Merriest Christmas Wishes

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.  Luke 2:11

Wishing everyone a blessed, joyful Christmas! Turned out I needed another Christmas card, as I found a container of homemade cookies on the porch from our neighbors.  They're a couple with 2 young kids.  We say hi & the little boy loves to talk if he's in the front yard when I'm walking Fritz.  We've never exchanged cards or goodies--such a nice surprise. Here's the card I made for them using Taylored Expressions Snowfall embossing folder & Hero Arts Merriest Christmas Wishes stamp set.  I love the look of the dry embossed vellum & this is a great stamp to show how gorgeous Delicata Golden Glitz ink really is.

The sentiment is stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa & I trimmed it into a flag.  The little wooden star is Studio Calico & I clear embossed it for a bit of shine.  The image panel & sentiment are both mounted with foam tape. Lots of dimension, so I'm entering the challenge at a2z Scrapbooking.  I used the Tic Tac Toe row "no printed paper, vellum, gold" for the Share Joy Challenge.  My layout is based on the wonderful Freshly Made Sketches 217.  I'm also entering at Twofers.  Thanks so much for visiting my blog.

Pink Reindeer

I've been trying for days to come up with a reindeer card for the One Layer Christmas Card Challenge.  Then today I saw Merry Monday also wants a reindeer & I came across this adorable one by Hero Arts in my collection. The Share Handmade Kindness Card Shower is an option for Week 3 of the challenge. It includes cards for 6 yr old Emily who loves dark pink--a girl after my own heart!  I began by masking an area & blending Distress Ink picked raspberry & ripe persimmon. The little deer was then stamped in Versafine & so was the Technique Tuesday sentiment. The little star is included in the TT set & I stamped it in ripe persimmon.  Stickles make for a sparkly, feminine little reindeer that will hopefully make Emily smile.  Might have to make more cards with this layout--nice & flat for mailing.  Thanks so much for taking time to visit my blog.
Edited to add: Also entering the one layer Christmas card challenge at a2z Scrapbooking.

Looking for a new challenge?  Here are 2 that offer prizes & don't have many entries:
Words 2 Scrap By & Twofers.