Christmas Stockings

Hello everyone,

Today's final Christmas In July post is another pretty non-traditional Christmas card.

The card base is Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler.  The printed paper is Dovercraft layered on Bazzill Aspen.  The sentiment is Magenta stamped in Close To My Heart Ponderosa Pine on Recollections White.  The ribbon and snowflake embellishment are of unknown origin.  The card is highlighted with Silver Stickles.

The was the perfect paper for using a vertical sentiment.  While I'd hoped to coordinate with pink elements, I couldn't find the right shade and I just had more dark green elements in my stash.  As you know, I'm not all that fussy with rows but again, because the scale of the images was just right, this paper works.  It's a really wonderful result.

I hope you enjoyed this card as well as this Christmas In July series and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Happy Anniversary

Hello everyone,

I've been beyond swamped getting ready for tomorrow's Crop Til You Drop fundraiser so my creativity and card production has obviously been at a pretty low ebb. I still have a good number of thank you cards to make but changed things up with this card. Wednesday, my parents celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary so I crafted this card especially for them.

The background paper is BoBunny Winter Joy Bundled. The image is Magenta Stamps Bachelor's Buttons which were coloured with Stampin' Up watercolour crayons, misted with water and stamped on watercolour paper. The image is cut with a Spellbinders die and layered on a piece of Stampin' Up Garden Green. The sentiment is from Dovercraft, stamped in Nick Bantock Damson Plum on watercolour paper which is layered on a piece of Stampin' Up Brushed Gold. The embellishments are Hero Arts Metallic Décor.

I love this card. It is all about the BoBunny paper. These are some of my favourite colour combinations and when combined just put me in happy place. I wish I'd picked up more than one sheet as I will have to use what I've got rather sparingly to make it last.

Please enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle