FUN WITH CHRISTMAS CARDS

Hello again my lovelies.

Can you believe that it is only 19 more sleeps till Christmas Day?

I would ask the question, where has the year gone? but I think we all know the answer to that.

As the title of this post suggests I have had a lot of fun making Christmas cards to send to friends and family.

There are so many fantastic Scrapmatts Christmas themed products to chose from that you can get a bit lost, so I decided just to use a few different ones and little bits n pieces that I had from leftover projects.

Here they all are and instead of putting the products under each card I will do it right at the end of the post except for the first two which are part of the new range of shaker ornaments now in stock.

I had so much fun creating these and I can confidentially say that I will never get all of the glitter out of the house.

For the star shape I used a silver gel pen to colour in the shape with a gold one for the star circle. Seed beads are inside with all the little pieces which I again used gel pens on. I kept a little piece of the holly to add to the front.

 

PRODUCTS USED

CB6136 SHAKER ORNAMENT STAR

This one is where I went a wee bit overboard with the glitter!!

Again gel pens and white gloss paint for the small pieces which I then covered with glossy accents for the beautiful shine.

For the frame of the window I used crackle paste and on the snowflakes white gesso.

For the background I utilised the small circle stencil with texture paste and heaps of coarse white glitter.

The little bling gems were the perfect finishing touch.

PRODUCTS USED

CB136 SHAKER WINDOW ORNAMENT

CB1178 SNOWFLAKES 01

ST9071 CIRCLES STENCIL

SILVER SPARKLE ACRYLIC GEMS

Now for the cards. 

I used  stencils, bling, chipboard, scrapwords, lace, glitter pens, sharpies and even made my first easel card. 

Thanks to Kim for teaching me.

PRODUCTS USED

CB HOLLY

CB1180 SNOWFLAKES O3

CB1227 CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS

LL011 35MM LACE

CHAMPAGNE ACRYLIC CRAFT GEMS

ST5052 STARS

CB138 CIRCLES 02

LL010 10MM LACE

CB1212 SCRAP WORDS 14

ST9027 DAMASK STENCIL

CB1103 WORDS 23 SEASONS GREETINGS

CB4063 LEAF SPRAY 13

CB6070 CHRISTMAS SCENE

CB1095 REINDEERS 03

Well I must have tried putting too many pictures of the products in this post because it wouldn't let me do anymore than I had, oh well, at least the links are there.

I hope that you enjoyed looking at my cards and that it inspires you to create some of your own.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a joyous and peaceful Christmas with the hope that the New Year will bring you a better year than we have just had.

Hugs and love to all

Annette xx