We have a slight different twist to our parcels this year in that we are focusing on techniques rather than themes. We also have a more limited range of supplies in our parcels but we do only have to use one item of patterned or plain paper/card or the image from the parcel if we get stuck and can add anything of our own to it. Exciting times!! I also have a personal challenge to try and make a Christmas card from each parcel.
The first challenge techniques were: using a brayer, rubber stamping and punches.
I used punches for Pat's parcel:
This is the first card and I used a corner punch. Everything except the greeting came from the parcel and I used Promarkers to colour the image.
I used a Martha Stewart corner punch on this card. I recycled a Christmas card for this one and added my own greeting. The to green papers came from the swap parcel.
I am entering this card in CHNC Challenge Extra for January 2015
I used rubber stamping for my technique for Terri's parcel:
This is one of my favourite cards from this months parcels. Everything came from the swap parcel except the greeting. I stamped the background paper with cogs/wheels. I know who will be getting this for their birthday!!
I rummaged around in my stash of images and found this rubber stamped one that I had received in a swap many years ago on the Crafts By Carolyn forum . I felt it went well with the background paper from the parcel. I just layered it up with some plain red paper from my oddment stash. I am entering this one in Pixie's Playground Snippets challenge 161.
And finally ....... an off the cuff challenge between Terri and I ..... make a card using all three techniques!! Here is my card
Everything except the white card I used for brayering and also the greeting came from the parcels. I used then stamped the brayered card with two of my stamps and used Memento London Fog so that it was a more muted scene. I used my corner rounder punch on the two layers.
Lovely cards here Liz and amazing how many different techniques you managed. LOVE the snippets card of course :)
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Di xx
I have a very soft spot for Robins Liz. You have made a beautiful card with it. Thanks for entering CHNC Christmas extra 2.
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Margaret M
Lovely cards Liz,
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of making things from a swap parcel and always great to do a bit of recycling with Christmas cards too. Thanks for playing along with CHNC Extra Challenge, sorry I'm a bit late coming by!!
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Brenda
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