Holiday Extravaganza in NYC...

 We made 22 Christmas cards at the "Holiday Extravaganza" that I attended this past weekend sponsored by the Ink Pad in NYC.  Our instructor was Cheiron Brandon, a former design team member of a number of different stamp companies.  These are all her designs.  For those of you actually counting, you're absolutely right, there's only 21 in the picture.  One of mine got lost between class and home... :(

 

 I loved this technique AND the final result.  We put paint on a stencil, spritzed it with water and laid our watercolor paper on it.  The stencil is from a set by Tim Holtz WHICH I WON AS A DOOR PRIZE!!  Woot, woot!  And not only that, the set is SIGNED by Tim Holtz... :)

 

 We stamped a wood grain stamp on white paper with a light distress ink for the background.  Die cuts and Nuvo drops were used and I see I missed a few berries...

 

 LOVED this one so much that it may be our personal card.  Although they had a "pop-up" store at the facility, I purchased the stamp set online for $10 less.  It's from Stampers Anonymous.  I was sad though, to discover the "string" they are hanging on comes from another set...

 

 Also in our class was the owner of Neat and Tangled.   This set is one of hers called "Scandinavian Prints Christmas"...

 

 Another Neat and Tangled stamp set called "Beary Merry"...

 

 ALL stamping here... pretty fun!

 

 We used distress ink thru a stencil for the effect in the background.  Die-cut by Neat and Tangled called "Merry and Bright"...

 

Another Neat and Tangled stamp set called "May Your Holidays Be".  The Die-cut background is called "Star Cover Plate".  We were rushing around the last half hour to finish some of our cards  we hadn't gotten to that I forgot to stamp the "Merry and Bright" stamp in the center of the ornament.  So, once home, I used this "Merry Christmas" from Close to My Heart. Also, when I assembled this at home, I accidently put it on upside down.  It's been a LONG time since I did that...

 

 Neat and Tangled "Elfs and Their Shelves"...

 

 Lawn Fawn "Home for the Holidays"...

 

 Lawn Fawn "Winter Unicorn"...

 

Lawn Fawn "Cheery Christmas"...

 

I thoroughly enjoyed the class.  I met some really nifty people at my table.  The young lady next to me is in the Army, visiting from Alaska, home for the holidays, at the class with her mom.  If I can work out the transportation issue I had, I'd definitely do this again.  It took me over FOUR hours to get home!  Damn PATH train...

 

SO, this ends my "Five Christmas Cards a Month" Challenge until January!  Of course, now I have to make our personal ones but it's still great to go out with a bang... :)