Continuing along with my goal to 'Get Cracking on Christmas' all year long, by creating my Christmas cards with a few crafty friends throughout the year! If you want to see how it all started, go to my original post here.
I'm happy to be able to share a Christmas card this month along with my friend Jenn. Be sure to visit her blog to check out the fabulous cards she has made. If you are in the mood to make some Christmas cards along with us, be sure to post them on Instagram and use the hashtag #getcrackingonchristmas
I did not get cracking for August and September, so for this month's cards I decided to take out all the BRAND NEW Flora and Fauna Holiday Stamps that I have not played with yet and make a few cards. I have also been loving the plaid stamping that I have seen over on the Flora and Fauna instagram account this week too and wanted to try it out. So I made three different plaids and turned them into cards.
On the first card, I stamped the lines from the Texture 4 set with Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide to make an all over pattern. Then I used the Winter Penguin Party and Holiday Word Party 2 sets as my focal images. Don't you just love that little garland on the igloo?
For the second card, I did a more unusual color combination using the Texture 3 stamps and Evergreen Bough and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxides to make a fun pink and green card. For this card, the Mini Winter Polar Bear set was the perfect match. I stamped the mountains in Manatee ink and the little trees in Pine Needles DIstress Oxide. I love all the little images that are included in this one mini set!
I used a more traditional red and green palette using Texture 2 for this last card stamping my plaid with Mowed Lawn and Festive Berries Distress Ink. This one is so simple to make. I finished this card using the Typed Joy die cut from silver glitter cardstock.
All of these cards were super quick and easy! I hope you will try out some of these fun plaid ideas for yourself. Don't forget to share your cards on Instagram using the #getcrackingonchristmas hashtag. I'd love to see what you are making for the holidays!
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Great cards Cheiron - the plaid backgrounds are so fabulous!
Posted by: Caryn Davies | October 17, 2019 at 08:10 AM
Love love love!! Especially that adorable polar bear! And the plaids you created are awesome.
Posted by: Libby Hickson | October 17, 2019 at 12:07 PM
I love your backgrounds! But the polar bear stamp looks more like a capibara to me. : ) Adorable cards.
Posted by: Lee Miner | October 19, 2019 at 08:12 PM