Christmas in June - CCC12

I don't think I have posted any of these cards before to my blog but apologies if I have.  I realised this morning I had not completed my '12' Christmas cards for the month of June.  Most were nearly there but there were certainly not 12 ready to go.  We have been out today so tonight I have been rushing to get them all finished.
These first two use gilding flakes - I am new to these and need more practice.

The next batch use black stencil paste, which I am convinced is more messy than the white, and sketch challenge SC384.  Only just been brave enough to try any of the stencil pastes but I am learning!

This batch of 5 all use gold stencil paste.  I think this colour is very effective but sadly does not photograph well.

My last two cards uses the church stamp from MFP and the pince cones on the background strip which was created using glimmer mists and then embossed with a Tim Holtz folder. 

You can see it has been a messy June in terms of the techniques I have been using on  my Christmas cards.