Trio of Christmas Cathedral Cards

The most wonderful time of the year is quickly upon us, and I'm fully into all

things Christmas. (I started Christmas decorating the day after Halloween!)

The craftroom is glittered and glowing with new stamps and dies, and I try

to spend a few hours each day enjoying the new orders.

Cathedral die from the Greetery was one of the newbies. It has a set of stencils that

allow you to play with color. 

The first card I made was on a Soft Stone background with the Greetery's Brick Layer die.

I made a stencil with the die and vellum, allowing a brick shadow effect.

Pine Wisp die and Opposites Attract Holiday and Holiday Script.

With those items I did a trio of Christmas cards.

The second card is on a cream bg, with brighter windows, and a copper embossed sentiment.

All 3 cards are sprayed with a glitter spray, and all have chunky glitter added to the pine.

And the 3rd, on a nighttime background.

Such a fun set, and so easy to whip up a striking card!

How are you holiday cards coming? Hope I gave you some inspiration today.

Enjoy the season, friends. 

1Pe. 1:2

 

Joy with the Greetery

 

2 More 'Joy' cards with the Greetery's new Holiday release.

So much fun playing with the die cut 'joy'. Background created with metallic watercolors.

(Using up some of my 'stash' panels).

Hard to capture the glimmer on this card. Learning to use my new Lightbox is one

more challenge in an already challenging year. 

The Greetery's Frosty Corners Die and Poppystamps Ovals Die.

Actually holding this in my left hand, while I snap a picture with the right. This 'hobby'

requires balance as well as acrobatics!

And another hot foiled Joy card. This time framed with Poppystamps' Stitched Rectangles

over The Greetery's Nordic Frames. Pretty good fit, and I loved the detail of one frame 

over another.

The Christmas Berries are stamped in pinks this time, topped with the Greetery's bow.

It's hard to move on from these sets from the Greetery, but my desk is full of

more to play with! Stay tuned for more...

Weekend's coming, have a happy one!

A Trio of Joy

 

A Trio of Joy cards with the Greetery's Joy Hot Foil and stamp and die sets.

Playing with the new Glimmer Hot Foil system is just too much fun!

Christmas Joy began with the Fond of Foliage stamp. It's a big red rubber stamp, 

and I selectively inked the stamp with shades of light and dark Oxide inks. Then

sponge inked the panel in red and pink, darker and heavier on the corners.

Joy is hot foiled with copper foil onto PTI's ripe avocado. I've used the Winterberry 

Bouquet set before, and love the steps of first stenciling, then stamping the colors.

The 2 thin stitched frames are Poppystamps, and Christmas is the Greetery's 

Opposites Attract Holiday. A few Pine Wisp branches too.

I just bought a Lightbox, and learning to use it is a new challenge. It's only 12 x 12", and

I wish I had bought one larger. 

Anyway, Hope you enjoyed the first of 3 cards made with the Joy set. 

I'll post the other 2 tomorrow. 

Thanks for the visit! And I hope you're enjoying cooler weather. We had a 

great wet past 2 days. So needed in our dry valley! 

It's a Time of Joy

 

I had some time to play with more of my Greetery order this weekend, and worked with

the Abundant Joy Hot Foil, and it's coordinating die. 

The color possibilities are endless, with so many foil colors, and cardstock too.

My Christmas card has the new Curio Attic Ornaments, which are dies, so you can cut 

them from any paper, glittered or solid.

The ornaments were first cut from a glitter paper, and then sponged with Oxide ink. I was

pleasantly surprised to see how well the cardstock stayed glittery even with the application

of ink.

I loved how Betsy tucked a pine bough in the corner of one of her cards, and played with

that idea on my card.

The scrip from Opposites Attract was stamped, die cut, and then I added a gold pen 

detail on the top edge. (Really wish I hadn't, but it's there, so...)

I did 6 of the hot foil 'JOY' dies, so I'm going to be busy doing some more cards. 

Not complaining... it's what I love!

Poppystamps Blog Blitz! Trio of Joy

Hi folks!  

How would you like to win this GORGEOUS Poppystamps holiday die?

You can! Simply head on over to the Poppystamps blog, 

Holiday Blog Blitz! Trio of Joy by Nancy Penir

and comment on my post. And while you're at it, not just my post but ALL the holiday

blitz' posts for a chance to win one of MANY dies free!

It's that easy! 

On the blog, I explain how I made this trio of holiday cards with the new die,

Mountain Hills Plate.

Winners announced on August 6th.

Good luck! And Happy Crafting!