I made this card for the Merry Monday #48 color challenge. Boy, was it different making a Christmas card with these colors. I found a new challenge site http://stilladdinktive.blogspot.com/ and used their sketch challenge for my card. You can use the sketch & colors or either one, so I chose the sketch and the colors from the Merry Monday challenge. I rotated the sketch so I could add the ornament for the oval element, like it is hanging from the pine branches.
All supplies are from Stampin Up (except the Martha Stewart pearl). I used Whisper White & Basic Gray CS and Pumpkin Pie DSP. I cut 2 Top Note die-cuts from Basic Gray & WW, cutting the white one around the dotted edge. I used the Greetings of The Season for my sentiment and Watercolor Winter for the pine branches, stamped in Basic Gray ink. I stamped the ornament from Ornament Keepsakes in Marina Mist ink and cut it out, mounted it with foam dimensionals over the Marina Mist Taffeta ribbon, then added a MS pearl to the center.
Thanks for stopping by. Comments are greatly appreciated.
Stunning card JoAnn, I love this layout and great job with the colours. Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday this week.
ReplyDeleteYou did a wonderful job with those colors! Love that stamp set, :)
ReplyDeleteI love the way you have flipped the sketch to accommodate the gorgeous ornament. Thanks so much for playing along at still addINKtive this week.
ReplyDeleteOh what a fun card! I love that you chose to create a Christmas card with the sketch - and that you turned the sketch. I just may do that myself. I am so glad you joined us this week at still addINKtive!
ReplyDeleteYou've made a beautiful Christmas card JoAnn. It looks great "flipped" and I love your ornament hanging from the branches. Thanks for playing with us at still addINKtive this week.
ReplyDeleteI am so not ready to create Christmas cards just yet but what a great way to combine the challenges.Love the pine branches peeking under the ribbon! Thanks for playing stillADDinktive this week!
ReplyDeleteThis sketch looks pretty with the colours, I love your card and the clever way you stamped the sentiment. Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful ornament...and the background paper complements it so nicely! So glad you could play with the Merry Monday challenge this week!
ReplyDeleteJoAnn this is just beautiful!!! I love how you've combined both challenges and made it really work. You've done a wonderful job with combining these tricky challenge colours - thanks for joining us at Merry Monday this week!
ReplyDeleteWow, JoAnn, you did a fantastic job on both challenges! A beautiful card! Thanks so much for sharing it with us at Merry Monday!
ReplyDeleteUgggh! Your making me feel even worse every time I see how prepared you're gonna be this year and I'm NOT! LOL! Good for you! Love these colors and what a gorgeous bow!
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