Just popping by with a quick post amidst the last minute Christmas rush :) I am slowly starting to feel in the festive mood....might even make mince pies tomorrow!
First up is a card playing with my fab new Hero Arts stars die. It is a good size and perfect as the focal point on a card....it does most of the work for you.
I coloured a piece of watercolour card with distress stains and water and sprayed it with Mister Huey shine spray. The die cut star panel was layered up several times to give some dimension and a few of the stars were scattered around the edge. The sentiment from Hero Arts is silver embossed.
I shall link up at the A2Z Scrapbooking's December challenge to use watercolouring.
My second card is inspired by the challenge at AAA Cards to use plaid:
I used some stripes and stitches stamps from Inky Doodles to create a plaid effect and die cut some baubles. Some stitch stamps white embossed around the edge and a sentiment from PTI completes the country feel to my Christmas card. The AAA link is closed but I can still join up at Addicted to Stamps where the themes is Anything Goes. Also I will link up at CAS on Sunday where the theme is Christmas.
I hope you like them and are still finding time to create during the holiday period :)
Thanks for stopping by!
Sarah x
Love the background for the star card and the creative use of Tartan!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us at ATSM and Happy Christmas, :)
Great cards Sarah, the stitiched edge really caught my eye. So, have the mince pies been made? Have a super XMas xx
ReplyDeleteFabulous cards! Love especially the first one with the stars ;)
ReplyDeleteHave a Happy Christmas!
Two gorgeous cards, Sarah! I love your water coloring on the first one and how you played with your new star dies! Really fun stitching on the 2nd card, too! Thanks so much for playing along with us at ATSM and at a2z Scrapbooking!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards. The embossed "stitched" edges of your second card look amazing! Cool idea!
ReplyDeleteFun colours on the first! And your plaid looks almost a very soft one...great card aswell! Hugs, Gerrina
ReplyDeleteGreat cards! That is an awesome star die. I really love all of your stitching on your second card. Fabulous CAS card! Thanks for joining us at ATSM. :)
ReplyDeleteFab starry card and I love the rustic feel of your Christmas card. Lovely mix if kraft and tartan and the stamped stitches look great to frame it. Thanks for sharing at ATSM this week, Anita x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards Sarah - love them both! I hope you have a lovely christmas - hugs xx
ReplyDeleteThese are so fun Sarah!! Merry Christmas to you and your family! xoxo
ReplyDeleteLOVE that watercolour spritzed background with all the stars, Sarah ... what a gentle, rustic feel those ornaments have ... the stitched edge is fabulous! Anita :)
ReplyDeleteOooo, love that star die! That's my favorite way to watercolor. ;) Thanks for joining us over at a2z Scrapbooking!
ReplyDeletethese are both lovely! Thanks for joining in at a2z!
ReplyDeleteBoth are awesome thanks for joining us over at CAS on sunday.
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