Thursday, December 22, 2016

Last minute Christmas cards

I have a confession: I am a member of a Christmas challenge design team and I make Christmas cards ALL year long, but I was still short on Christmas cards this year!!  Gasp!!  Actually, I kind of expected it, and was actually surprised that I had as many made as I did.  But, I still had to make a last minute batch and I did manage to finish them Tuesday.  Phew!  I'm waiting for 3 or 4 addresses from relatives that have moved, but other than that the rest of the cards have all been sent out!  So, here are the last 10 that I made:
 I had gotten a new snowflake set from PTI and I really wanted to use it, so I created my own background using all (except maybe one) the stamps from the set.  I used three full sized sheets of paper and just started stamping the snowflakes until I had each piece filled.  then I used a stitched rectangle die to cut four panels out of each sheet.  So, each one is just a little bit different.  I made 10 cards and then had two panels left over so I created two other cards that I will show in my next post.
The sentiment strips were all cut from pieces of scrap that were in my scrap pile.  And the "Jesus" was cut from a scrap of wrapping paper I had saved from a couple of Christmases ago.  It had a fabulous texture and shine and I just couldn't throw it away.  It worked perfectly to add a bit of interest.  To finish everything off, I added some stickles to the center of each snowflake to add a little bit of sparkle.  You can see the sparkle and the shine of the sentiment in the photo below.

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI "Fab Flakes" and "Inspired: Jesus"
Dies: PTI "Inspired: Jesus"; MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:
Unicorn #16--add some glitter (the stickles)
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--anything goes
Sugar Pea Designs #26--anything goes
ABC Christmas--Y for Yikes (yikes I NEED 10 cards) or Z for zoom
A Gem of a Challenge #184--Christmas
Fashionable Stamping #118--anything goes
CAS-ual Fridays #163--Christmas & Hanukkah
A Bit More Time To Craft #34--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #312--cute or anything goes
Di's Digis--happy holidays
Come And Get It--Christmas
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #260--anything goes with snippets (sentiment strips and gold paper)
{Pin}spirational Challenge #181--inspiration photo (I was inspired by the colors)

Tuesday Morning Sketches #383--anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown--anything goes
Creative Craft Cottage #78--anything goes
Crafting By Designs--here come the holidays
The Paper Shelter--anything goes
MFT #312--sketch

Penny's Challenge #309--anything goes
Crafty Gals #102--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--make it sparkle
Word Art Wednesday #262--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Crafty Creations #331--any holiday
Inspiration Destination #117--anything goes
C.R.A.F.T. #395--anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #157--anything goes

21 comments:

  1. Beautiful cards Heather - so soft and pretty, wonderful design and unusual colours as well. And a perfect take on the inspiration photo - clever you!

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  2. A beautiful set of cards and a lovely design. Thanks for sharing them with us at ABC Christmas challenge.
    Lorraine DT

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  3. Hi Heather. It's a great idea for doing backgrounds...it looks really effective. They don't look like 'quick cards' at all.
    Wishing you a Merry Christmas with loads of happy memories.
    Thank you for joining us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges.
    Dot x

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  4. Very pretty, love the non-traditional colors. I had to smile at the stamping to fill a sheet; use that technique too, especially when there are little ones stamping with me. Never fails to product some lovely cards. Thanks for joining the Anything Goes at Tuesday Throwdown.

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  5. Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at Pinspirational, good luck!!! Amy DT

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  6. What a beautiful set of cards! I love the colors you chose. Thanks so much for sharing with us at CRAFT this week.

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  7. Beautiful set of cards. The colors are stunning and the embossed sentiment is perfect. Thanks for sharing with us at Tuesday Morning Sketches.

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  8. Wow! These are beautiful, Heather!! Wonderful BG you created, and I love the sentiment!!!
    Thanks for playing along at Tuesday Morning Sketches!!
    Debbie
    Debbie's Dash of This and That

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  9. Squee! I adore your beautiful snippets card in these non-traditional colors, Heather! I hope you enjoyed Christmas and I wish you a Happy New Year!! Hugs, Darnell

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  10. What a lovely card .
    Thanks for joining us at Come And Get It challenge.Neva

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  11. beautiful! Thanks for playing along with CAS-Fridays challenge

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  12. these are beautiful!! congrats on getting so many handmade greetings out during the holidays :) thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

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  13. These are so pretty! Thanks for joining in at CRAFT Challenge.

    love Mags B DT x

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  14. Beautiful set of cards..Love the soft colors and the layout..Thank you so much for joining us at Crafty Creations Challenges.. Wish you a great year ahead!! Hugs Deepti

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  15. Lovely card thank you for joining us at Creative Craft Cottage - good luck
    Lyn - DT

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  16. Gorgeous cards Heather, the design is beautiful, love the colors and sentiment 😍

    Thanks for joining us on the ABC Christmas Challenge and Happy New Year!! 🍾πŸ₯‚
    Luv
    Lols x x x

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  17. These certainly don't look last minute. Great job. Thank you for sharing with us at the C.R.A.F.T. Challenge. - Myrna DT

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  18. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us at SugarPea Designs this month!

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  19. Very pretty! Thank you for joining us at Creative Craft Cottage. Cindy (DT)

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  20. A lovely card and such a great background.
    Thanks for sharing with us at FSC
    Avril x

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  21. Beautiful!!! Thanks so much for participating in our {PIN}SPIRATIONAL challenge. Hope you participate in our next challenge!! Have a happy crafty day!!!
    Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper

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