Winter Holiday Cards in July Challenge, 2017

[djc]

Wonderful cards, Heidi.  You have the cutest images!  Thank you for playing.

Daria

[Conniecrafter]

Thanks Daria for reminding me I could put my Christmas cards in this challenge too 

http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=3433#top_display_media

http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=3434#top_display_media

[djc]

Connie, I just checked them out again.  I am still impressed with your snow.  It's just perfect!  Thanks for linking up and playing with us.

Daria

[Iring]

I just looked at Connie's again too, to see how she made her snow.  She has a blizzard, I have some flakes!  I definitely should put my paper in a box if I get out the toothbrush!  I made enough of a mess just tapping a fan brush.   I think Connie go the spirit of Jan's challenge the most.  I messed up!  Something happened between reading the instructions in the morning and coming up with a card at night!

Daria, where are your Santa cards?  Did you post them yet?  I'm off to check.

[Iring]

Daria, where are your Santa cards?

I found them. They are so classy. 

Now let's see that new die!

[Conniecrafter]

I do so totally advise you to do the splattering in a box, you should have seen my clothes and my desk when I got done, everything had a fine mist all over it, some things still do, was getting too hard to try and get that acrylic paint off 

[Iring]

  . Thankfully, I used a box! 

Ok Daria, I made a total of 6 cards, yay!  Please count 3.

First two, with printed paper mats.
One
Two

And here is a closeup of one with a blizzard on kraft card base!
Here's the picture of the 4 I finished today including the one above.

This felt like one of those projects that wouldn't end at times!  So glad I stuck with it and got at least 6 done, inside and out.
Now I can clean up this mess and get on with another!

[djc]

I'm laughing about the splattering.  I actually bought the Kemper Splatter Brush.

Do you notice the metal wire that extends along the length of the brush?  It's attached to the piece of wood.  OK.  I dipped my brush into paint and then I carefully turned the piece of wood instead of the brush.  The wire went around the brush.  Guess where all the splatter went.  Yep.  Got it in one.  All over me.  All over the desk.  All over the tools on the desk.  Etc.  Sheesh!  It should have come with instructions!  In this case the biggest box in the world would not have saved me from my own uh, ignorance.  Even as I look at it now, that round piece of wood is begging to be turned!

Cindi, I love those Christmas cards!  It was brilliant to marry that mouse with your wreath and that sentiment.  Perfect!

Daria


 

[Conniecrafter]

Oh no, that is a bummer about the splattering, hopefully you didn't have too much paint on it... yes everything should come with instructions I totally agree.  I still have paint splatters on half of the things on my desk, guess we learn from our mistakes huh!

[howdyheidi]

That is why i don't do much splattering.  The area where I craft is carpeted.  Daria, I agree some instructions would be good!

[Iring]

Daria, I would have done the same thing! 

I think I had something similar back when I took tole painting classes.  I thought the wood part was more of a sleeve that you pulled back and forth over the brushes.  I don't see the benefit!  We can make just as big a mess with a toothbrush.

If you don't want to do any more spattering ... I saw that someone left a review saying they use it to remove bits of paper stuck in their wafer thin dies.  Maybe all is not lost!

I have some partially finished Christmas cards and I found some supplies buried on my desk ... I'm hoping to finish a few more Christmas cards.  July is flying too fast.

[Iring]

I finished up some cards I started before the Fest.

I made 4 more Merry Kiss-mas snowman cards.
You can see a close up of one here.

[howdyheidi]

Cindi, your cards look so cute all in a row.

[djc]

Cindi, those are such fun cards!  I haven't been keeping count, but I know you're making lots of cards! 

Daria

[Iring]

Let's go Daria, let's go!  clap, clap . "Let's go Daria, let's go!  clap, clap

C'mon Daria, there's still a day and a half left in July.  Get some more cards posted!  Or at least some card parts. 

I swore I was done with the mice and wreaths, but my sister was in town for the weekend so I sat and crafted with her and my Mom and cut and colored some more pieces.  It was easier (or so I thought) than coming up with a new card design ... still have to splatter and assemble.