A Krafty Sparkles Christmas

Hi, everyone! It's the first of the month... which means it's time for a new Sparkles Christmas Challenge.

Our theme for this month, which was chosen by Jane, is A Krafty Christmas. We're looking for cards that incorporate kraft.



For my card, I took some "krafty" paper from a Recollections brown variety pack... because my kraft stack appears to be running pretty low after all those December card-making activities. Guess I need to place a paper order. In the meantime, I hope this is "krafty" enough.

Recollections nostalgia value pack; Stampin' Up! lost lagoon
Simon Says cute snowflake (aka -- by me that is -- flurries of love) stamp set in Distress Ink walnut stain
spatters: Hero Arts unicorn pigment, applied with toothbrush spritzed with Ranger mini mister
dies: SSS A2 curved edge; Paper Smooches scallop and stitched; Winnie & Walter big, bold love cutaway
adhesives: Scotch ATG; Zig 2-way pen; Ranger multi medium matte

The card above was inspired by a card Kim Hamilton posted for a CASual Fridays Challenge last fall. A few details:

• This was my first time to stamp in color on kraft. Thanks to a trick shared by Jennifer McGuire (to stamp first with white pigment ink) and my MISTI (for those oops I need to restamp moments), I was willing to give this a try. 
• When I saw a little white peeking through/under those blue snowflakes, I decided to spatter white pigment over the entire card base; snowflakes. 
• The top layer of the word "love" was cut from card-base kraft paper that had been smeared in DI walnut stain.

Hope you'll join us over at Sparkles Christmas.

Thanks for stopping and happy scrappin'!