Christmas Cards - Snarky Cats, Bold Tidings, Retro Flakes, and Winterscape

This Snarky Cat Christmas card is really fairly quick to make. I took a red background that was pretty plain, and stamped the stars from Vintage Holiday onto it in Toner Ink. Then I ran it through my Minc so the stars were gold foiled.

To go with the gold foil, I framed the cute Santa cat in a black cardstock and a Metallic Gold Kraftstock mat.

Then to finish it off I cut a strip of black cardstock, and heat embossed the sentiment in gold. Then cut a little gold buckle using two of the Stacked Squares dies. That was it! Super easy.

This Winterscape card took a bit of fussy cutting and masking.  I began by stamping the cabin and trees in the upper right corner of the card. Then I stamped it on masking paper by Judikins, and I fussy cut it out and masked it off. Then I stamped part of the larger tree in the bottom right side of the card.

I also stamped the larger tree in the bottom left of the card, as well as onto some Judikins masking paper and fussy cut it out. I masked off the large tree and still had the mask on the cabin stamp. Then I stamped just the tree portions from the cabin stamp in the top left corner of the card. I really felt like this gave the card some depth. To really get some white areas on the trees, I painted a bit of white paint in areas where the stamp looked like it had some snow piled on the trees. Next I stamped the deer in the center and I watercolored everything. 

To finish it off, I heat embossed a Christmas Tiny Text onto a thin piece of black cardstock and attached it over the trees in the upper right corner.

This card was just a fun one to make. I made this Microglaze Resist background awhile back during a creative session and had it in my stash of backgrounds. I kind of felt like it looked a little like a snow storm, so that determined the direction of this card.

I stamped the Bold Tidings - Believe in the Magic and the Retro Flakes in Heidi Swapp Toner Ink.

Then I ran the entire piece through my Minc so that they would be gold foiled.

I matted the card in gold Metallic Kraftstock and then mounted it on a white card base. This card went together very fast.

I couldn't decide between the gold and silver foil, but I'm glad I went with the gold as I feel like it stands out more on this background.

Thank you so much for stopping by to see these cards. They were a lot of fun to put together and I hope they spark some Christmas Card inspiration for you.

Tami

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