Saturday, January 31, 2015

Happy Saturday - more Christmas cards!

Ah - it's the weekend - yay!!  After a long week at work, it was nice to get ready for the day at a leisurely pace.  Then I ran some errands, had lunch with my friend Jayne (a talented card-maker who I met through the Hero Arts Flickr Group), and finished another Christmas card!  Although we had gloomy skies, we've seen no snow so far today - perfect!  Jayne and I had a stress-free drive to Anchor Paper, a fun paper warehouse that also sells craft supplies.  We ate lunch at the Good Earth restaurant - love their cinnamon spice tea!

I blogged earlier this week about Merry Monday's caroler theme.  I had done two cards but only got a good photo of one of them.  Here's the second card:

Caroler quartet

This one uses a Silhouette file by Hero Arts called Carolers Silhouette - just love this quartet that includes a doggie!  Couldn't find the black patterned paper I wanted to use so I cut the image on white.  Then I cut another one on this red patterned paper from Graphic 45 (Twas the Night Before Christmas collection 8x8).  Didn't like either of them alone so I layered the red over the white - liked it enough to finish the card with it.  The snowflake paper behind the carolers is from My Mind's Eye (Merry Little Christmas 6x6).

Then I finished a card I started for last week's Merry Monday challenge to use a house on your card.  I cut a Silhouette file by Jennifer Wambach called Merry Christmas House Card.  Used some Distress Markers to color bits of it and do some faux stitching.  I stamped the house roofs with Hero Arts' Envelope Liner Background stamp.

Merry Christmas banner

So I'm up to 18 Christmas cards for my stash - so exciting!  Hope you're having a crafty weekend and thanks for stopping!!
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12 comments:

  1. BonnieJanuary 31, 2015 at 7:02 PM

    Love the red and blue and that caroler die, Linda! And I love the house card. Thanks for sharing them both with us at Merry Monday!

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  2. KarrenJanuary 31, 2015 at 7:45 PM

    Fabulous cards! The Silhouette file is perfect for this challenge and I love how you cut if from patterned paper. Thanks so much for joining us at Merry Monday.

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  3. Judy1223January 31, 2015 at 9:39 PM

    Linda, it sounds like you had a lovely day! I love the blue and red combo on your carollers card...that image always reminds me of A Christmas Carol! So lovely cut on that patterned paper!

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  4. Kay MillerJanuary 31, 2015 at 11:28 PM

    Both of your cards are just wonderful! I'm loving those cut files! They are fabulous!!

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  5. Dawn TFebruary 1, 2015 at 2:43 AM

    delightful Linda. What a novel idea to use PP for the silhouette. Your cutting machine has had a good workout with these two,

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  6. JillyFebruary 1, 2015 at 2:46 AM

    Great idea and love the paper used instead of just cutting on plain xx

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  7. Susan PowellFebruary 1, 2015 at 9:00 AM

    I love the dsp you used - it looks wonderful together and the way you used it on the silhouette is fantastic!

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  8. LinFebruary 1, 2015 at 10:13 AM

    Love, love, LOOOOOOVE that first card, Linda! I love that you used printed paper for the carolers! Beautiful and such a unique card!!

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  9. Debbie BonczekFebruary 1, 2015 at 4:33 PM

    Love these cards. I love that you cut those carolers out of the pattern paper. Fabulous.

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  10. Susan JoyceFebruary 1, 2015 at 10:15 PM

    Love your cut out image and how you used the DSP on them. Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday.

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  11. GretaFebruary 2, 2015 at 1:57 PM

    Well-deserved HM for your carolers card, Linda--congrats!

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  12. SallyFebruary 4, 2015 at 8:37 PM

    Big congrats on your HM at Merry Monday, Linda! I love the carolers cut from patterned paper against the pretty blue background! The card with the houses is adorable - love the banner floating across the sky!

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