Finishing touches on Christmas Cards.

I've had the best time making my Christmas cards this year.  My main goals were to keep them bright, clean and simple.   With a few new dies and stamps from Lil' Inker Designs I had a nice mix to choose from.  These little trees were simple but when used in multiples they really become a great focus.

I admit, this next card is far from simple.  I was in the mood try a few techniques on this card starting with the background.  I stenciled the brick pattern on using Tim Holtz distress inks.  I also sprinkled on some water droplets to give it a dreamy affect.  The window die and banner die are from Spellbinders.  For the tree I just punched out a bunch of little pine branches with a Martha Stewart punch and glued them in the form of a tree and added some sparkly sequins.  This is one of my all time favorite cards.

I'm always trying to find a way to use this Lil' Inker chevron background stamp.  I thought the red would look great on a white background.  Kind of reminds me of candy canes.  The little wreath was made with the same little Martha Stewart punch and then I added some touches of gold.  I love gold foiled cardstock!

This Jolly card is a total lift from Tracey McNeely.  I absolutely loved the simplicity of it and I thought it gave such a great impact.  No one can look at this card and not realize who's "jolly" tummy this is.  I used Lil' Inker jolly die and stitched diagonal die.  I also used the pierced square die-namics from My Favorite Things for the buckle and added some glossy accents.

And for this final card I was just really wanting to use this new Border Builders die from Lil' Inker Designs.  These dies are so fun.  I love the curves!!  For the sentiment I used a stamp set from Winnie & Walter and embossed with Ranger Super fine gold embossing powder. I was very impressed by how clean it embossed, especially the smaller sentiment.

So.....as much as I don't want to be, I think I'm done with my Christmas cards for this year.   I'll be busy making a couple cakes before Christmas and of course the annual gingerbread houses, but hopefully I'll find time to sneak in some scrapbooking and cardmaking between projects.

Thanks for looking!!

~Lisa~