Simple Salutations Challenge

 At MFP's Simple Salutation Challenge, this week it's about Christmas!  This is a Christmas Card I made for my husband-

The stamp is from Fiskars Jolly Holiday stamp set stamped in brown Studio G ink, the background paper is from a kraft stack, and the bird and branch I cut from Winter Woodland Cricut cartridge out of scraps. I did spray the background with Granite Glimmer Mist for a light shimmer. It didn't show up well!

Thanks for looking!

JAS Christmas challenge

At JAS this week, the Challenge is Christmas Cards! The challenge was to use red, green,silver & gold. This cards was made with A Quilted Christmas-

Look on page 69 of the handbook to find this candle image. I cut this at 2 3/4", and it made the image almost 8 1/2" long! Cut out all layers and assemble. This was made with scrap paper out of my stash. The Gold shimmer paper is from the open stock at Michael's. I doodled the edge with a dark red Creative Memories pen, and the embossing ink is Gold Zing with a Fiskars Holiday Frolic Stamp.

I hope you are ready to create some Christmas cards!

Holiday Gift Card Holder

Hi! This is a gift box/card that I made to hold gift cards for my nieces using the Artiste cartridge on page 79.

 I couldn't for the life of me find any instructions or tips on how to fold this hexagon "box"! I fiddled with  scoring different lines and finally got it to work. Artiste recommends 4", so that's what I used and it's perfect for a gift card. I recommend cutting a "test pattern" out of your "I'll never use this" pile of paper. I actually found out I didn't want a busy pattern because you can't really see the snowflake.

You can cut this up to make a pattern to dress up the box.

 This is at 1/4, which I personally didn't like, so I made a change in my cutting lines to 1/8". Do this same procedure to produce a pattern for the bottom. Trace 6 arms and one bottom to the back of your designer paper and adhere to the box. I colored my snowflake arms silver for a little shine, and look at how nice it turned out!

I'm entering this in the following Challenges:
Bitten by the Bug 2 Holiday Container Challenge
Rose Blossom Garden Christmas Challenge