Christmas elves and red bokeh background

Last year we had a bokeh challenge over at the Country View Challenges so I made a blue bokeh background with Tim Holtz Santa's Helper. I really liked that technique and the card I created. (Here is the link to the last year card).

So this year I decided to make another card with the same technique using Tim's two little elves, the new one and the old one.

For making this card, I had to cut off the ice skates from the shoes of the new elf.

For creating the background, I used almost all the red Distress inks and Distress Oxide inks and the circle stencil that I made myself.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Santa's Helper by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Thinlits die, Alphanumeric Label by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Thinlits die, Thin Ice by Tim Holtz

Ranger Distress ink pad (Barn Door, Candied Apple, Fired Brick)

Ranger Distress Oxide ink pads (Barn Door, Picked Raspberry, Warn Lipstick, Spun Sugar, Picket Fence)

I hope you like it!!! Thank you for stopping by!!!

Kraft paper Christmas tags with MFT stamps

Hello everybody, recently I have made a lot of Christmas tags with the MFT stamps. I stamped on kraft papers and I coloured the images with pencils.

What I used:

MFT stamp, Jingle all the way

MFT stamp, Santa's elves

kraft paper

Bo Bunny die, Terrific tag

baker's twine

Prismacolor pencils

I hope you like it! Happy Sunday!

MentésMentés

Christmas card with elf by MFT

When yesterday I finished my Christmas card with the cutest Santa ever, I couldn't stop and I made another one with the cutest elf ever.

I also wanted to create a polka dot background but with another technique, so I used the Swiss Dots die instead of the Swiss Dots background stamp.

What I used:

MFT Birdie Brown, Santa's Elves stamp set

MFT Die Namics, Stitched Fishtail Flags STAX

MFT Die Namics, Swiss Dots die

With my card I would like to join:

- the MFT Sketch Challenge 353.

- the Wednesday challenge of the Simon Says Stamp blog: Christmas

Mushroom houses and gnomes with coffee

When I first saw the mushroom houses of the Stampendous I knew at once that I wanted them. It was love at the first sight.  

And the same happened with me when I caught sight the gnomes (or elves) Buddy and Jolly of the Stamping Bella.

From these stamps I imagined a picture with two cute gnomes who just come out from their home to drink a coffee together early in the morning because "coffee and friends make the perfect blend".

I can show you some photos of the making.

Here is the gessoed A4 chipboard.

I drew the outlines of the die-cut houses and stamped the elves.

I stamped the windows and doors of the houses.

I covered the images with papers. I adhered the cover papers with cellotapes. 

With a sponge I tapped acrylic paints (different greens and turquoises) on the surface.

After I started to stamp the greens with archival inks, then I coloured the images.

What I used:

Stampendous stamp and die set, Mushroom Home (CSD05)

Stampendous stamp and die set, Cottage Home (CSD06)

Stamping Bella stamp, Buddy and Jolly

PaperArtsy, Eclectica Kay Carley EKC01,EKC02

Penny Black Stamp, Sprigs (30284)

acrylic paints

Ranger Distress markers

Ranger Archival inks (jet balck, olive, coffee)

Copic Sketch markers

gesso

chipboard (A4)

Schmincke acrylic ink pen

Crop-A-Dile Big Bite 

wire

With this project I would like to join the Monday Challenge of the Simon Says Stamp: FOOD AND/OR DRINK

Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #18

I have already brought here cards where Santa arrives on foot, by car, by motorbike but now the half angel-half elf creatures are loading the pine trees and packages to an aeroplane.

The card was posted in 1940.

You can find my other cards under the label: 'old Christmas cards'.

Christmas card with the elves of the My Favourite Things

I'm totally in love with the elves of the My Favourite Things. They are so cute! 

So I have made a quick card with them.

What I used:

Sizzix Framelits Die, Rectangles (658610) - to cut out the card and the cover

Sizzix Framelits die, Circles (657551)

Sizzix Framelits die, Scallop Circle (657552)

MFT Die-Namics die, Swiss Dots

My Favourite Things, BB Santa's elves

MFT Die-Namics die, BB Santa's elves

My Favourite Things, Gift Tag Greetings

Copic Sketch markers

Ranger Distress markers

Ranger Archival ink pad, Vermillion

MFT elves with Tim Holtz Christmas tree

Today I have finished a card but somehow I wasn't satisfied with it. I didn't want to post it either. But my daughter who generally doesn't like my works, today when she arrived from school became enthusiastic after seeing my card. So I thought that maybe someone else could like it too. Well, this is why I have changed my mind and now I show you my card with elves.

With this card I would like to enter to the current challenge of the Fantasy Stampers Blog: TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS

What I used:

MFT BB Santa's elves clear stamps

MFT Die-namics BB Santa's elves dies

MFT Hand Lettered Holiday clear stamps

MFT Die-namics Pierced Rectangles die

Sizzix Bigz Die, Evergreen by Tim Holtz (660985)

Ranger Distress markers

Ranger Distress ink pads

rhinestones