Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Peace

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is a Designer's Choice Challenge and Laurie has chosen: Frame It

And here is the card I created:
I started with the Marquee frame embossed in with a gold tinsel embossing powder and stamped the Peace sentiment in the middle in a dark brown.  At first, I had stamped, colored and fussy cut just the two pinecones and the bow on the left side, but it seemed to need a little something more, so I added a third pinecone.  I think it definitely helps to balance things out.  The pinecones gave it a rustic feel, so I chose some paper to match and matted that with gold glitter paper to match the embossed frame.  And then I added some gold eyelets (yes, they still exist!  At least in my stash!)

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this photo.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Pine Cone", "Striped Bow", "Marquee Frame, large", and "Peace"
Dies: none

Challenges:
Crafty Sentiments--anything goes
ART Impressions #269--holiday cards
Crimbo Crackers #196--anything goes
C.R.A.F.T. #534--winter (Christmas is in the winter)
Cute Card Thursday #606--Christmas/holiday
Your Next Stamp #126--Holiday Wishes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #462--anything goes with the optional twist: something beginning with "H" (I used Heat embossing)
Sketch Saturday #588--sketch

Christmas at Sweet Stampin--anything goes with the optional twist: stars (I have stars on my background paper)
Cards Galore #69--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Creative Sketchy Girls #41--Christmas
Sheepski Designs--Christmas is coming
Merry Little Christmas #16--anything goes
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #59--anything goes

14 comments:

Donna said...

So elegant and beautiful, like how you used the pinecones!

Glittered Paws said...

The third pine cone certainly balanced this beautiful card. And love the word Peace frames out. Very pretty.

Laurie Unger said...

Love the sparkle on the "frame." Beautifully done!

Carol H. said...

Such a pretty card! Rustic, but elegant! Thank you for joining in our Holiday Card Challenge at Art Impressions!

*Vicki* said...

Such a gorgeous card and a beautiful take on the sketch too! Love the gold accents! Thanks for sharing your creation with us at Cute Card Thursday Challenges! HUGS, *Vicki* (DT)

Esther Asbury said...

Such a gorgeous Christmas card, Heather! I love the tiny bow on the pinecone, the gold, and that pretty background paper!

joy said...

I like everything about your card- the embossed frame, the sweet pine cones and the pretty background!

Patti J said...

Goodness, I never thought to use Repeat Impression frames - you are so clever!!! Love your card Heather! Thanks for sharing :)

Aimeslee Winans said...

Lovely card, Heather and great way to use a frame. I am chuckling at the sight of those eyelets. It always reminds me of when Donna Downy made a mini album and on one of the pages added some eyelets. But then afterwards noticed she had placed one of the eyelets on her son's private parts in a photo on the back of the or next page. OOPS! Yes, she published it anyway and said "I'm bringing eyelets back, Baby!" LOLOL That would be quite a feat were she really have been able to do that. Lord knows we all have our weight in them in our stash, right? xoxo

Donna Ellis said...

What a lovely creation, Heather! Beautiful die cutting, and the gold elements behind look especially festive! hugs, de

MagsB said...

Heather, this is a beautiful card, so tranquil! Thanks for joining in at The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge.

love Mags B x

Darlene said...

So very very pretty! Thanks so much for playing in our challenge at Merry Little Christmas!
Darlene
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Gail Hutchinson said...

Heather, what a gorgeous traditional Christmas card. I love the colours you have used. Thank you for joining us at SheepSki Designs "Christmas is Coming" theme and good luck. Gail DT

ILEANA ARTUFFO said...

Wonderful elegant creation!
Thank-you for joining us at the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge November "ATG".
Sorry for late comment.
Ileanaxx