Two Last Christmas Cards for 2015

Things just got so crazy toward the Holidays, that I just never got these posted before Christmas, but I had to post them because I love them both! Bookmark them to try for next year; Magenta never retires their stamps or stencils, so everything will still be available!

Both of these cards use the same technique that I call Stencil Stamping. On the first one, the green panel was featured in a Technique of the Week post, and I told you that you would see it again later on a card! The technique tutorial can be seen here. After creating the panel, I rubbed the edges of the green panel through a gold Delicate ink pad and mounted it on an A2 white base card. I then stamped the sentiment (Magenta 07.780.G) with Black Onyx Versafine Ink.

This second card is so sparkly in real life! It was also Stencil Stamped, using the Magenta stencil TM104 Daisy Love. This is one of my favorite stencils for this technique. You can see a tutorial of stencil stamping here, and other stencil stamped cards here, here, and here. This card also has one of my favorite Christmas stamps (Magenta 07.883.K Multilingual Merry Christmas), since it contains the sentiment Merry Christmas in languages that have a lot of meaning to me: English, French, Icelandic, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, and Russian.

Joyeux Noel Card 

Magenta Products Used:

TM123 Small Holly Border Template

07.780.G Joyeux Noel Small

Other Products Used

Distress Inks: Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn

Perfect Pearls Powder

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Delicate Gold Ink

Tim Holtz Watercolor paper

Hero Arts red nailheads

Merry Christmas Card 

Magenta Products Used

07.883.K Multilingual Merry Christmas

TM104 Daisy Love Template

Other Products Used

Distress Inks: Broken China, Faded Jeans

Perfect Pearls Powder

Versamark Ink

Ranger Black Sparkle Embossing Powder

So Silk Fair Blue paper

Tim Holtz Watercolor paper

Various Sequins

Joyeux Noël - Merry Christmas

I love, love, love this new stamp from the Autumn collection called Swirly Leaves (85.020.N). It's just a beautiful image that can be used any time of the year. This card is featured on the Magenta Blog today.

I stamped the image and the sentiment onto white cardstock with Versamark ink, and embossed them with Judikins Gold Detail embossing powder. The red berries were added with Lady Bug Pico Embellisher from Imagine Crafts. The panel was matted with red and mounted onto a base card.

This card has an elegant look, but was very fast and simple to do. The bonus is that you can use the swirly leaf stamp in the Fall, Spring or Summer also.

Magenta Products used:

85.020.N Swirly Leaves

07.780.G Joyeux Noël Small

Other Products Used:

Versamark Ink

Judikins Gold Detail Embossing Powder

Imagine Crafts Pico Embellisher - Lady Bug

Magenta Newsletter

MyMy project is featured in this week's Magenta newsletter, and I wanted to share it with you. You can view another post of this technique here. If you want to receive future editions of the Magenta Newsletter, you can sign up on their blog here. (There is a button to click under "Newsletter") Enjoy!

Backgrounds with Recycled Paper Towels by Dianne Jonhson - DT Magenta I love to play with Nuance, and when I do, I make lots of background cards at once. Recently I was making some backgrounds for Christmas cards, and I was cleaning up after each one with a paper towel.   You will need: White cardstock  Glue Stick Brayer Paper Towel And Magenta's Nuance Powder:  Click here for the product    1- Since it had lots of lovely Nuance colors on it, this paper towel was just too pretty to throw away.    3- You will then have 2 lovely pieces of paper towel to work with. 2- Paper towels usually have 2 plys. When your paper towel is dry, separate the plys by pulling them apart carefully. 4- Apply glue stick adhesive to a piece of cardstock. 5- Carefully place one of your paper towel pieces onto the prepared cardstock, and smooth it down. 7- Repeat Steps 4-6 with your second piece of paper towel. You now have 2 beautiful pieces of cardstock to use as you wish on a card. 6- Use a brayer to flatten the paper towel to the cardstock. This will smooth it further, and make sure that it adheres to the adhesive.    Voilà! Happy creation! Dianne Jonhson - DT Magenta