Week 2, card 3 Holiday card boot camp - reverse masking

     I made a card similar to this one at a class by Sue Madex earlier this year.  She showed me the reverse masking technique (Jennifer used a variety of this technique in the Holiday card boot camp today).   I added some diamond stickles to the snowflakes for some shine. 
     I also like the way Jennifer adds hemp twine bows behind design elements on her cards.  I didn't have any cardstock in the same mid-blue as on the middle-sized snowflakes, so just like in Jennifer's tip, I used Distress Ink to make the border tthe same colour as the stamped snowflakes - perfect match!  

Week 2, card 2 Holiday card boot camp - Merriest wishes

This card started off completely different - it wasn't going to have any holly at all, but musical notes, and it was going to be pale pink and blue!   Almost everything about it changed, except the layout, which is Kristina Werner's from Holiday card boot camp.

 I made the holly leaves using large and small circle punches (Jennifer McGuire's idea).  I sponged the edges, stamped a script stamp in pale brown, and sprayed with a mix of shimmer paint and Isocol. 

Week 2, card 1 Holiday card boot camp - circle card

Boot camp is certainly making me "think outside the square" - and today, quite literally!  This is the first ever circle card I've made - what do you think?

Week 1, card 9 Holiday card boot camp

This card started off with a plan to try to use Kristina Werner's "reproducible" card from day 5 of the Holiday card boot camp as my inspiration for the layout.  I was going to have a monochromatic background, some patterned paper, a punched edge and some hemp twine.   The layout stayed similar (kind of), but all that stayed in the plan "as is" was the punched edge! However, I must have had Kristina's style on my mind - I added faux stitching lines!!

Week 1, card 8 Holiday card boot camp

Here's another attempt at a window card - but, instead of suspending a cut-out image in the window, I decided to make it an acetate window, and stamp the image onto the acetate.

I blinged-up the snowflake with some SU gems and some diamond Stickles.  I also sprayed the faux-letterpress background (embossed and inked at the same time) with a mix of Isocol and shimmer paint.  Also, you can't really make it out in the pic, but the red circle behind the window has SU's "en francais" background stamp in real red stamped on an angle.  You can just make it out if you squint ;) LOL!