All Hearts Come Home For Christmas

Hi There!

What Christmas in April....yes, no time like the present to get started on those Christmas cards especially as the holidays approach things get hectic. That is why I think the year round Christmas Challenges out there are pure genius. It can really help you get some of those cards made. I need motivation with flowers blooming, birds singing and sun brightly shining.

Here is my Christmas Card inspired by the Merry Monday Challenge.

To get started I created my own chipboard embellishment out of a Cheerios Box and painted it (not very neatly) with white craft paint.

This is the back! Recycling at it's best!

The front with some paint slapped on and sanded.

Next I cut the coordinating hearts and stamped the sentiment from Waltzingmouse Stamps Seasons of Love and distressed the images with vintage tea stain. 

I took a kraft card base and embossed with my Cuddlebug Swiss dots embossing folder for some added texture which coordinated with the patterned paper I chose for the middle strip. To tie in the heart focal images, a punched heart border was adhered below the polka dotted patterned paper. Next blue checked gingham patterned paper was cut into a scalloped rectangle to border the snowflake paper found in my scrap pile which has had the edges distressed. 

All that was left was to adhere the the heart sentiment embellishment and add some crafty white paint. to the card base for a shabby touch!

As mentioned, I found my inspiration from Merry Monday Christmas Sketch Challenge. 

Stampin' Sisters In Christ - Something Joy-ful or Celebratory 
Stampendous - Recycle something into a a stamping project.

Thanks for popping in! Hope you are having a fantastic weekend!

~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps: Waltzingmouse: Seasons of Love

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!, PP: Scraps

Ink: Momento: Tuxedo Black, Vintage Tea Stain
Other: Dies: Spellbinders, White Craft Paint, Punch: Martha Stewart