Christmas Cards with Paper Smooches

I'm just stopping in with a couple Paper Smooches card!  (As you can see, I'm still plugging away at my holiday cards:)  This first card uses the Holly dies and one of the new sentiments from the set Holiday Cheer.  This card uses a template that I use often, white panel over a colorful partial background.  I used one of the Borders 1 dies to get that curve on the white panel.   

To color my holly leaves and berries, I used watercolor powders.  Whether it be watercolor powders, traditional watercolor (I prefer Peerless), or Distress Inks, I love the different shades you can achieve.  To me, it adds so much to the look of a card versus flat color of colored card stock.  Here's a closer look at that coloring...

My next card uses the beautiful Merry Christmas die.  I did a little stacked stamping but this time, I layered a white die cut over a black die cut.  Over the top of the card, I stamped and heat embossed a bunch of snowflakes (from the Cool Dudes set) and blended some Distress Ink over it.  

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you are having a great weekend!  

Mahalo and Aloha,
jj