Hi and welcome to my blog. It’s time for another Christmas card challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, so I inked up the Endless Wishes stamp set by Stampin’ Up to make this little number …
It’s a colour challenge this week, to use at least 3 of the colours chosen by our hostess, but I decided to go for broke and use ALL 5 colours!
I used:
- pool party for the card base,
- melon mambo for the mat layer,
- rose red ink to stamp the gingham border,
- garden green to make punch art holly leaves,
- and finally night of navy ink to stamp the sentiment.
I usually stick to one or two main colours for my cards, with a neutral for the sentiment, but I think my multi-coloured offering worked out OK … what do you think?
I could not resist adding some sparkling dazzling diamonds to some of the snowflakes – so pretty and so sparkly in real life.
I punched out little circles for berries from melon mambo and rose red cardstock, and shaped them with the score board ball tool on a foam mat. Once the berries were adhered to the card, I added a thin coat of crystal effects for some shine.
And while I still had the scraps out on my desk, I made a matching gift tag too…
I think they make a great little duo … don’t you just love it when things match? I know I do! (… it’s the little things …)
Sorry I’ve been MIA for a little while, what with illness and then my daughter moving house, crafting was just impossible, but I’m now back on track. I’ve so looked forward to getting back to my crafting therapy!
So now it’s time to see what the rest of the Design Team at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown have been up to:
- Louise
- Patricia
- Danielle
- Peg
- Ruth
- Deborah
- Fabiola
- and our lovely hostess for this month, Jacqueline.
I hope you’ll be inspired to join in with our challenge and get ahead with your Christmas cards.
cardstock: whisper white, pool party, melon mambo, rose red, garden green;
stamp set: endless wishes, gingham wheel (retired);
inks: rose red, night of navy, pool party;
punches & dies: large oval, 3/4” circle, 1/4” circle, scallop tag topper, heart framelits;
accessories: dimensionals, two way glue pen, dazzling diamonds, crystal effects;
All supplies from Stampin’ Up.
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Thanks for dropping by today
Lily-by-Gilly 