Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: Let's Get Vintage

This weeks challenge on Merry Monday Christmas is "Let's Get Vintage".

For this card I've printed out the vintage image twice, layered one on red cardstock and cut out the sentiment on the second image and adhered it to the first image to get a little bit of 3D effect. I added red patterned paper and ribbon to a gold square cardbase and added the focal image. 
My Christmas cards collection for this year is slowly growing, which is great. I really enjoy it :)
Thanks for looking :)

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: Angels/Cherubs

This weeks challenge on Merry Monday Christmas is "Angels/Cherubs".

For this card I've cut out 2 rectangular panels and embossed them with a Polka Dot folder. Then I glued both panels on a red card base. I stamped the angel with black VersaFine and used clear embossing powder. After that I used a red glitter pen to highlight some areas and added red adhesive stones.  I did the same with the sentiment piece. Finally I layered them with some red cardstock and glued the toppers on the card base. 
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Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: Lime, Turquoise & White

This weeks challenge on Merry Monday Christmas is "Lime, Turquoise & White".

For this card I've cut out a 6 squares in 2 different sizes with my Cuttlebug. I've added Distress Inks to each square and added white glitter snowflakes to each square. After that I scored 3 lines on a white card-base and added the same Distress Inks. I arranged and glued the squares on the card and stamped the sentiment with Distress Ink and coloured it with a Gelly Roll pen.
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Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: Tree
This weeks challenge on Merry Monday Christmas is "Tree".

For this card I used a Christmas tree embossing folder with some ivory patterned cardstock. Layered it on black and gold cardstock. Added the red ribbon and the red star. Then glued everything on black card. 
Voilà - a quick and easy card to make. 
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Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: Gifts
This weeks challenge on Merry Monday Christmas is "Gifts".

For some reason it took ages to come up with an idea what to do. I just couldn't find the right image. But today I had a look at http://freetrinketstreasures.blogspot.co.uk/ and finally discovered the one I wanted to use. I took a piece of music sheet crumbled it up and added Faded Jeans Distress Ink. Then adhered it to some blue textured cardstock and added the blue ribbon. I layered the image on the same blue cardstock and fixed it on the card with foam pads. I then coloured the wooden sentiment with Metallic Marker and added it to the image, replacing the word Joy in the quote on the image with the wooden word Joy. Finally glued the whole piece to white cardstock.

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Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: Monochromatic Blues
This weeks challenge on Merry Monday Christmas is "Monochromatic Blues".

For this card I've stamped an image of a Craft Stamper magazine on white cardstock in 2 different blue VersaFine inks and cut them out with a Spellbinders die-cut and layered them on 2 different blue cardstock. I've masked up a square white card and added the light blue stripes with Distress Ink and added darker blue peel off borders. Then adhered the 4 squares with foam pads. After that I stamped the greeting, layered it and added it in the center of the card. Finally I added some blue stones.

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Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: Red & Green

This weeks challenge on Merry Monday Christmas is "Red & Green".

For this card I've cut out a couple of shapes in different colours with my Cuttlebug. I stamped a Christmas image from Craft Stamper on the smallest red one and embossed it with gold embossing powder. I've dry-embossed the green shape with polka dots. Assembled everything on a white square card, added red ribbon and the bow.
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Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: Stars

This weeks challenge on Merry Monday Christmas is "Stars".

For this card I've masked of a strip on a white square panel with Post-Its and coloured it with Distress Inks. 
I found a stars stamp from Craft Stamper magazine, which I've stamped along the top of the coloured area. I've used a clear gelly roll pen for the stars, drew a small gold border and added the ribbon and the small "Wish" charm. Then used red paper as a layer and adhered everything on a gold square card.
 

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Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: Santa

I've found this Blog: Merry Monday Christmas where they are having Christmas Card Challenges throughout the year and I think it's a great way to get all your cards done without the usual stress before the holidays. Also it's a chance to use all the Christmas stuff, which I have been hoarding for years by buying new stuff every year and just using it once :) 
So the challenge this week is : Santa

 

To get some inspiration I went on You Tube and found this lovely tutorial for a plaid background card by Gina K.
I really like the overall look and technique, so I decided to use it for this card. 
For the plaid background I've used white card stock, a red Stabilo pen and a green and gold gel pen. I've found the image on Valerie Brincheck's craft blog. Check out her blog she kindly provided hundreds of free images to use. It's a real treasure trove if it comes to vintage images. The greeting is from a Viva Decor stamp set. 
Thanks for looking :)