Snip, Snap, Crop

Just sharing the last of my red and white Christmas cards which I hope appeal to the person they are being made for.  ;-) I used the only reindeer stamp I own from Hot off the Press, for another card and the emboss resist technique for the patterned base. Tree trimmings, a retired Stampin' Up set with a greeting from Technique Tuesday and inspiration with a cardmap from Cardmaps book 4. Last but not least another card with inspiration from Cardmaps book 4 and stamp from The Stamps Of Life .  I have really enjoyed making all these Christmas cards which reminds me I need to start on my own for Christmas at some stage. Thanks for dropping by and Happy Craftin'...........

Still on Christmas cards and playing with some items I have had for ages and not used  yet - like my honeycomb embossing folder. I sat and made a Silhouette file to cut out the hexagons to fit inside the spaces so that I didn't  have to be forced to hand cut them each time I wanted to fill the gaps. See how laziness can cause you to create? I have shifted my shade of red in the last one to Riding hood red by Stampin' Up after using a heap of my Real Red cardstock. I have found that Fired Brick distress ink works nicely with this colour. I even used the brayered embossing folder technique to create a patterned paper effect as I have hardly and decent sized red pattern paper. Must keep that in mind when I am out and about.  There are a mix of stamps here from Hot of the Press - Enchanted Christmas, to Technique Tuesday - Christmas sayings, Kaisercraft - Merry Christmas - tree, Spellbinder Heirloom ornaments greeting and the large Merry Christmas does not h...