Category: Christmas

AEI♥U Challenge #31 – Metallics

It’s time for another AEI♥U Challenge! This month’s theme is Metallics. Here’s my take on the theme in which I incorporated three metallic materials:

Jean Manis Avery Elle Metallics Challenge

I cut the snowflakes (Noel and Snow Caps die sets), mountain tops (Snow Caps die set) and snowy hill (Snow Caps die set) out of white cardstock. The mountains were cut from silver foil paper. The scene’s background is gold glitter paper. The card front (cut with a die in the Custom Panels set) is brushed silver cardstock. For a bit of color, I stamped the sentiment from FA LA LA (and cut with the coordinating die) in red pigment ink.

There’s no limit to how you can interpret this challenge! Check out the inspiration from the rest of the Design Team over on the AEI♥U Challenge Blog!  You’ll also find the InLinkz tool to link up YOUR take on the challenge – we’d love to see your beautiful work in our gallery! There are two $25 Avery Elle Gift Certificates up for grabs for the two best entries!  You have  December  26, 2015 to link up your take on the challenge!

Supplies:

Avery Elle Seasonal Die Cut Trees + Ellen Hutson Sales

I’m sharing a CAS Christmas card using Avery Elle stamps and dies.

Jean Manis Avery Elle Die Cut Holiday Trees

I used one of the dies in the Snow Caps set to cut the simple trees out of three cardstock colors. I added holly leaves cut with a die in the Season’s Greetings set and hearts with a die in the Finished Frames set. I heat-embossed one of the sentiments in the FA LA LA set, cut it with the Double Pierced Rectangles set and popped it up with foam adhesive.

Ellen Hutson is holding several amazing sales this weekend.

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Beginning 12AM Friday, November 27th PST until 9AM PST, save 20% on every item currently in stock. At checkout enter this one time use coupon code to redeem your discount: early2015

ANNIVERSARY SAVINGS

Not an early bird? Enjoy savings of 15% on all in stock items any time over the weekend – Friday, November 27th through Monday December 1st at midnight PST. At checkout, enter the this coupon code to redeem your discount: anniv2015

CYBER MONDAY SAVINGS

Didn’t finish your shopping? You have one more chance to get great deals on remaining inventory. Enjoy savings of 20% on any remaining in stock items on Monday, November 30th beginning at 12AM running through 9AM PST. At checkout please enter this one time use coupon code to redeem your discount: cyber2015

All of the details are at Ellen Hutson.

Supplies:

Avery Elle: ‘Tis the Season Tea Cups

“Oh, the weather outside is frightful…” but I’m drinking warm cocoa! I paired a sentiment from Avery Elle’s FA LA LA set with the Tea Time teacups in a holiday card.

Jean Manis 'Tis the Season

I colored the cups (stamped on watercolor paper) with Zig Clean Color brush markers. I cut holes in the two lower cups so that I could stamp the cups, and a small hole in the top cup to hold the candy cane. I added Distress Ink to the background in Peacock Feathers to coordinate with the turquoise and pink on the cups. It ’tis the season for cocoa, egg nog, peppermint mocha lattes, …

Supplies: candy cane (Impress)

Reverse Confetti at 25 Days of Christmas Tags

Reverse Confetti is teaming up with Tracey McNeely’s 25 Days of Christmas Tags Event.
Jean Manis Reverse Confetti Holiday Tags

For both tags, I used the Thanks Tag Confetti Cuts die as the base to which I added a tag reinforcement cut from silver cardstock with one of the Hang Ups dies. Both tags feature a white, silver, aqua and red color scheme.

RCHolidayTagsCloseup1

For the first tag, I cut a tree and branches with Branch Out and added a sentiment cut with Winter Words. I used the banner die in Tag Me as a visual anchor.

RCHolidayTagsCloseup2

 

For the second tag, I cut snowflakes with the Layered Snowflake die set and a sentiment with Winter Words.