.  The flower  was made with one of the embellishment dies from Cheery Lynn Designs.

Square Card

It is not very often that I make a square card, but the Naautical Wheeler Doily die that I used on the front is slightly larger than a regular 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card so a 6 inch square gate card is in order.  I used a base of light yellow and accented with orange and aqua.  My aqua cardstock was not a bright aqua so it appears as blue here.  I made a gate card and the flap that opens the card was made with orange and aqua mat behind the Cheery Lynn diecut in orange,  I used only the outter ring and placed my sentiment in the middle.

Inside the card I used an aqua and an orange Spellbinders Scallop Oval with the sentiment on it and in the corner I placed the Victorian Romance Flourish.   Isn't this beautiful?  On each of the side flaps is a strip of Anatasia Lace border,  All dies are Cheery Lynn I bought from Classy Cards and Such,.    They carry all the Cheery Lynn dies.    All sentiments are from Stampin' Up.  The color scheme of yellow,  orange and aqua were used for the color challenge at Ckassy Cards and Such.  All the dies make a very elegant sympathy card.