Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards Challenge begin on 1st November. As it's already November in Australia I'm linking up my first card.
We came home today from just over a week in our little caravan, which is now closed up for the winter. As usual, I took some crafty things with me to the caravan in case of bad weather. I'm really behind with my Christmas cards this year, so I decided to batch make some cards and I made 30 of this design to help get me back on track, putting the finishing touches on tonight.
I went through my green snippets drawer and took out every piece of green card which was at least 6" x 4". I trimmed the green card to make a mat big enough to just leave a small white border of the card blank. I used a MFT 'Christmas Tree Window' die in a piece of white card to create a tree shaped aperture. I used the die again with gold glitter card to die cut just the star and inlaid it into the card. The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Greatest Part of Christmas', stamped with Versafine 'Onyx Black'.
I am joining in the following challenges with this card:
My second card is one I made following a sketch.
The patterned paper, flower die, enamel dots, stamp and embossing folder were all from one of Lisa Horton's box kits.
I am joining in the following challenges with this card:
Two really gorgeous cards Liz. I love the simple but effective design on the Christmas card, just perfect for batch making. Thank you for sharing it at Allsorts this week.
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A beautiful CAS Christmas card Liz,the sentiment sits below the tree beautifully, your second card would be perfect for so many occasions
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely fabulous Liz! I love the cut out Christmas tree design, and I love your idea of cutting the little sparkly stars to go on top of the tree. Fantastic sentiment too. Your second card is also lovely, the colour combination is very pretty.
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Beccy
Glad you had a little trip in your caravan Liz, it sounds like so much fun!! Now it's off to sleep for the winter, but I'm sure lots of adventures will await come spring/summer. Your Christmas card is so pretty, love that tree die. Good for you for making 30 of them! I also love your second card, that embossing folder is so cool looking. The the color combo, those flowers and of course the enamel dots. Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteIncredible progress making 30 Liz and what an elegant design it is at that, many thanks for sharing and joining in with our 700th challenge at Allsorts.
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Wonderful cards. Love the sentiment on the Christmas card.
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Two gorgeous cards Liz. I really like the Christmas tree one.
ReplyDeleteTwo great cards - the sketch one is an interesting layout and the die used for the Christmas card looks great for batch making. Well done for making so many of those and using up lots of green and gold snippets
ReplyDeleteWOW! 30 of them? IT really is a lovely design and a great green too. Your second card is lovely with the embossed piece and pretty colour mix Liz.
ReplyDeleteBoth are great! I love the design on that second card and pretty colors. The Chirstmas tree is fantastic. SO pretty! 30 of them is a lot - but now you have so many nice cards for the holidays too!
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Lovely cards Liz, especially your Christmas card.
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Lovely Christmas tree card, beautiful die, thanks for playing along with us at Fab'n'Funky.
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Glad you had a trip out Liz both your cards are gorgeous I love the Christmas Card hugs Sue x
ReplyDeleteYour Christmas card is absolutely delicious and elegant, well done with your scraps!! Love the die you used.
ReplyDeleteThe second card looks so sweet! Love the cute flowers added!
Love both cards!
ReplyDeleteThe white & green one is such a cool idea and the star finish it off perfectly!
What a great idea to batch make that really pretty die cut tree to help with your final total of cards, and the green is such wonderful colour Liz. I really love that embossing folder used on the second and also the blue and pink spots pp, and beautifully embellished with the flowers and enamel dots. x
ReplyDeleteI've hopped over from Beccy's Place to see your card up close. I think this is a great design to batch make cards. The die cut is so elegant.
ReplyDeleteA lovely card. Thank you for sharing with us at Dream Valley Challenge. Marlene
ReplyDeleteGreat idea for the batch cards Liz - love that die. The sketch card is so pretty too. Shabneez x
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