Papertrey Ink and Inkylicious Christmas cards

Hello friends,

Sorry I've been MIA, but my crafty mojo is playing hide and seek and I haven't felt like blogging either. Is it just me that is feeling a bit blah lately? 

I'm hoping to change that with a great new challenge over at 

Our host this month is the lovely Julie and our themes are

U - Up in the Air

and

V -Vixen (Other Reindeer are ok too)

Julie has a prize for the lucky winner!

 

I came up with these cards

U for Up in the Air

I decided to try a slimline card and masked off a small moon before inking the background with a variety of blue inks. Once it was dry, I stencilled through a snow stencil with Versamark ink and heat embossed some white E/P. After I removed the moon mask, I stamped Santa and his sleigh with black ink so he is flying up into the sky. I hand cut a snowbank and stuck it to the bottom of the card before cutting with a stitched rectangle. The little trees are from the Lawn Fawn Home For the Holidays set and the sentiment is from Penny Black Wonder Collection.

 

My second card is V for Vixen

I stamped the reindeer names from PTI Dash Away All in red ink on white card and adhered it on some kraft card before cutting it with a stitched circle die. I then stamped and die cut the reindeer in 3 slightly different shades of brown ink. When I placed the deer on the circle, it all looked a bit disjointed so I found some stitched red card in my bits box and added that to the centre to add some definition. The background red card was embossed with a snow embossing folder and I finished off by adding a spot of red Nuvo drops to the reindeer noses.

You'll find lots of inspiration from the team over on our blog and you can enter your cards in the gallery over there. We had some fabulous entries last month and if you'd like to see if you're a winner, head on over to the winner's post.

I'm sure that this blah period will pass and I know that making these cards helped so I'm resolved to spend a bit more time in my craft room and recover my pesky mojo.

I'd like to play along at

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #430 - slimline card

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #80 - anything Christmas goes 

Send a smile 4 kids challenge October - holiday card

Jingle Belles Challenge - Dashing through the snow

Thanks for stopping by and stay safe.

Hugs

Carol xx