Christmas Card Challenges #2

It's time for another challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges. This week we have a Photo Inspiration challenge.  I can't wait to see what you create!

I was inspired by the colors of the carolers and the blue section at the bottom of the photo. I used a background stamp by Pinkfresh Studio. I colored in the presents and background with my Tomboy markers. The Season's Greetings die is from Avery Elle. It was little hard to see the words when I first put them down on the card so I brushed some white ink over the middle of the card to dull the background a little so the words stand out more. It was a fun card to color. Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Card Challenges #39

Welcome to this week's challenge at Christmas Card Challenges.  This week we have an inspiration photo to help you get inspired to make another Christmas Card. I was inspired by the presents and the shiny colors. So, I made presents out of glitter papers. I used the Tim Holtz Packages Die to make the presents. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with this week! Thanks for stopping by!

Here is the inspiration photo.

Here's my card.

Lawn Fawn Scripty Thanks

I made this card originally for the Lawnscaping Challenge #85 which is a color challenge this week and then I realized it would also fit Virginia's View Challenge #5 Die Cuts and the Moxie Fab World Wonderful Words Challenge. So, I'm entering this one into three challenges.

To make this card I made my own watercolor paper like Virginia suggested a few days ago. I wasn't sure if I would use this for the background paper or in another way. As you can see I decided on another way, to use it for my tag. Here's what my paper looked like after I colored it with my Stampin' Up watercolor pencils in the Lawnscaping Challenge colors. Then brushed over the paper with a watercolor brush. I recently bought a new, relatively expensive watercolor brush because I found the cheap ones I had constantly dropped bristles and I had to keep picking them out of my projects. Luckily I got a little discount at Michaels. But, I really love my new brush and it didn't loose any bristles, yay!!

Here is the Lawnscaping Inspriation Photo - I love these colors!

Here's Virginia's Graphic.

Here's my card.

After I finished my watercolor paper I die cut the tag which is the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Duo 1 Die. I lined the edges of the tag with my black Stampers Big Brush pen. The Thanks die cut is the Scripty Thanks from Lawn Fawn. The curved line is from a Lawn Fawn stamp set called Happy Summer. The cord on the tag is from Lawn Trimmings Retro. The black paper is from PTI, the white paper is Neenah, the blue paper is from Stampin' Up, and the Tag background was made on paper from my mixed media art journal. Thanks for stopping by!