Ho, Ho, Ho - Merry Christmas!

Hey!

It's Bev here today. I am really getting into the Christmas spirit now and I have a trio of Christmas cards to share with you using the recently released Winter Stencil Strips from MFT.

I didn't think I would really get into using stencils, but they are really good fun and there are so many techniques you can use them with. Plus they are really good value too, especially this one at £5.50 and a choice of 4 designs in one!

For my first card today, I couldn't wait to try out the MFT Merry Christmas Blend stamp and give it a rainbow look! 

Choosing to stamp it in a rainbow of colours was quite time consuming and required some masking while inking up. But with the use of a stamping tool it was pretty easy and straight forward. I used Altenew inks in Ruby Red, Orange Cream, Fresh Lemon, Parrot, Ultramarine, Azurite & Ultraviolet.

After I had stamped the sentiment, I went and added the snowflake stencil in Altenew Silver Lake ink and added some sparkly liquid adhesive to the snowflake centres. With the stencil having four designs in one, you need to use a scrap piece of paper to mask the designs off that you don't want to ink!

Next I used the same snowflake design to create a lovely background using Altenew Dew Drop ink.

I added gloss white liquid adhesive to the snowflake centres and this time finished the design with a trio of snowflakes and the 'Let it Snow' banner sentiment from Concord & 9th Mistletoe Messages Stamp Set.

The sentiment and snowflakes are adhered to the card using foam adhesive so that they stand out from the background. I used Altenew Aqualicious and Teal Cave ink colours.

Lastly for today I have a super quick clean and simple card using the HO, HO, HO design on the stencil.

I used Altenew Ruby Red ink for the stencilling and I added the 'Believe' sentiment, also from Concord & 9th Mistletoe Messages stamped in VersaFine Onyx Black ink onto a scrap of white card & adhered using foam adhesive.

So much fun with one stencil and a couple of stamp sets. I hope I have inspired your Christmas card making a little. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Bev 

Altenew Ink colours used can be found HERE in the Seven Hills Crafts Store and all the colour families I have used are currently in stock :)

Lapis Lazuli 

Enchanted Garden

Gentlemans Gray

Sweet Dreams

Pocketful of Sunshine

Tropical Forest

Warm & Cozy

Red Cosmos

Joy, Love, Peace

Hey & Happy Thursday!

Today I have a little bit of Joy, Love & Peace to share with you using more products from the most recent My Favourite Things release. There was so much of this release I wanted to purchase, but these two products really appealed to me and instantly fell into my basket ;)

For my first card I was inspired to use the Joy, Love, Peace Stencil with some sparkly embossing paste...

It's hard to see from my photos, but this stuff is super sparkly and so festive. I wasn't 100% sure where I was going next with this card, but when I hit this wall I turn to blog challenges to inspire me. For this card I turned to CAS Colours & Sketches for inspiration and this week they have a colour scheme seen HERE and below.

This made me think of adding a simple trio of die cut Christmas trees from the Joy, Love, Peace Die to the lower left corner and adhered using foam adhesive.

Lastly for today I had to use the Joy, Love, Peace Dies on their own...

I love how these dies are wonderfully quirky and have the images of the modern snowflake, heart and Christmas tree as part of the words. It adds interest without the need for pairing them with any other products. 

I decided to choose some bright non traditional Christmas colours to die cut the words and simply adhered them to a white panel of card adhered to my card base using foam adhesive. Super quick and super simple.

That's all from me today, I hope you have enjoyed my cards and you are feeling creative. Have a wonderful day!

Crafty Hugs 

Bev