Christmas Card Bingo — A Fun Way to Get Started | Altenew Fangroup Takeover

Example 1 — A Snowy Christmas

For my first example, I went with a wintry blue color palette.

This card includes snow, critters, a non-traditional color, heat embossing, die cuts and a Christmas sentiment. 

That's already six elements from the list.

I love using blue and icy colors for Christmas cards, especially when I want to create a winter feeling without reaching immediately for red and green. I used a Spray colored background for this card and stickles for the shiny snowy finishing.

And this is a good example of how you don't need to make the challenge complicated. Just look at the supplies you already have and see which elements naturally fit together.

Example 2 — Adding a Christmas Tree

For my second card, I stayed with a wintry color palette but added a Christmas tree to the scene with stencils. For that icy look on the bottom of the card I used Ice & Beads Paste.

This card includes snow, a Christmas tree, critters, a non-traditional color, embossing, die cuts and a Christmas sentiment.

So this one has seven elements from the Bingo list.

You can see how adding just one different element can completely change what fits on your Bingo card.

And that's what I like about this challenge: you decide where you want to take it.

Example 3 — A Poinsettia in Non-Traditional Colors

For my third example, I wanted to show that Christmas Bingo doesn't have to mean making a snowy scene.

This card started with a white background and an embossing folder. I added iridescent glitter paste to the raised areas, which gives the background a beautiful sparkle without making it too colorful.

I added a dark purple frame and a purple and pink ink-blended poinsettia, finished with a large Christmas sentiment on which I used glossy accents for more dimension.

For my Bingo board, this card includes embossing, a die cut, a non-traditional color, a frame, a flower and a Christmas sentiment.  That's six elements from the bingo list. 

And this is also a good example of the freedom I wanted to give you with this challenge. When I say embossing, I don't mean that you have to heat emboss something. An embossing folder counts too!

You get to decide how you interpret the elements and how you use them on your card.

Example 4 — Another Way to Play

For my fourth example, I went in a different direction again.

I created a pink and red ink-blended poinsettia with silver pearls in the heart of the flower and used an embossed background with softly ink-blended pink berries. With partly the same products you still can create another look.

I added a gold frame and a heat-embossed Christmas sentiment, and then layered the whole design onto a pink mat.

For this card, I used embossing, gold, red, a flower, a frame and a Christmas sentiment.

Again, that's six elements — with partly the same elements as the previous card, but it looks different from my other examples.

And that is exactly what I wanted to show with this challenge.

There isn't one correct way to use the Bingo list. You can interpret the elements in your own way and use whatever works with the supplies you already have.

Final Thoughts

I really enjoyed making these examples because Bingo gives you just enough direction without telling you exactly what to do.

And sometimes that's all we need to get started.

Pick five elements.

Put them together.

See what happens.

And if the result doesn't look anything like you imagined… well, that's card-making. 

I hope you'll join me for the Christmas Card Bingo challenge in the Altenew Fan Group.

I can't wait to see which five elements you choose! 

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