Christmas Card | Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog

Hello!

It’s the first of the month and that means the start of another challenge over at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog!  As always - we have an "Anything Goes" theme and we can't wait to see your Christmas projects in our gallery! I'm the host this month and I look forward to reviewing all of the entries!

I chose a traditional feel for this project and my square card features lots of layers, pattern papers and a bit of ribbon! I hope you will join us this month and get a head start on your Christmas cards now that you have had a bit of time to recover in the new year!

Thanks so much for joining me today and take care!

Rachelle ♥

Christmas Tag Card | Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog - Anything Goes January 2021

Happy Fri-YAY!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and holiday season! We did not travel anywhere this year just to be safe side because my dad is fighting cancer and my 95-year-old father-in-law is not allowed any visitors in his assisted living facility. Our positivity rates and hospitalization numbers have nearly tripled in the past 6 weeks, so I'm sure we are like many folks who stayed home to protect family and help our medical heroes who really need us NOT to get the virus! It seems a bit strange to post another holiday project over on the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog on New Year's Day but here it goes...

This tag-inspired card is actually A2-sized, folds at the top and looks great when standing up! I simply mixed pattern papers in horizontal bands on the card front, stamped the sentiment at the bottom and added some glitter brads/pre-made embellishments as the focal point. A multi-ribbon bow topped the card adding a very festive note! 

We look forward to getting a jump start on Christmas 2021 throughout the upcoming year and hope you will join us each month for our "Anything Goes" Challenges at MLCCB!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Rachelle ♥

Christmas Card | Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog - December 2020 - "Anything Goes"

Hello!

It's the perfect time for an "Anything Goes" Christmas Challenge and we hope to see an overflowing gallery at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog! I tried an updated vintage look combining lots of die cuts, antique lace and a bit of eyelash ribbon to complete this card...but let's not forget about the beautiful pattern paper I've been hoarding from a really old Basic Grey release!

Rudolf looks mighty sparkly and I hope we can fill up our December Merry Little Christmas Challenge with tons of festive shine!!! Thanks so much for stopping by and for your comments!

Additional Challenges:

Allsorts Challenge #600 - Christmas Flowers, Wreaths and Trees

My Time To Craft #446 - Christmas Animals

Creative Knockouts #378 - Christmas Delight

Krafty Chicks #535 - All Occasions

Creative Craft Challenge #135 - Christmas/Winter

Sweet Stampers Challenge Blog #50 - Christmas

Rachelle ♥

Christmas Card | Merry Little Christmas Challenge | Graciellie Design - "Wonderful Winter"

Hello!

Well...all of the Halloween stuff has been stashed away and I'm in full Christmas mode from this point on! (At least for the next few weeks so that I relax and enjoy the season when it actually gets here!) This card features the "Wonderful Winter" Set from Graciellie Design.  I actually made this card before I was asked to be a guest designer last month for Graciellie! We hope that you will join us for our November Anything Goes Challenge over at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog!

As you can tell by checking out the original floral/pitcher image above, I was a cropping maniac with this design! I pulled the png into PowerPoint, sized it and printed it onto 100# card stock. I decided to go with a bright plummy jewel-tone palette, which gives this card a softer, less-traditional feel! The image was watercolored, spattered with gold paint and fussy cut. 

I chose a stencil (I liked how this pattern echoed the 5-point shape of the poinsettia), ink-blended it with Distress Oxide Inks and used this to make my background pattern by running it through my die cutting machine. This technique leaves both color and the imprint texture on the card stock! I spattered this panel with diluted ink/paints and set it aside to dry in a heavy book! This background was trimmed to 5" x 3.75", backed with craft foam and adhered to a top-folding A2 card base; the poinsettias were backed/adhered in the came way. The stamped/die cut sentiment and sequins were glued in place and a touch of Diamond Stickles was added to the winterberries to finish off the card!

Thanks so much for stopping by and for keeping me inspired by your comments! ♥ 

Be sure to share your Christmas projects in our Merry Little Christmas Challenge Gallery!

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #560 - Wild Card Week - Word Die Cuts

Cute Card Thursday #658 - Sparkles

Krafty Chicks Challenge #531 - Anything Goes

CAS Mix Up Card Challenge - Watercolour

Rachelle ♥

Christmas Card | Graciellie Design - "Festive Poinsettia" | Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog - "October Anything Goes"

Hey There!

I’m so excited to announce that I was just invited to join the wonderful Design Team at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog and for my first project I used an image from Graciellie Design's “Festive Poinsettia Bundle” as my coloring focal point! I printed this beautiful image in a light gray (on 100# Cougar Opaque Card Stock) and painted it with watercolors. This card stock has become my favorite because it is a bright, clean white (cleaner than Neenah Solar White), takes watercolor extremely well without pilling and is the perfect weight for substantial card bases. The panel was spattered with gold metallic paint, backed with a piece of craft foam and attached to the card front.

This will not be a mass-produced Christmas card for me this year (because it took me 3+ hours to paint this single image) ☺ but I will watercolor some less-detailed versions and see how I like them! 

The design team has created some great projects and I hope you will join us for this month’s Anything Goes Christmas Challenge over on the MLCCB!

Additional Challenges:

Krafty Chicks - #527 - Stamp Act

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #80 - Anything Goes

A Gem of A Challenge - Week 20 - AG

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Watercooler Wednesday - #291 - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by and for taking the time to comment!

Rachelle ♥