Cards from New Year Masterboard

I managed to make six cards from yesterday's masterboard.  

Again, it was just a matter of putting the pieces of the masterboard against various colours of card.  Red was the first colour that clicked for me:

Then burgundy:

I came round to the teal last:

A close up of this last one:

All of the cards have 'Happy New Year' penned inside using gold ink and a calligraphy nib:

And one more snap of them all together:

Happy New Year!

A Simple Christmas Card

Work and other things have taken over my last 6-8 weeks, leaving almost no time or energy for card making or other creative endeavours.

This morning I rose early to make at least one seasonal card.  I've had this stamp (made by A Stamp in the Hand) for several years now and I never could figure out what to do with it.  It just didn't seem to combine well with any of my other stamps, and it felt too simple just to stamp it (and possibly layer it) on a card.  

As it turns out, simple is exactly what I needed.  It's probably what I need every year, in terms of how long it's been since I've managed more than one or two hand-made seasonal cards.  

I did edge the top layer with white pigment ink and subtly whitened the snow with white pencil -- gel pen and paint  were too prominent and disrupted the coherence of the image.  

It was nice to get the sleeves rolled up and briefly dip into a bit of creativity.  Maybe I should make a couple more and send a few belated season's greetings...