Happy Friday!!! It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog. This week, the challenge is: Christmas in July
Here is my card for your inspiration:
Christmas cards are probably my favorite type of card to make, probably because I love Christmas so much!! A couple months ago, I won a prize package from Not 2 Shabby that included two beautiful paper packs and a matching set of ephemera for each. For today's card, I pulled out two sheets of paper, die cut a rectangle from each sheet and then cut the rectangles in half so I could use two different patterns on two different cards. This way, they both have the stitching from the rectangle die. I added a piece of wide satin ribbon across the join to hide it. Then I die cut a fancy frame out of gold paper. It's actually a solid piece, but I cut out the inside with a craft knife to create the frame. Then I heat embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder onto a piece of white card stock, adhered a piece of ornament ephemera and glued the whole piece behind the frame. Then I die cut the layers of the poinsettia, inked the embossed veins and adhered them all together and glued on the card. I finished everything off with some gold Nuvo drops. Unfortunately, I forgot I had added them and was not being careful with the card and accidently smeared several of the drops with another piece of paper. So, I carefully cleaned up the edges and remade them as best as I could. I ended up with a few more in the bottom corner because I had to cover up some rogue spots.
Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you will hop over to the
Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created.
Supplies:
Stamps: PaperTrey Ink "Just Sentiments: Be Merry"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle; Spellbinders "Fleur Di Lis Squares" and "Layered Poinsettia"
Not 2 Shabby paper and ephemera packs
Challenges:
Jingle Belles--my sweet emboss-able you (I heat embossed my sentiment)
Lil' Red Wagon #764--something you love! (I LOVE Christmas, patterned papers, and die cuts--specially fancy ones)
Congrats on winning those fun supplies!! I will surely copy you on the stitched rectangle cut in two for two different card idea!! This is really pretty all your details are such wonderful touches. Thanks so much for creating with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!
ReplyDeleteThis is super cute - great idea to use ornament images to complement the paper.
ReplyDeleteGreat job with the sketch ... love the combination of patterns ... so very glad you got EMBOSS-able with us at Jingle Belles.
ReplyDeleteWonderful card, I really love that ornament paper! (You don't know how many Nuvo drop accidents I've had - you're not alone!) Thanks for sharing with us at Sparkles Christmas Challenge.
ReplyDeleteSimply gorgeous card! What a haul. Thank you for joining us at Tuesday Morning Sketches.
ReplyDeleteThis is a lovely card. The challenge this month is to add glitter in some way. I know it's sometimes difficult to take a picture of some of the glitters, so can you let us know what you glittered on the card. Arlene, DT at Die Cut Divas.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely way to play the challenges! That sketch is the perfect way to include a framed image too. Thanks for joining Leslie and me at Christmas Kickstart, Jo x
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun and festive card and a great take on that cool sketch as well! So pleased you could join our embossing fun at Jingle Belles!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing along at Sparkles Christmas Challenge and Tuesday Morning Sketches!!