Thank you for coming by on this Saturday's Blog Hop! The theme for this week was 'We wish you a Merry Christmas', featuring some non-traditional Christmas colours. It's always good to try something a bit out of your comfort zone! I decided to embrace the pink and went with a colour scheme of Garden Green, Blushing Bride, Polished Pink and Grey Granite. Adding in the black felt like a bit of a modern touch.
To create the tree, I cut strips of cardstock out in each of the 4 colours. I cut them at different widths, 1/4", 3/8" and 1/2". I laid the strips down on a piece of Basic White cardstock and then cut out the largest tree shape from the Christmas Trees Dies. Wouldn't it be fun to try this in a bunch of different colour combos?
On the card base I stamped these little stars from the Merriest Moments Stamp Set. Then I layered on the Polished Pink DSP cut at 3 1/4" x 5". The Basic White was cut at 3" x 4 3/4" and coloured with Polished Pink using the Blending Brushes. It felt a bit plain being just white, so the brushes easily solved that problem!
The black just brings the card together, from the embossed 'Joy' to the Black & White Gingham ribbon to the Black Matte dots.
If you liked this card and would love to continue receiving ideas and inspiration for your own card making or paper crafting, you can sign up for my weekly newsletter here, and you will get fun tips, inspiration, updates and exclusive freebies. Plus, just as a thank you for signing up, you'll receive a free PDF Tutorial to learn how to make 2 different cards!
For more fun and inspiration, be sure to either click back to see Mary's project or next to check out Cindy's! Then enjoy the rest of the blog hop to see everyone's beautiful projects!
Remember:
Shop with December's Online Shopper Code to get a special thank you from me in the mail next month.
Spend $200 or over and receive Stampin' Rewards to get free products! No need for a code at all!
Wanna be crafting buddies or enjoy your crafting supplies at a discount? The Starter Kit really is the best deal! Only $135 for $165 worth of product and free shipping! Chat with me today about signing up!
Thanks friends for stopping by today and have fun crafting!
