Day 28 - "Y"

It seemed like a yellow kind of day!

YOUR TURN: Create a card or project using the letter "Y" as your prompt.

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INSPIRATION WORDS:

Yule, yuletide, yule log, yellow, yo-yo spinner cards

Products:

Day 23 - "CASE Yourself"

CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) a card you made for a previous challenge. You can keep the design exactly the same or change almost everything for a new look. I created two cards inspired by a project I made for the 2022 challenge. I used the same image, the same book of patterned papers and the same layout with just a little tweak.

ORIGINAL CARD:

YOUR TURN: CASE one of your previous creations, making changes as desired.

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Digital Stamps:

Day 18 - "P"

My "P" word is paper-piecing, a technique where an image, or part of an image, is stamped on patterned paper, fussy cut, and then adhered to a base image. In my case, I paper pieced Mr. Snowflake's hat, scarf and mittens with a scrap of plaid paper. I think it gives him a bit of country charm.

YOUR TURN: Create a card or papercraft project using the letter "P" as your prompt.

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INSPIRATION WORDS:

pudding, partridge, pears, presents, pine, pop-up cards, pyramid card, pocket card, pastels, purple, plum, paint, paper piecing, pleating, parchment, pearls, pencils, petals, photos, plaid

Stamps:

Encore Set

Mr. Snowflake, with his rosy cheeks and vintage vibe, is still one of my favourite snowman images. He's great fun to colour and easy to fussy cut, plus he has the added benefit of having some jingle bells that can be coloured with silver pens for extra sparkle! Jackie and Carla have created some fabulous Christmas projects using this old favourite.

Mr. Snowflake

digital stamp

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Day 22 - "T"

I've taken a few artistic liberties with this image for today's letter prompt. Instead of berries on Mr Snowflake's wreath, I have coloured little twinkling lights in shades of red, orange and yellow.

YOUR TURN: Create a card using the letter "T" as your prompt.

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INSPIRATION WORDS:

Three Wise Men, twinkle, turkey, tidings, tinsel, toys, tree, trimmings, teal, turquoise, tutorial, techniques, tent card, tilt card, tri-fold card, two-fer cards

Stamps:

Day 2 - "B"

It's all about the "B" colours - blue, brown and black.

The most difficult part of this card was adding black to a snowy, white snowman! I was worried it would be way too dark, but once the other colours were in place the contrast didn't appear quite as extreme. Although the shadows are very deep, I quite like how the finished image looks.

YOUR TURN: Create a card using the letter "B" as your prompt.

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INSPIRATION WORDS:

Blitzen, boots, bows, box cards, bendy cards, building block cards,

bleaching, beads, brads, burnishing, blue, brown, black, baubles

Stamps:

Day 7 - "F"

We had a visit with Sandy the Sandman back on day one of the challenge... now it's time for his northern cousin, Frosty the Snowman!

YOUR TURN: Create a card using the letter "F" as your prompt.

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INSPIRATION WORDS:

Family, father Christmas, Feliz Navidad, feast, fir tree, frankincense, Frosty the snowman, fireplace, fruitcake, festive, fussy cutting, fancy folds, flip flop card, fluorescent, fuchsia, French blue

Stamps: Mr. Snowflake digital stamps

Day 21 - "S"

Snow is not something we have to contend with at Christmastime in Australia, but many of us still love a cute snowman card! I coloured the Mr. Snowflake digital image with Prismacolor pencils and added a touch of glossy accents to his spectacles for a glassy finish.

YOUR TURN: Create a card or project using the letter "S" as your prompt.

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INSPIRATION WORDS:

Santa, stockings, star, snowman, shepherd, s-fold card, shutter card, shaped card, step card, star fold, scallops, stitching, sponging, stamping, stencils, scarlet, sepia, silver.

Day 22 - "T"

Today I have a tutorial to share with you that's all about adding a bit more oomph to your pre-coloured digital stamps. You'll need a printed, pre-coloured image and your choice of colouring medium. I've gone with a little snowman printed on kraft coloured card stock and I'm using Prismacolor pencils. For the best results, don't forget to choose the right paper for the colouring medium you're using.

1. Print your pre-coloured image onto card stock and select your colouring medium. Try to match the colours of your pencils or markers to the colours that are already in the image. You won't have much success colouring a red hat over black printer ink!

2. Now pick an area to start colouring and apply a very light layer. (If you're colouring with pencils, don't press too firmly. If you're colouring with markers or paints, select a very light shade.) Go in again and add some darker colour (by pressing more firmly on your pencil or choosing a darker paint or marker) in the areas that would be in shadow. Remember that the pre-coloured stamp will more than likely have the shadowing and highlighting done for you, so you don't need to be particularly fussy.

3. Now repeat the process for the other areas of the image until it's fully coloured. This is a great technique for practising your colouring skills or for boosting your printed images... especially when the printer is a little lack lustre.

YOUR TURN: Create a card using the letter "T" as your prompt.

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Stamps: Mr. Snowflake

One For The Road...

My Christmas cards are already written and mostly sent, but I couldn't resist making just one more... and if I don't use it this year, there's always Christmas 2017!

Stamps:

Mr. Snowflake digital stamp

Snow Drifters clear stamp

New Release: Mr. Snowflake Set

I'm sure I've said it many times before, but I just love snowmen, especially when they're a little bit quirky and unusual. This new digital stamp set features Mr. Snowman complete with corn cob pipe and jingly hat. I have a feeling he'll be popping up several more times this month!

Mr. Snowflake Set

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And, of course, I have some creative inspiration to share with you from my designers...

A.J.'s collection of fabulous cards and gift tags.

A sweet card from Judy with a pretty snowflake trim.

Karin has created a colourful Christmas greeting card.

Anesha has created a wine bottle cover, a gorgeous gift bag

to put it in, and a card to complete the gift set.

Carla's beautiful card, done in shades of blue with hints of red and green.

Two Christmas creations from Petra - one in traditional Christmas

colours and the second is shades of blue and green.