April Christmas Cards Stamp Camp - Part 1

Sharing the first card we made at my April Christmas Card Stamp Camp.  It's a little non-traditional for a Christmas card - but I really like it.  I used Snowflake Soiree and stamped the Snowflake in Coastal Cabana, then punched out with the flower punch.  To give it some pop, I stamped a small snowflake with Momento Black and punched just the center to add to the center of the large snowflake.  Then added a gem in the middle.  Some of these items are retired - but its that in-between time on our catalogs that I end up doing that.  Good thing is the new Catty that starts in June has some Christmas card sets this year - woo, hoo!!!

Added my sentiment, layered it up, popped on some ribbon and all done - beautiful!!  ~Maureen

Faux Torn Edge Card

Today I want to share the beautiful Christmas card we made with the torn edge technique.  We used it a little differently here then we did on the technique card I showed yesterday.  First we stamped "Believe" from the "Snowflake Soiree" set with Night of Navy at the bottom right, for placement.  For this card we placed two paper torn masks facing each other on the card about 2 inches apart.  Then sponged in from the masks on both sides with Not Quite Navy ink. 

After we were done sponging, but while the masks were still on we stamped the littlest snowflake from the same set in Night of Navy randomly along the sponged strips, then removed the masks - this leaves a ribbon of color with snowflakes looking like they are falling through it.

We added SU gems to any snowflakes that had a complete center showing and Voila!  Beautiful, quick, one layer Christmas card.  Hope you like it!!

Thanks for stopping by today!!  ~Maureen