Most of my crafting time is spent making Christmas cards, and so I thought I would share one of them with you here for my challenge project.
It is a DL size card base. I inked around the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and then adhered a piece of old music paper which I had in my stash.
Next I embellished with various old and new Tim Holtz dies. I am really into using dies for my cards this year, as they are not too bulky, even if you layer them like I have done here, - and so are easy to post.
I made a whole sheet of these which I will attach as a freebie below, in case you would like to use them for your own cards.#
Well, that's it, a pretty quick and easy card, specially if you do your die cutting in advance. I spent a happy afternoon doing so, and now I have a whole stash of them to use for my cards.
Below the freebie:
Don't forget to have a look on the A Vintage Journey blog for a ton of inspiration from my teamies, and of course we hope you will play along with our challenge.
Thanks for your visit like always and happy crafting
xxxxx
21 comments:
Another wonderful Christmascard here from you Astrid. Really beautiful as everything you ever do. I love how you put it all together and brought it to life with more layers and inking each part.
And thanks sooo much for the beautiful freebie here too, it´s very beautiful and certainly a very useful one for this busy time here. Thanks so very much and a very Happy Christmas to you and your family too.
Keep rocking it, just another amazing post!
Such a fabulous vintage card Astrid in your wonderful style. I always love your wonderful layering and colours. Have a great weekend! Jennie x
Gorgeous card Astrid with all those lovely layered die cuts and love how you have added the shading to that adorable Winter Wonderland deer, brings her right to life! Thanks so much for sharing it and for your lovely printable! Deb xo
A beautiful card Astrid, lovely design and additions.
Yvonne xx
Astrid it is so beautiful, so love the dies used are lovely ,and beautiful painted , and love your torn music page .
Astrid did you some time ago, send me a pm, with a strange content ? Strange for me, so I did not open it , -thought mayve someone was using your mailadd .
December hug to you - xx
Such a lovely card. All the things that say Christmas in the most wonderful, warm way. Anyone who receives one will be happy and know they are special. Hugs, S@ndy
I love how the greenery looks on your tag Astrid. It is a very pretty piece. Hope you have a wonderful holiday and your month of December is full of joy. Hugs-Erika
That's such a beautiful Christmas card! The vintage design looks stunning and I love the die cut foliage and little deer - perfect 😁. Wishing you a Holly Jolly December! Hugs, Jo x
Like your work Astrid so lovely Geneviève de France
Astrid, you know I love your style, and you have managed to make a flat card (for easy posting) look so elegant and full of depth. I love the pine cone and branch (:)), and you have colored the boughs beautifully. Lovely vintage card! Merry Christmas to you!
Hi Astrid, gorgeous card.Happy creative week, Angela xXx
Hi my lovely friend. This card is so beautiful Astrid and the fir cones look so real too. Thank you for the lovely Freebie too. Hugs Rita xxxx
Wow! Each of your cards are a work of art! So beautiful!
From Amy T.
Wow! Each of your cards is a work of art! So beautiful!
Hi there! LOVE these Astrid...so you and so vintage chic! LOVE the music sheets! I hope you have a wonderful holiday!
A beautiful layering of pretty die cuts Astrid - love the texture added with the cheesecloth a lovely Christmas card! Thanks for the colorful sentiments! Wishing you and your family beautiful holidays! xx
Just wanted to stop by and wish you and yours a magical Christmas! Hugs, Jo x
Ah ha! I see you gave in to the same new Thinlits as I did! They look fabulous (much the best with the similarly dark "interior" colour on the pine cone I think - love how you've done them here), and the vintage music paper makes a delightful background. The green gatherings are lovely too. I'm so sorry it's taken me this long to get around to visiting... I didn't realise I hadn't caught up with the AVJ inspiration from last month, and now the next one is upon us!
I'm still in Christmas hibernation (don't come out fully until after 12th Night on 6th January!), but am trying to do a bit of catching up with people even so. Happy New Year!
Alison x
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