322 Days To Christmas!

I'm feeling a little bummed out. I don't know why, so I decided to create. I knew exactly what I wanted to do for this weeks Christmas Card Challenges Week #10 - Create Your Own Background and Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #58 - Use a Die Cut. The background is something I learned in high school art class. I used watercolors and salt to create a frosted effect. I painted a very wet wash on water color paper, then sprinkled it with table salt. As it dries the paint is sucked up by the salt creating this effect. This can also work with a dark wash, creating a starry sky. As for the second challenge, that was easy. I finished off my card with a cut from Cricut Cartridge - Winter Woodland. Feeling a bit better, I hope you like my card.
 

Background close up

Entered Challenges:

Christmas Card Challenges Week #10 - Create Your Own 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #58 - Use a Die Cut

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Winter Woodland - Christmas card

Here is a simple Christmas card I made using Winter Woodland. The count down is on and I gotta get to work on some more cards!

I have also uploaded this too: Fantabulous Cricut's Challenge # 88 - Holiday Cards

Happy December 1st,



Colin

Cricut Cardz Challenge #96

This challenge was: Challenge #96 "Christmas: Say It with S!" Make a card for Christmas using an image that starts with the letter S, using any cartridge(s) and any colors you'd like.

 Check it out @ Cardz Tv

Here is my creation, though not a card, I used the Skate cut from Winter Woodland to make a broach.
I tried to do this with felt first, but quickly leaned that it doesn't cut well. I cut several shadow layers and glued them together to give it some support. this is not quite finished, I would still like to lightly sand the edges to make them even. I would also like to apply a finish of some sort to protect it a bit from ware. I learned that I am not good with a glue gun, so excuse the mess of the glued backing.

Skate on,



Colin

Joy!

I want to first mention that I am sorry for my lack of posts. I have been in money saving mode and have been working like a demon. I started this with the intention of posting more than once a week. Thank you for your patience, after the holidays I will try a bit harder at posting.

My post for today is my first Christmas card! I have a few cards I have been working on, so this is the first of many. I have lots of cards to make for the holidays (finding time is another thing), so when I saw the 'Bitten by the Bug 2 - Winter Woodland...Joy Challenge' I saw it as a chance to get another card out of the way. I have been making a few cards out of Tag cuts, and so I continued that with this card. I don't have a Gypsy so I have to cut 2 layers the same and glue them together to make a card. This card was made with the Cricut - Winter Woodland cartridge. Hope you enJOY!