December 2022 Card Chain Reveal

Happy January 2nd everyone! Hope you had a wonderful New Year celebration!

Today we're revealing cards mailed around the world for the December 2022 Card Chain Challenge. Twenty-six people participated & my card went to another Linda (Linda Grady on Flickr). You can see the full reveal HERE.

Supplies: Paper - Purple A2 card by unk; Hero Arts Glitter Paper Basics;

Neenah white; Poptone Black Licorice; Paper Studio Glitter cardstock;

Momenta Watercolor Print

Stamps - Hampton Arts Ellen Krans Penguin Holidays (retired);

Hero Arts All Occasion Messages (retired)

Embossing Folder - Sizzix Tim Holtz Snowfall

Stencil - Hero Arts Sprinkled Dots

Dies - A Jillian Vance Design Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set; 

Sizzix Tim Holtz Cozy Winter (branch);

My Favorite Things Torn Paper Edges & Essential Speech Bubbles

Other - Spun Sugar & Villanous Potion Distress Inks;

Hero Arts White Iridescent Shimmer Mist;

Copic Markers; foam tape

For December we had a fabulous, over-the-top 5x5 tic-tac-toe grid to inspire us. I used the center vertical row since I love, love, love purple! Didn't want to use the horizontal row with purple since that row also had a rocker card. If anyone was ambitious (crazy??) enough to do a coverall, they would be in the running for a prize. Well, I was already avoiding the rocker card, so I guess a coverall wasn't meant to be this year - LOL.

For the background I ink blended Distress Inks on a panel of Neenah white, then stenciled the dots. After die cutting with a stitched rectangle, I embossed the panel with the snowfall ef and spritzed it with shimmer mist. Layered with a black mat and onto an A2 card. Stamped and fussy cut the bear & bird from a 2008 Hampton Arts Ellen Krans design set, colored with Copics. 

I used three different scraps - the bear's scarf was stamped on a scrap of watercolor print paper, the glittery ground beneath the bear was die cut from a scrap left from cutting tops to stocking tags, & the branch from a scrap of purple glitter card. Here's the pile of scrap from whence came the scraps for my card:

I have a small bin next to the Vagabond for scraps - well, it piled up to four times the height of the bin and was spilling onto the floor - time for a clean up, I'd say! I had a nice chunk of glitter paper left from cutting stocking tops (just below the lamp in the photo) - used it to cut the bottom of a rectangle, then I die cut the top edge with a torn paper die. Couldn't find my Lawn Fawn stitched hills for the life of me! Used that for my scene's snow.

You can see the purple glitter scrap towards the bottom middle of the photo (used for the branch) and the watercolor print scrap has a big oval cut out of it. I fussy cut the stamped scarf and glued onto the bear. Just love that bear & remembered using the same bear image for the Feb 2021 Card Chain, as well as the same sentiment stamp! You can see that card HERE if desired.

I still awaiting a fabulous card from dear Carol G. (Crafty Stamper) in the UK. The holiday mail service can be slow but I look forward to receiving it soon! ** Update - the card arrived 1/7/2023 - yay!! We had some serious snow the first week of January and mail was definitely delayed. Thanks Carol - love your beautiful slimline!!

Start the new year right with handmade cards & join the Card Chain! You still have until January 6th to sign up for the January chain - go HERE for full details.

Thanks for stopping!