Crafty Elves Countdown to the Holidays - April 2020

Hello everyone and welcome to the April 2020 Edition of the Crafty Elves Countdown to the Holidays.    

How are you guys doing?  Holding up?  It's been a strange month for all of us and this is definitely starting to get to me.  The elves (Debra, Lisa, Jessica, and myself) are all feeling it and it took a lot for us to make our cards this month.  But, this is what keeps me going even though my sanity is gone.  LOL  

So, without further ado, here are my 4 Crafty Elf cards for April.  Please remember to check out the other Crafty Elves - Debra, Lisa, and Jessica - whose links to their posts are at the end of this post.

Card No. 1 

Last week I received a little card in the mail from my fellow Crafty Elf - Debra - along with a little present inside - the Hanukkah stamp I used on this card.   I was happy just to get snail mail let alone a little gift. Thanks again, Debra!!  

• I made a top-folding A2 card to which I adhered dark blue cardstock. 
• Then I cut a piece of white and a piece of lighter blue cardstock using Stitched Rectangle Layers (Memory Box).  
• I adhered the light blue cardstock to the card front. Then I stamped the Happy Hanukah image and sentiment (Rubbermoon) on to the white cardstock.  
• Then I colored the menorah using gel pens, adhered it to a piece of fun foam, and then I adhered this all to the light blue cardstock!  

Done!  Clean and simple!  

Card No. 2

I love Christmas stocking cards!  So when I saw the stocking as part of Holiday Poinsettia from Polka Dot Orchard, I knew I had to get it.   

• I printed the image twice on to white cardstock.  One of the images I cut using a stitched rectangle die.  On the 2nd image, I fussy cut the poinsettias on the stocking.  I colored in the images using my Ultra Fine Tip and Broad Tip BIC Markers.  I kept to red, blue, green, and I use Moonstone Yellow for the gold color.  
• I found some Christmas stickers that I had picked up from Hobby Lobby on my last trip to the states and I adhered one to the card front.  
• I used red Stickles (Ranger) on the berries in the image and Glossy Accents on the "reflection" part of the ornaments.  
• I put some foam dots under the pieces I fussy cut and I adhered them on the stocking.  To give some shimmer to these parts, I put some Red Stickles on my finger and I gently ran it over the poinsettias.  
• The last thing I did was to adhere 3 small red/gold sequins.

Done! 

Card No. 3

This card, which is so simple to make, also uses Holiday Poinsettia from Polka Dot Orchard.  

• I started by printing the word "Noel" at 60% on white cardstock.  
• Using the Diagonal Stitched Fishtail Banner dies (Elizabeth Craft Designs), I cut the "Noel" and a piece of red cardstock using the next size up.  
• I found a pad called Festive from Authentique in my stash.  I adhered one piece of decorative paper to my card front and then used my stitched rectangle die to cut another piece, which I adhered to the card front. 
• Then I adhered the red banner and Noel pieces. 
• A few red sequins and I was done!

Card No. 4

For this card, I used the cutest digi called Christmas Fairy from HettyClare on Etsy.  I fell in love with this little girl wearing a dance tutu in front of the Christmas tree.  Too cute!  

• I printed her on to white cardstock and cut her out using a stitched rectangle die.  
• Then I colored her in using my BIC Markers.  I know it's a Christmas image but I had to put her in a pink tutu!!  
• I layered this on to a piece of red cardstock and then onto a very funky Christmas paper from way back in the day!  
• I adhered a "Joy to the World" sticker under her and then I used Red, Silver, Gold, Green, Blue, and Crystal Stickles (Ranger) on the ornaments, Santa's hat, and the two stars.  

Done!!

I hope these cards have inspired you to break out some of your Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza/Holiday stamps to make some cards.  We all have a lot of time on our hands right now.

Please remember to check out what the other Crafty Elves have up their sleeves this month - 

Debra (Meticulosity)

Lisa (Life of a BZ Scrapper)

Jessica (Polka Dot Orchard)

I'd love to know which of my projects was your favorite!  As always, thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!  You can also follow me on my Instagram page by clicking HERE!

Until next time, hugs from Brasil - 

~Michael