Christmas and New Year Cards

Hello Everybody

With Christmas and New year around the corner, i have come up with two interesting cards . The first one is the Christmas Surprise Card and the second is the New year Card.

Card 1- Christmas Surprise Card

For the Christmas Surprise Card , i have taken watercolor sheet as the card base . Then i layered it with a red cardstock on which i gave a textured background using Tubby Craft stencil Circle Spread and modelling paste . Then using the sentiment do not open until Christmas from the Christmas Animals stamp set , i stamped the sentiment on the strip of paper to give it a look of a pattern paper . I glued this wide strip horizontally in the middle of the red cardstock . Next i’d cut out a circle from the watercolor sheet and glued it on the red cardstock circle which is half a centimeter bigger to give it a finished look and then glued them at the center of the card. Then i stamped the image of a girl in gift box from the stamp set Surprise Box. I coloured it using watercolors and after fussy cutting it i glued this image on the circle . I also added the sentiment gift of me to you from the same stamp set at the bottom of the circle and taaaddaa my card is ready.

Card 2- Lets Celebrate New Year Together

For my next card which is the Lets celebrate New year together , i have used Tubby Craft dye ink pad in the shade turquoise and sapphire blue for the background of the front panel . These are one of my favourite shades from Tubby. Next using the stencil Circle Spread and modelling paste i added some texture on the background to give a snowfall effect. Next i cut out a strip of paper and cut it out in a curve on one side. This strip goes at the bottom of the card . I added the sentiment lets celebrate Christmas together from the Christmas Animals stamp set.

Next using the stamp set Kindness i stamped up the image of a cute bear . For this card i have used a fun techique of reverse stamping or mirror stamping . Using this techique i have stamped another image of the same bear which the reflection or you can say mirror image of the original image. I gave a little shading effect to the images using watercolors to make them look like polar bears. Then i glued them on the snow (curvy side of the strip) using a mounting foam tape. The front panel of my card is ready . Next i glued the front panel to the card base.

And my card is ready.

So give it a try and share your comments with me.

Wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year

Lots of love

Anshita Talwar

Supplies used for making the cards are :

Surprise Box