and two for trees, me for you and you for me...
Well, maybe that doesn't work as a song, but here are my Trees for this month's Twofers, which is what made it pop into my head.
The first card is a Christmas scene.
If you go out at daybreak on Christmas morning, you may just be as lucky as this family and spot Santa heading back to the North Pole after a hard night's work delivering presents. Don't try it this year though as he's probably going to have to do 14 days' quarantine between each country so I reckon his journey is going to take the best part of 7 years!
I punched a circle in scrap paper for the sun and dabbed in orange ink through it, then removed the scrap paper and using a piece of Cut'n'Dry foam, firmly pulled out the ink each side of the sun to create a winter sunrise effect. Then I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment in metallic gold. And I still maintain that heat embossing, especially in gold, is real, actual magic.
Then I placed the card in the Misti and assembled the scene, using a set of stamps from an issue of Creative Stamping a year or two back then stamped it with Versafine ink, stamping several times to get good clear silhouettes. Finally I used a black pen to continue the ground below the trees and crate a couple of hills.
I am sharing this card with
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Black, Orange and Gold
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
15 comments:
Love them both Jane! Especially the Christmas one.
Two beautifully CAS cards Jane. One perfect for autumn and the other perfect for Christmas. Perfect designs if you need to make a few cards at once. Thank you for joining us in our ‘The Great Outdoors' challenge at Stamping Sensations and good luck. Sandra x
Wonderful cards. the scene for the Christmas card is sweet. I like the silhouette images. Thanks for sharing over at Make My Monday
Two perfect outdoor cards and beautifully stamped. Thanks for joining us at Stamping Sensations this month.
Pinky
What a fabulous realistic squirrel stamp! I love it and both of your designs using your row of trees, Jane! What a lucky family to head out for an early morning walk on freshly fallen snow only to look up and see Santa!! Thank you so much for playing in Twofer Card Challenge #31! Keep well. Hugs, Darnell
Oh good does that mean that awful elf won’t be able to visit this year!! On the other hand he could arrive and then find he couldn’t get back home again. Eek!! I need a drink. Your twofer cards are lovely. Especially the squirrel one. We have a 🐿 visits most mornings. Hugs Mrs A.
Wonderful cards! Love your technique with the sun. Maybe Santa can convince the world to quarantine before the Christmas Eve so he can keep his holiday tradition of world travel intact! Thank you for playing with us at MMM Challenge and hope you can join us again soon.
Cute cards!Thanks for playing along with us at Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge.
No idea how I missed these earlier in the week Jane, I think sometimes if people are linking when a DT is already on the page commenting it doesn't show until the next visit.......just my theory!
But two really striking creations and perfect for our theme, many thanks for sharing and joining us at Stamping Sensations 'Great Outdoors' challenge.
B x
Thanks for playing along with us at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge. I think that you did a great job with the challenge colours.
Hope that you will play along with us again at 52CCT.
Majda. DT
Two brilliant cards hun. I love the squirrel. Touch his nuts and he's having you for sure, lol. Love Dawn x
oh how i LOVE THIS awesome TWO-fer. of course i'm bound to say the xmas morning card is my fave and it's truly amazing, but omg THAT SQUIRREL!!!!! :) so pleased you could join our GOLD fever at JINGLE BELLES! ♥
great job with all of your challenge ... so glad you joined our GOLDen Christmas at Jingle Belles.
Love what you did with the sun on your Christmas card, Jane! Even though trees is the prompt, I love, love love that bright Christmas morning sun! Sweet snow covered hills and rows of trees...perfect card! And how clever to give that squirrel a perfect inking. The layers work perfectly and he's delightful against those faraway trees. Thank you for joining us at The Twofer Challenge. So nice to see you in the gallery. Bev
Precious squirrel, Jane, and so perfectly colored! Great card design. Putting on a DT hat - We're delighted to see you playing along and supporting our "Anything Goes with a Critter" challenge at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies this Month. Good luck in the draw.
NanaConnie DT
PS You are still missed at CFD. :-D
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