Thus or That Thursday - Gift of Giving and Joy To You

 Well...it really is going to be a very wet day today. We have a storm heading our way called Ciaron and it's due to be a doozy! I do hope that it won't be as bad as predicted though. However, trying to keep focused...my cards today are similar but different in as much as one is quite pale and the other bright and Christmassy. My first card is the soft purple of Highland Heather and is an easel card. Very simple and straightforward but some added dimension as I used the lovely circles from the Cheery Patterns embossing folders. 

My That card is traditionally bright red and fun. I stamped the same gift boxes as above but coloured them in very bright colours and added some of the parcels from a piece of paper from the Beary Christmas DSP. 

The Merry Christmas is taken from another stamp set called Brightest Glow.

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Technique Tuesday - Joy To You and Gift of Giving

 Hello again. Today's card is similar to Monday's card in that I used the same stamps from both sets again but placed them slightly differently. This one has the Joy To You stamp on the front which was stamped and added to a deep red piece of card called Cherry Cobbler. I then decided to chop it up! So using the Patchwork Pieces dies, I used the simple curvy shaped one on this. Now using the dies was not necessary but I like the texture that it has. Once the pieces were back together, I placed them onto a Cherry Cobber card base which I embossed with the gorgeous Christmas Tidings Embossing Folder. It embosses Christmas words all over in different directions and sizes. I love it. 

I then stamped the Hot Chocolate cup onto a white mat and used my blends pens to colour this one in.