The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #70 Anything Christmas Goes.
Good morning! It's a beautiful, sunny day her in S-E Hertfordshire, so what better time to make a Christmas card or 2?
Yes, we have a new Challenge for you at The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge where as usual it's Anything Christmas Goes.
I have been posting cards to various friends and relations and quickly realised that a lot of dimension means a lot of postage. So I had a play with masking paper, a star die and some Christmas word stamps to make a (nearly) one-layer card. 'Nearly' because I worked on a die-cut piece of card a little smaller than my cardbase and glued it down flat.
The words all come from Altenew's Festive Silhouettes stamp set. I stamped them in shades of Altenew green inks. Then, to define the edges, I blended on some Delicata Gold pigment ink. It has a very subtle shine when it catches the light.
Finally I stamped the greeting (an old one from Clearly Besotted) in the same gold ink and clear-embossed it.
In 2016, when I was being treated for cancer, I self-isolated for 6 months. In some ways it was easier, because having chemo every fortnight meant that I slept a lot! Whenever it got too much I told myself that every minute, hour and day that passed was one more minute, hour and day nearer to the end of my 'lockdown.' I hope this helps if you're climbing the walls!
Stay safe and well, my lovelies!
love Mags B x
Yes, we have a new Challenge for you at The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge where as usual it's Anything Christmas Goes.
I have been posting cards to various friends and relations and quickly realised that a lot of dimension means a lot of postage. So I had a play with masking paper, a star die and some Christmas word stamps to make a (nearly) one-layer card. 'Nearly' because I worked on a die-cut piece of card a little smaller than my cardbase and glued it down flat.
The words all come from Altenew's Festive Silhouettes stamp set. I stamped them in shades of Altenew green inks. Then, to define the edges, I blended on some Delicata Gold pigment ink. It has a very subtle shine when it catches the light.
Finally I stamped the greeting (an old one from Clearly Besotted) in the same gold ink and clear-embossed it.
In 2016, when I was being treated for cancer, I self-isolated for 6 months. In some ways it was easier, because having chemo every fortnight meant that I slept a lot! Whenever it got too much I told myself that every minute, hour and day that passed was one more minute, hour and day nearer to the end of my 'lockdown.' I hope this helps if you're climbing the walls!
Stay safe and well, my lovelies!
love Mags B x
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