Do you like elegant, cutsie or funny designs for your Christmas cards? Today I have a video By Request to create some ‘non-tacky’ Australian themed cards….. wish me luck!
I decided to make a 3 cards today so that you can have lots of inspiration, and if you have your Christmas cards made already then these could easily be changed up for other occasions. I also decided to colour using my Pencils, it feels like it’s been a while!
I started with the Uniquely Creative Gum Leaves Branch,
I dusted off my Prismacolor Pencils and I know that they take me ‘longer’ to colour with but I seriously do love the results,it’s great to be able to ‘mix’ the colours on the image.
I added a beautiful MFT Hand-Lettered Holiday Greetings sentiment and embossed this in gold (because we all know that ‘gold’ is posh).
My second card mimic’s the Christmas Bush which is native to Australia and I used the Pen Sketched Flowers from Altenew to ‘get the look’.
Love this sweet font from the Modern Poinsettia Stamp Set.
And finally I thought these Proteas would look beautiful coloured with Woodless Watercolor Pencils (which are from South Africa but they do come from the same family as the Australian native Grevillia’s and Banksias, a bit of a stretch but a beautiful native flower all the same).
I used the MFT Joyful Wreath with Reverse Confetti’s Joyful Holiday Wishes to create this layered sentiment.
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at YouTube.
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Do you think I did it? Non-tacky Christmas Cards? Let me know lol.
I hope you are inspired to try some non-traditional floral designs for your Christmas Cards, or even just get those pencils out and try a bit of colouring…. if you do, I’d love to you to share and tag me! Hope you are having fun creating,
Other Supplies: Cardstock – Ameican Crafts – Mint
Prismacolor Pencils – Espresso / Light Umber / Sepia / Pale Sage / Jade Green / Kelly Green / Moss Green / olive Green / Carmine Red / Crimson Lake.
Watercolor Pencils – Coral Bliss / Ruby Red / Heart Beat / Cromson / Yellow Ochre / Limeade / Shadow Creek / Paper Bag / Oolong Tea.
 Neenah 110 EH |
 Neenah 80lb EH |
 Gold Mirror ALT |
 Foam SSS | EH |
 Gum Leaves Branch OTH |
 Hand Lettered Holiday Greetings OTH |
 Pen Sketched Flowers ALT | SSS | EH |
 Modern Poinsettia ALT | SSS | EH |
 Essential Squares EH |
 Protea Flowers SSS | EH |
 Joyful Holiday Wishes SSS | OTH | EH |
 Joyful Wreath SSS | EH |
 Versamark Ink SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Limeade ALT | SSS | EH |
 Almond Butter ALT | SSS | EH |
 Prismacolor Pencils SSS | EH |
 Blending Stumps SSS | EH |
 Gamsol SSS | EH |
 Watercolor Pencils ALT |
 Watercolor Brush ALT | SSS |
 Satin Gold Sequins ALT | SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Antique Gold Spray ALT | SSS |
 Antique Gold ALT | SSS | EH |
 WOW Heat Tool SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Powder Tool SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Scissors SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Craft Knife SSS | EH |
 Gemini Junior SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Bone Folder EH |
 Stamp Blocks SSS | EH |
 Mini Score Board SSS | AUZ | EH |
 MISTI ALT | SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Mini MISTI ALT | SSS | EH |
 Precision Tip SSS | EH |
 Multi Medium Matte SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Foam Squares SSS | EH |
 Tape 1/2 SSS | EH |
 ATG SSS | AUZ | EH |
