This week on 52 Christmas Card Throwdown it’s a colour challenge, taking inspiration from a real summer favourite – strawberries!
I chose to use the Stampin’ Up colours – cherry cobbler, garden green and old olive for my card. These gorgeous reds and greens have got to be my favourite go-to colours for Christmas – very traditional and they look fantastic together – I never tire of using them.
I needed a green mat layer for my sentiment but didn’t have any garden green cardstock left (I must place another order soon), so instead I cut a layer of whisper white and inked the edges using a stampin’ sponge. I really like the effect this gave too – very soft and pretty.
I used the pennant parade stamp set to stamp my modern-looking “trees”. This set will be retiring at the end of June, so if you like it, make sure you order yours soon. It goes perfectly with the pennant builder punch, making it easy to punch out your stamped images …
I love adding glitter to my Christmas cards too – if you can’t have a bit of sparkle at Christmas, when can you? And dazzling diamonds, by Stampin’ Up, are so pretty! It’s a very fine, sparkly glitter that glints and sparkles as the light catches it, and after all … dazzling diamonds are a girl’s best friend!
Inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest, I gave it the Stampin’ Up treatment, changing up the background, the stamping and the embellishments. I used all Stampin’ Up products, some of them from my retired stash but so, so pretty and just begging to be used. The new Stampin’ Up catalogue will be out on 1st July with lots of new crafting goodies – whoop!
The girls in the Design Team have been cooking up some lovely examples for you this week, so do pop by and take a look and join in the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown challenge fun. Hope to see your creations there!
cardstock: whisper white, cherry cobbler;
stamp sets: more merry messages, pennant parade;
inks: cherry cobbler, garden green, old olive;
punches: petite pennants builder, snowflake;
accessories: dazzling diamonds, two-way glue pen, green gem brads (retired), holly berry bouquet dsp (retired), stampin’ sponge.
All supplies from Stampin’ Up.
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