Pink Snowflakes and White Space

Hi friends! I'm popping in again today with a couple more quick Christmas cards I made this weekend before packing all the Christmas goodies away again.  The snowflakes are printed using the Snowflake Tidings Printable that comes with purchase of the Snowflake Tidings Die Set.

I colored the snowflakes with  a watercolor pencil and blended with a clear wink of stella glitter pen, then cut with the coordinating Snowflake Tidings Die Set.  I layered the two sizes of snowflakes together and accented with a fun rhinestone embellishment.

For the layouts, I just played around with scraps of paper and a Lacey Trim Duo die cut that were on my desk until I got something I liked. The silent night sentiment is from the Winter Peace DIGITAL Set and the let the earth rejoice sentiment is from the Christmas Blessings DIGITAL Set.

I embossed each background with a different embossing folder to add a little texture to the white space.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Winter Peace DIGITAL Set, Christmas Blessings DIGITAL Set, Snowflake Tidings Printable (Verve)
Paper: Sugar Plum (My Mind's Eye), riding hood red (SU!), white
Ink: Julie Nutting watercolor pencils (American Crafts), laser printer, wink of stella clear glitter pen (Zig)
Accessories: Snowflake Tidings Die Set, Lacey Trim Duo Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), rhinestones, circle and rectangle dies (Cottage Cutz), snowflake embossing folder (Tim Holtz), polka dot embossing folder (Park Lane)

Elegant Christmas and a Winner

Hi friends! I've been recovering from a pretty miserable sinus infection and although I made a few cards in the past week, I just haven't had the energy to blog about them. However, I'm long overdue on announcing the winner from my Simply Sweet Christmas Inspiration Hop Giveaway, and since I already had the photos edited, I figured I might as well post a little duet of cards I made with the Christmas Blessings DIGITAL Set. Be sure to hang out until the end for the winner announcement.

The layout is really simple, just a square with a few mats and a couple of ribbon or paper strips.  The first one I made was the 2 Corinthians one and I matted with mossy meadow, then with a scrap of shiny gold.  A couple strips of ribbon, a bow and some lovely designer paper and the card was finished.  

Unfortunately, I was all out of that shiny gold, so for the next card I went with a glittered gold paper.  Since the color didn't match my ribbon well, I just cut two strips of paper for the horizontal stripes.  I wanted to used the cross image that I had already colored and cut, so shifted the sentiment down to incorporate it into the mix.

Since I made and photographed these cards, I received my order of shiny gold cardstock and have already made two more of the first design with the other two glory sentiments from the Christmas Blessings DIGITAL Set. They came together so quickly and easily, but still have a classy, elegant feel, with the true meaning of Christmast front and center.

Okay, on with my giveaway winner's announcement.  Thanks to everyone who left a comment on my post. I loved reading about your favorite Christmas traditions. 

The random winner is Darnell

Congrats, Darnell!  You win the Good Cheer DIGITAL Set and the Happiness in a Cup Die Set, as well as a little variety pack of handmade cards from my stash. Keep an eye out for an email from me.

Enabler's List
Stamps: Christmas Blessings DIGITAL Set (Verve)
Paper: Vintage Christmas (Authentique), cream (Neenah), gold cardstock
Ink: laser printer, copic markers
Accessories: Pierced squares dies (Cottage Cutz), scallop squares nestabilities (Spellbinders), gold ribbon, Nuvo drops (Tonic)