Reminder for Christmas Kickstart!

Hi everyone - It's reminder time for the January Christmas Kickstart Challenge - The Midas Touch!! I'm delighted to be Jo's elf this month and asked if I could be part of the reminder post with a new project. I can't seem to get away from touches of gold on my cards - LOL! 

Supplies: Paper - Park Lane gold A2 card;

Michael's green; Neenah white

Dies - Waffle Flower Postage Collage;

A Jillian Vance Design Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set

Stencil - Postage Collage Christmas

Inks - Tim Holtz DOI Tea Dye & Vintage Photo;

Hero Arts Cotton Candy, Red Royal, Green Apple, Forest, Gold,

& couple of light blues from old MMH kits

Other - sentiment strip from Taylored Expressions;

Park Lane gold gems; white gel pen

I'd seen some Divas use the Postage Collage die recently (Cindy HERE & Dawn HERE). I didn't have this die set but had purchased the Christmas stencil for it at my local store during after Christmas sales. It looks great by itself but with the die it's extra fun. Several online stores were out of it but I called back to Anchor Paper locally & they still had some. Off I went for a road trip to the western Twin Cities suburbs. Of course I couldn't just get one thing so you'll see more new stuff in the weeks to come....

The stencil set has 4 layers so I took photos of each in process to share; I used my somewhat new Waffleflower sticky mat:

You need to mask sections of the blocks to be sure colors don't transfer. I removed any masks before taking the photos. Since the collage die & stencils are new, I'm adding my card to Darnell's January NBUS Challenge. And remember, the Divas are asking for newly used stuff in January too - go HERE to enter.

That's it, friends! I hope I inspired you to join Jo & me with your touch of gold cards in the Kickstart gallery this month!!

Thanks for stopping and happy crafting!!