Fair Isle Christmas

I was inspired by three challenges to finally break out some holiday stamps and sentiments. While I was purging stamps I often came upon stamp sets I loved but hadn’t paid any attention to in a long time. Papertrey Ink’s Fair Isle Motifs was one of those sets, so I pulled it out to create two CAS cards for Addicted to CAS: Holiday, Christmas Craft Creations: CAS, and Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge: Anything Goes. I think this is the first time I’ve ever played along with Christmas Craft Creations although I’ve been following them for awhile. 

I chose two different motifs and created cards with different orientations. For some reason I’ve had a lot of trouble lately being able to photograph cards without shadows. If I weren’t so close to the deadline for the Peace On Earth Challenge, I’d give this another go tomorrow. 

The sentiment for this card is from one of my favorite holiday sentiment sets, Simon Says  Holiday Greetings Mix 1. After die cutting the motif with Ellen Hutson’s Essential Squares I die cut a white square from the next largest die. It’s hard to see, but I added one layer of dimensional tape behind it.

The greeting here is from Pinkfresh Studio’s Berry Branch stamp set and die cut with My Favorite Things Itty Bitty Strips. Again I backed the image with white and added some dimensional tape before adding it to the card base.

Last year I had over 50 Christmas cards completed by now. This year we’re doing a photo card for many people on our holiday list, so I’m not in need of the large number I usually create. With all the disruption in my craft room, it’s a good decision.