Card of the day #5 - We Need a Little Christmas

I'm Card Captain at Michael Strong's Yahoo group this week.I'll upload a new card every day, and my 5th card for this week is a mini Christmas card - 3" high by 2 1/2" wide.

I tried to recycle here.
The card's basis was cut from an ad (very heavy CS, useful for small cards).
The tree's branches were all punched out of photo paper scraps, because it's the whitest paper and it resembles snow.

The card's front:
Black canvas textured CS
A 3D tree made of dozens of white branches, punched using Martha Stewart's branch punch, piled one on top of each other and glued together to create a snow covered tree
Basic Grey patterned paper - Jovial, just a thin scrap under the tree.
Clear, green and red blings

The card's inner side:
Basic Grey patterned paper - Jovial
Michael Strong's Cloisonné Christmas Tree stamp (small), stamped on red leather textured CS and heat embossed with black EP, cut with nail scissors and decorated using a white gel pen to resemble snow.


(You can enlarge each photo by clicking on it)
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!
Challenges
December challenge "We Need a Little Christmas" for Michael Strong's Yahoo group
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

Christmas Card #8 - Red, Gold And Blings

This card has a large red Christmas tree as its central motif.
The major presence of the shiny gold paper makes it festive and elegant.




Ingredients:
Cream CS for the card's basis
Red leather textured CS
Basic Grey patterned paper - Wassail
Shiny gold paper, punched using Martha Stewart's Garden Trellis edger punch
Michael Strong's Cloisonné Christmas Tree stamp (large), stamped on red CS and heat embossed with black EP, cut with nail scissors and glued 3D for extra dimension
White snowflakes
Clear, green and red blings, to add some Christmas glam.
I hope you'll find it inspiring. Merry Christmas!
(You can enlarge each photo by clicking on it)
Challenges
Red, Gold & Snowflakes for ODBDSLC42 We Three…. (23.12.10 --> 26.12.10) .
Clean and Simple Card for Totally Stampalicious (19.12.10) .
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

Christmas Card #6 - Snowman

This card has a cream CS as its basis
Ingredients:
Dark burgundy canvas textured CS
White CS, punched using Martha Stewart's Layered Arch edger punch
Basic Grey patterned paper - Jovial
Black canvas textured CS and light olive green CS, cut with SN Labels Thirteen through the Cuttlebug
Snowman sticker by Jolee's Boutique, glued 3D for extra dimension
White snowflakes
White half pearlsI hope you'll find it inspiring. Merry Christmas!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

Christmas Card #3 - Spirella In Blue

This card has two layers of leather textured CS on an aqua CS as its basis.
The red and aqua CS were trimmed straightly.
The paper with the trees covered with snow was cut from some commercial add, and its edges were distressed for a Shabby Chic look.
The spirella was hand cut from CS, and I used teal and light blue embroidery threads to weave it. It was glued 3D for extra dimension.
I added white snowflake shaped brads with glitter, to match the snow on the trees.
I hope you'll find it inspiring. Merry Christmas!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

Winter ATC

I made this ATC for a Winter ATC swap in the communa Follow Your Art (a communa for mail art and altered art).

The Israeli winter is quite sunny and not rainy enough.

It is represented by the newspaper's weather forecast, the bright yellow vellum paper at the top and the yellow sun eyelet attaching them to each other.

As a contrast, there's my wish for a "real winter" with snow piling up (in my dreams...)

Now there's a heatwave and it already feels like summer.

I have a few different ATCs to swap. If you're interested, please let me know.