Under the sea

 I was still in the mood for holiday cards and had set out to create some without snow when I noticed a challenge for on/ under the sea. Wait - could I make that prompt work for a Christmas card? I remembered my trusty Santa stamp where he is traveling in space, yes, I think so.

Out came the supplies: the Santa stamp set, some stamped sea life images (thank you Julia!), inks, silver thread and gauze. Later I added the sentiment ho-ho-ho from another stamp set as well as some markers and two more fish from another set.

I worked first with the background, smooshing it with inks. Then I stamped and cut out Santa and colored him. I placed the fish and the seaweed, then found that one fish was not enough and stamped the other two directly onto the card. The gauze was wrapped with silver thread. I placed the sentiment over it.

 

I hope the young man who is going to receive it will find it suitable ( he practices diving) and perhaps even funny.

 Entering this in these challenges:

Simon Says Monday Challenge: On / under the sea

Peace on Earth Christmas: #118 AG

 

52 Christmas Card Throwdown: Christmas without snow

 

Creative Crafters: #103 AG

Jingle Belles: Masculine Merriment 

 

 

An early Christmas card

Today I was inspired first by a sketch and secondly by the word 'critter' and thirdly by Christmas. Throw in some die cuts and coloring, I thought - and here we go.

First I gathered my supplies. For a simple card like this there are many: two stamps and a stamped image of two critters (I had made several impressions from this stamp before I gave it away, so I can't show it), die cuts of fir trees from my ready stash and plenty of markers.

 

I first stamped the irregular round in white. Sadly it is not visible on the finished card - I should have stamped it several more times it seems. I colored the critters, fussy cut them, stamped and embossed the sentiment and adhered all according to the sketch.

 

Entering this card in these great challenges that got my creative juices flowing:

Freshly Made Sketches: #742 - oops, I didn't notice this challenge has already closed! I'll keep it here anyway, because this kicked it all off. 

 

Cut It Up: #359 Critters 

Penny Black Saturday Challenge: AG / pattern papers optional - I went with AG

Peace on Earth: #114 Inspiration photo - My bird has no scarf, but the hedgehog makes up for it I think. 

 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything goes