Christmas Kickstart Challenge - Twofer Christmas Trees!

Hey everyone - my friend Dawn (Dawn's World) posted a card for Christmas Kickstart Challenge 16 and mentioned that Darnell (djkardkreations) who runs the Twofer Challenge is Jo's "elf" this time. I love Darnell's Twofer Challenge so just had to play for the first time at Christmas Kickstart! With Darnell's Twofer Challenge, your two cards have to be for two different occasions. But because she's elfing for Christmas Kickstart, the cards must both be for Christmas; the theme is Christmas Tree. Here's my twofer:

I just bought a new Hero Arts color layering tree set and decided to give it a play. For the first card, I stamped the background layer tree, masked it and stamped four more times. On the second card, I stamped the background layer tree and then one of the Nordic patterns over top. What to do with this tree?? I had also bought the new Hero Arts snow globe set so decided to add my tree to a snow globe. Here's a closer look:

Supplies: Paper - DCWV sparkle blue A2 card; Momenta Watercolor; black glitter

Dies - My Favorite Things stitched rectangle (retired Blueprint); Recollections Mini words

Stamps - Hero Arts Color Layering Nordic Tree

Inks - Distress Oxide Inks - Cracked Pistachio, Iced Spruce, Pine Needles, Peeled Paint, Twisted Citron

Other - Distress Markers; Picket Fence Distress Spray; washi tape; star sticker gems (thanks again Heather)

After stamping the trees with ink, I spritzed the stamp with water and stamped again. This moved the ink around a bit. I dried the trees thoroughly before spritzing with the Picket Fence Distress Spray for some "snow". The snow got a little yellow on the Peeled Paint & Twisted Citron trees even with no dog in sight - LOL!

Supplies: Paper - DCWV sparkle green A2 card; Momenta Watercolor; red glitter; 

Poptone Black; Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; 

American Crafts (Target Hotspot paper from a few years ago); 

My Mind's Eye Necessities (Woodgrain); Tim Holtz Kraft Metallic

Dies - Hero Arts Layering Snow Globe; Recollections Mini words; Spellbinders Ribbon Banners

Stamps - Hero Arts Color Layering Nordic Tree 

Inks - Old Paper Distress Oxide; Hero Arts red

Other - star sticker gem; Copic BG000 for shading

I really liked the look of the Old Paper background ink with the red Nordic stamp over it! The Nordic patterned paper went well with the red overlay stamp, I thought. Anyway, it was fun getting two more Christmas cards done, plus using some new goodies. Thanks Jo and Darnell & SSS!

Thanks for stopping by! If you're looking for Day 3 of my Ireland trip, find it here. I'm taking a break from blogging but hope to get back to it soon!