Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Cold and Frosty

The theme at Fezziwigs Festive Frolics is Cold and Frosty. Hazel has given us three weeks for the challenge instead of two this time but I'm still 'tail end Charlie' with my entry LOL! There's only 2 hours left to enter!

I've managed not one but three cards for this theme - three is the maximum number of entries allowed.

All my entries are made using Debbi Moore products. Match It Build a Scene 3D Santa Claus USB and Dies. They are very quick makes so no decoupage but I used Pinflair Glue Gel to raise the items up and shape them.

Hazel will be taking a well deserved break after this challenge ends. The next one will be in 6 weeks time on 18th August.

 

Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Red and Green entry #2

 I enjoyed making the previous card for the Fezziwigs FestiveFrolics Challenge so much that I made a second card. Same style, Crossover Pointy, using different papers from the same Dovecraft 12 by 12 ‘Tis The Season’ paper pack dated 2007.

The green card used to layer up was just in my stash. The sentiment is a Tonic Studios die – Leaping Deer Die Set. I added white pearls to the snowflakes and black ones for the snowmen’s buttons. I spend some time making sure the snowmen were placed where they could be seen rather than hidden behind the crossover triangles.

There's now been 11 challenges for this year - I haven't entered every one but a couple I've entered twice so I've made 7 Christmas cards and it's only June! 

This challenge theme ends on 8^th June.

Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Red and Green entry #1

I’m trying hard to enter the Fezziwigs Festive Frolics challenges regularly so, this year, I have some Christmas cards made before December! The theme this time is Red and Green which is fairly easy to stick to for a Christmas card. 

I’ve seen a lot of the Crossover Pointy style cards recently so wanted to have a go at making one. They’re quite easy to make, you start with a square card blank - I imagine it would work with any size. Place the fold at the top and mark the middle of the width on the bottom edge. Then cut at an angle from your mark to both top corners. You now have a base card with a large triangle for the front of the card plus two smaller triangles. I’ve seen various versions with the two smaller triangles placed in different ways. 

I thought I’d decorate the card using a very old 12 by 12 paper pack. It’s by Dovecraft and is called 'Tis The Season' and the label on the back is dated 2007! The red card used to layer up was just in my stash. The sentiment is a Paper Boutique die called Merry and Bright and the white layer is a Spellbinders Sapphire Scalloped Labels 1 Plus set that was in a Create and Craft goody bag at the NEC Birmingham. 

The challenge is open until 8th June.

Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Let's Get Sentimental

The theme at Fezziwigs Festive Frolics this time is Let’s Get Sentimental. Hazel wants to see sentiments on the front of our Christmas cards. I made a card for the previous theme, which was Flowers, but I didn’t get around to blogging it. Luckily it fits in with the sentiment theme too!

  

I really like how the flowers turned out. I recently bought some Cut and Emboss folders from Chloe’s Creative Cards and this is the first chance I’ve had to try them out.

I finished the card with lots of white pearls.

 

Items used: 

Carnation Crafts - Square Frame die from Rural Charm Collection. 

Creative Crafting World – 8x8 card blank, Season’s Greetings Nested Dies (mistletoe wreath) and sentiment. 

Chloe’s Creative Cards - Cut and Emboss Folder called Meadow Flower. 

Crafter’s Companion - A Touch of Silver Centura Pearl paper and card.

 

Fezziwig's Festive Frolics - entry No.2

 This is my second card for the Fezziwig’s Festive Frolics blog challenge which ends tomorrow (Tuesday 27^th). Each challenge runs for two weeks and this time the theme is ‘Deer’ – it has to be a Christmas card that has a deer on it somewhere.

Another Carnation Crafts card! This time I’ve used the Season’s Greetings Quick Card die set. Using the base card die in this set you can make a small quick card. I haven’t used the base card die, instead I’ve layered it onto a green snowflake paper that was downloaded from Carnation Crafts web site. 

I’ve used a 5x7 inch base card from Creative Crafting World. It’s meant to be a landscape card blank but I’ve turned it to be portrait with the spine at the top. The green card used for the mats is from my stash and I’ve used Tonic Nuvo Drops in Woodland Green in the centres of the snowflakes.

That’s four Christmas cards I’ve made now – thanks Hazel!

Fezziwigs Festive Frolics entry No. 1

 

I’m trying very hard to make a few Christmas cards during the year rather than rush to make them all during December. I’m being helped in that quest by the Fezziwig’s Festive Frolics blog challenge run by my friend Hazel. Each challenge runs for two weeks and this time the theme is ‘Deer’ – it has to be a Christmas card that has a deer on it somewhere.

I’m a huge fan of Carnation Crafts dies and downloadable vignettes – you can’t fail to make a nice card using them. 

For this card I used the Triple Panel Card Shape dies to cut out the base card and filigree mats. The green card was left over from a previous make – half a sheet of A4 that was sitting on my desk so I put it to good use! The deer are also Carnation Crafts dies and vignettes called Magnes and Maya that I’ve layered up. Isn’t that stag a magnificent looking beast!

The sentiment is from The Paper Boutique.

The challenge ends tomorrow (Tuesday) and I have another entry but I’m waiting for the Nuvo drops to dry on it.