It's a Grinchy Christmas!

 The new theme challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is all about the Grinch.

This was a fun challenge for me, as the Grinch is one of my must-watch Christmas movies (the original animated one with Boris Karloff''s narration).  I had some Grinch character SVG files that I used as print & cut images to create this card.  The Christmas lights were stamped, colored & die cut.  I added some shimmer pen to parts of the printed images for some shine.

My wish is to always be more Cindy Lou Who than Grinch!

Jingle Belles Vintage Christmas challenge

 The current challenge at Jingle Belles is to create a vintage-style project.  I used some Tim Holtz ephemera, along with a very old technique, for this card.

I used the cracked ice technique on the Shiny Brite ephemera piece.  With this technique, you apply several coats of thick clear embossing powder (I used three coats of UTEE).  After the embossing is finished, you put the piece in the freezer for a few minutes.  Once you remove it from the freezer, you roll and bend the piece til the embossing starts cracking.  You can also add some ink over the top if you want to create some dark accents within the cracks.  It's fun to try a technique you haven't used in years!

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - color challenge

 Here's the current color challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown:

I used a die from Taylored Expressions and a sentiment from an old Hero Arts set for this card.  Part of the diecut was backed with blue cardstock for a sky, and the rest backed with white glitter cardstock for snow and the windows/door of the church.  The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed in white.

This ended up being a simple card to make and would be easy to mass produce if you needed several cards.  Normally I would die cut the silhouette image from black cardstock, but I like the softer look of the light brown. 

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - #175

 This month's challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenge is to include a tree on your project.  Here's my card for the challenge:

I used a stamp from Paper Artsy, and since it was a longer, narrow stamp, made it into a slimline card.  I stamped the card in black ink, then colored with some of their Mattint paints.  After everything was dry, I sprayed the stamped piece with shimmer spray and matted it onto some dark pink shimmer cardstock, and added a foiled sentiment sticker.   It's not a traditional Christmas card style, but I like it!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #101 - Wreath it Up

 The current challenge at Christmas Kickstart Challenge is to feature a wreath on your project.

I used an old (but favorite) set from WPlus9 for the wreath on this card, and a sentiment from Hero Arts and a bow die from Picket Fence.

This is a simple, classic card - no bling or sparkle - just a subtle shimmer from the red shimmer cardstock.  Hope you get a chance to check out all the cards over at Christmas Kickstart!

Jingle Belles sketch challenge

 Jingle Belles is hosting a sketch challenge right now.  Here is the sketch:

Here's my card from the sketch.   I used some 6x6 papers and a Tim Holtz stamp set.

It's hard to see, but I stamped some small stars around the Santa, with gold ink, just to fill in some of the white space on the circle diecut.

Jingle Belles Tic Tac Toe challenge and another card for the BYSH July link up

 Jingle Belles is hosting a tic-tac-toe challenge.  Here is the challenge board:

I used the bottom row for my card:  red, Santa and one layer.  I used stamps from HoneyBee (Santa and friends) and The Ink Blot Shop (sentiment).  Everything was colored with Olo markers.

The top portion was sponged with light blue ink, and I added some clear shimmer pen to the area below the "merry" stamp.  A little bit of glitter pen was added to Santa's fur. 

I'm adding this card to the Bash Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers July linky party. 

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