Merry Christmas

A few weeks ago, I made this card using the "Arrow Coverplate" die from Sugar Pea Designs:

Looking at the leftover positive pieces, I thought it would be fun to adhere them to card base for a unique background.  And it was fun, but quite time consuming.  I first colored the pieces randomly with some reds, teals, and a gold paint pen.  Then, I laid them back into the spaces in the actual die and used a piece of "Press n' Seal" to hold them all in place.  I then added liquid glue to the back of each piece and adhered them to the card.  It didn't turn out perfectly, but it did create a fun look.

I die cut the Merry Christmas sentiment three times from white card stock and colored on of them with the same gold paint pen.  I die cut a circle from vellum, to give the sentiment a place to rest and help distinguish it from the background.  I added a few punched snowflakes and several gold sequins to finish it off.  

Supplies:

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; STAMPlorations Merry Christmas die; Sugar Pea Designs "Arrow Coverplate" die

Martha Stewart snowflake punch

Challenges:

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #51--anything goes

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #27--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #461--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Crimbo Crackers #217--anything goes

Cardz TV #125--anything goes

STAMPlorations Anything Goes--anything goes using STAMPlorations product

STAMPlorations CAS--anything goes with the optional twist: gray and orange

Fab n Funky #498--keep it simple

Penny's #482--anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. #573--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas

Krafty Chicks #529--CAS