It's Time for Rudolph Day

Welcome and it's that time again...you know... when Sarn  hosts the Rudolph Day Challenge. Today's cards had been ready for last month's challenge, but I wasn't feeling tiptop then, so these were saved for June's Challenge. This great challenge helps us get cards ready all year long, and have a good stash by the time December arrives. So come along, and submit your creations...Rules are posted but it's quite simple: Just submit 2 festive cards and link up.

Here's the Carolina Cards for today:

- PSX stamp purchased on eBay some years ago, stamped with Memento Tuxedo black on Xpress card stock, colored with copics and Spica pens. Think I may have added some clear WoS on the water can and the blue ribbon, as it sparkles a lot. These 2 images were colored quite a while ago and then the cards were made in small craft sessions as I felt up to such.

- a stitched rectangle die (which I think is MFT brand).

- Turquoise mat smooth card stock (stash) and narrow gold mirror mat also from stash.

Card base was embossed with who knows what EF. Easy card to color, and since I love cardinals, I really enjoyed coloring this one.

Next up:

- SU image, colored with copics & spica pens and white gel highlights. Distressing with DI Tea die while still in the die. Tiny clear rhinestone centered on snowflake.

- Pierced oval (think this was MFT also); used the out-of-the-box technique (search You tube for video) to get the extended holly leaf at the base.

- Tri fold card - covered in really old, old papers from when I first started buying paper. Used a stitched border die for the red trim.

- on the inside (which didn't turn out as nicely as I wished!) the panels are covered with another green Christmas paper, that had a nice white swirly tree in the bottom of the page. Cut the upper portion of this paper to cover the panels. Used the same oval to cut the larger tree pattern - glued it to the portion of the oval that shows on the inside. Used Versamark to stamp a nice Christmas verse in the middle section, embossed that with Ranger Queen's Gold. So far, looking pretty good. However, where it folds at each side on the interior, the paper edges fold too, so the white card base peeks through {which is why I didn't show the inside picture :-) }. I'm trying to think of a way to fix this boo-boo without destroying the card. I just don't have a lot of luck with making fold cards.

So off to link up at Rudolph for June 2014 and have some fun enjoying the beautiful cards already submitted. Hope you will join in as well.

Thanks for visiting this afternoon, and stay cool. Hope there's no nasty storms around in your area. God Bless, and hugs.