Amazingly it's Challenge #25 over at The Christmas Kickstart! Not long now until the big day is finally here - thank goodness we've all been making Christmas cards for so long! Just need the time to write them now...
This is a very special challenge; first of all I'm delighted to welcome back the lovely Janis from Her Peaceful Garden who was my very first elf all the way back in January.
The second reason this feels special is because of the theme:
Challenge #25 - The Christmas Story
What better challenge as we count down to that most special of days and remember the reason for the season and celebrate the birth of that very special baby.
Janis has created a showstopper of a card for this challenge, so please head over to Christmas Kickstart and take a look.
My first card is a deceptively simple, layered creation using beautiful dies from MFT. The set includes everything you'll need to make your own little town of Bethlehem. The layering took a little 'jiggling' to get it to look right. I had fun creating the night sky and splattering some stars with white paint and a toothbrush.
My second card is a little fancier. Can you spot where the sentiment for card #1 came from? Sooo much masking was required, but it was worth the effort. I used a gorgeous Woodware stamp that just begged to be embossed on cream with gold. I added gold braid and some extra background embossing to finish things.
There's a sponsor for this challenge, and Rudolph is beside himself with joy!
Yes, the lovely Jane from Jane's Doodles is offering a $25.00 voucher for Rudolph's Random Raffle. Jane has a gorgeous range of stamps, including some beautiful Christmas images and I'm very grateful that she's agreed to sponsor Challenge #25. BTW, she has a Christmas stamp sale taking place right now!
Hope you will join us, and play along! We'd love to see your Stars, Wise Men, donkeys, shepherds, angels, cribs and anything that links to the Christmas story.
Hope you will join us, and play along! We'd love to see your Stars, Wise Men, donkeys, shepherds, angels, cribs and anything that links to the Christmas story.
13 comments:
I love them both but that second one is so elegant, and such a gorgeous soft card, hugs Pops x
What a lovely prompt, now I get to use my new dies. Thanks and the inspiration cards are lovely.
Two wonderful Christmas cards depicting the true Reason for the Season, Jo! I just love a bit of gold on cream cardstock for Christmas! I'm sure these will both be well received, and truly appreciated!
I have just the perfect little set for the Challenge... now to Kickstart my ambition!! xx
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Two lovely, stylish cards Jo, love the intensity of the blue sky on the first one and gold embossing in cream is a wonderfully timeless look - beautiful!
Jo...your cards are just gorgeous!!! As I mentioned on the challenge post, I adore that layered Bethlehem scene....so beautiful against your lovely sky and star. Your second card is simply fabulous!! I see all the masking that was required to get the sentiment for your first one....very clever. I am in love with the cream and all that gold embossing! Yes, great minds must think alike. :) It's a spectacular image and the added braid and background embossing is perfect for this scene. Wow...such beautiful inspiration, Jo. Thanks so much for sharing these wonderful cards and for inviting me to be your Guest Elf!!
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Elegant and lovely cards Jo. Hugz
Beautiful cards Jo.
So very pretty cards Jo. Love the first one and how super elegant is that second one. Given me a great idea. Joining your challenge allowed me to sell about 20 cards and still have enough to do my own!
Hi Jo! Excellent Christmas cards! You know I love simple! 😁 And masking 😁👍 Xxx
Oh boy do I love these. Love the die cuts scene and that stamp is just gorgeous.
Two beauties, Jo - just love your Bethlehem scenes!! Thanks for another fun challenge!
Aww these are gorgeous Jo, LOVE that MFT die!
Two beautiful designs of Bethlehem - a lovely starry sky over the die cut city with a wonderful script font and an elegant gold embossed portion of the carol on the second!
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