Happy Hanukkah

Welcome to day 24 of my Holiday series, 25 Days of Christmas Inspiration.  Can you believe that tomorrow s Christmas Eve? Crazy huh?

Today's card is brought to you by Concord & 9th.

I had to make a hanukkah card for my jewish friends. 

To make this card, I started with a white side folding A2 card base, some yellow cardstock, and some aquamarine metallic cardstock. 

I used the love and light bundle by Kristina Werner and cut the candles from the Aquamarine metallic cardstock and blended some Blueberry and Powder ink over them. For the tall candle I used all blueberry. Next I cut the flames out of yellow cardstock and used OLO markers to add a little orange. To finish the card I added the diecut sentiment and embossed the "happy" on a black strip of cardstock and embossed it with white powder. 

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Merry - Day 23

Welcome to Day 23 of my holiday series, 25 Days of Christmas Inspiration. I told ya I'd be back with another card using the Christmas Cloche by Concord & 9th and here it is.

To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a white panel. I used a die by Pinkfresh Studio to cut the panel down. For this card, I created a stencil using the cloche die and added the background color by ink blending in the negative space. I used gold foil for the cloche and the bell, silver for the base and the merry, metallic green for the leaves and to finish it I added a pink glitter tree.

I think I like this one a little more than the other one.  Which do you like?

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Happy Winter

Welcome to Day 22 of my holiday series and Happy Winter. Today is the first day of winter even though it has felt like winter pretty much all month. This weekend is supposed to be even colder. 

To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a white panel.  I used several colors of ink and randomly blend a background. I placed the colored panel in a 3D snowflake embossing folder where it would deboss the colored background. Next I used a navy ink pad and drug it across the entire panel using the direct to paper technique. To finish the card, I used a white gel pen to colors in the dots white and added a die cut sentiment. 

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Christmas Cloche

Welcome to day 21 of my holiday series 25 Days of Christmas Inspiration.

Today's card is brought to you by Concord & 9th and you will be seeing this dieset again. I got this die set last year and never used it until this year and I am in love!

To make this card, I started with a white top folding card base and a panel of Ballet Slipper cardstock. I cut the Ballet Slipper cardstock down to 3.5 x 5 and ran it through the die cutting machine using the Snowfall cover plate for the background. I cut the Cloche and bell out of gold foil cardstock, the tree out of white glitter cardstock, the base out of Silver metallic and the pine branches out of green metallic. I finished cutting the pieces with the merry out of gold glitter cardstock.  I used the Glue Press to adhere them all down. 

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A New And A Favorite

Welcome to day 20 of my holiday series 25 Days of Christmas Inspiration. Today's card is brought to you by The Rabbit Hole Designs.We were given the last couple weeks of December off from making new projects and are to share our favorites from 2024. I am still in the process f making my Christmas cards so I have a new card to share and I have included one of my favorites from 2024 as well

To make this card, I started with a white top folding card base and a white panel cut down a quarter of an inch. 

I stamped the snowmen on a seperate piece of white cardstock, colored them using OLO markers and cut them out with the coordinating die. I used a mask to create the snowdrifts in the background. 

To finish the card, I added the sentiment. 

Here is one of my favorites from 2024. I love it because it is so bright and colorful. 

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O' Holy Night

Welcome to Day 19 of my holiday series, 25 Days of Christmas Inspiration. 

Today's card is brought to you by Erin Lee Creative.

To make this card, I stated with a white top folding A2 card base and a white panel cut to the same size.  I used a stencil by Erin Lee Creative that I am in love with and I think that this just might be the holiday card I make for my church family. It will make it a lot faster and easier by using a stencil.

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Unwrap the Joy

Welcome to Day 18 of my holiday series, 25 Days of Christmas Inspiration. 

Today's card is brought to you by Dare 2B Artzy

To make this card, I started with Turquoise Sea cardstock cut 4.25 x 11. 

I used the center step die by Dare 2B Artzy to make the card base and then added patterned paper using the dies that go with the center step die. 

The Stamp set I used is 

Christmas Embroidery

Welcome to Day 17 of my Christmas Series, 25 Days of Christmas Inspiration. Today's card is brought to you by Spellbinders and Nichol Spohr.

To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a white A2 panel. I aso used colored cardstock in red, green, kraft and brown. 

I ran the white panel through the die cutting using a snowflake cover plate. I then cut out the elements for the tree and the embroidery hoop. 

After I ot them all cut out I put them together in the hoop for a faux embroidered spruce tree. 

Colorful Christmas

Welcome to Day 16 of my Holiday series 25 days of Christmas Inspiration. Today's card uses a 3D embossing folder and some metallic ink. To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a white panel. I ink blended the color onto the panel.placed it into the embossing folder and then ran it through the die cutting machine. I ran a metallic gold ink pad over the raised areas and finished the card with a word die cut from gold foil cardstock. 

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Sending Sunshine at Christmas

Welcome to Day 15 of my holiday series, 25 Days of Christmas Inspiration.

We are over half way through and there is only 12 days until Christmas. this year has flown by so fast. 

To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a white panel.  I created a background by using one of the Berries and Leaves stencils by Kristina Werner and some Green Gold ink by Altenew. 

Th cardinal is by Erin Lee Creative and unfortunately is discontinued (insert sad face) 

I cut all the pieces of the cardinal out of white heavystock and then ink blended the bird using Cherry Sweet and Rhodolite by Altenew. The beak, branch, black and feet I colored using OLO Markers. I added white gel pen for the eye. 

I added him to the panel and then stamped the greeting which is from Christmas Blessings by Simon Says Stamp. 

This card is also for an Instagram hop that I participate in each month. Hop over to my Instagram account @cealp for the details.