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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Holiday Wishes

Hello everyone! I'm getting my post up early since our weather is gorgeous and going to be warm today! I will be out in the boat this afternoon for sure. 

In my craft room I'm still humming along on the Christmas card theme. 

The Make It Monday Challenge hosted by Laurie at Papertrey Ink featured tips for using lots of layers. I got a bit carried away but had fun adding colors of ink and die cut layers. Have a look! 


I combined die cut images from Holiday Greens and Spruce and Sprigs. They were stamped multiple times using shades of Parakeet Green, New Leaf and Hawaiian Shores. I just love these colors! 


I cut an ornate square and a circle die from the Don't Forget to Write Basics Collection, and used those as bases for tucking in and layering my bouquet of holly and blooms.  The stamped and die cut sentiments are from the Christmas Cheer stamp set. 

This card will make it's way to someone special on my list, either delivered by hand or in a specially made envelope.

You are so special too, hope your day is wonderful! 

Be yourself
     Delight in your craft 
        Make something beautiful!










Supplies used are PTI unless noted
Stamps: Holiday Greens, Christmas Cheer, Spruce & Sprigs
Paper: SU - whisper white, Crumb Cake; PTI - Hawaiian Shores
Inks: Hawaiian Shores, Green Parakeet, New Leaf, SU - Crumb Cake
Accessories: Sequins, Dies, sponges, MISTI



I'm also adding this to these challenges. 
Merry Monday who posted these fun colors!




17 comments:

Jeanne J. said...

OMG Cindy! This is drop dead GORGEOUSNESS! SWOON!

Vikki H said...

Nailed both of your challenges with this wonderful card!

Susan Watanabe said...

Lovely layering with non-traditional holiday colors!

Jean said...

This is stunning!

Rosemary said...

wow!!! this is absolutely amazing!!

Oreety said...

Stunning...I love everything about it!

stampwithsandy said...

Wow, this is amazing! So many beautiful layers!

Susan Joyce said...

So beautiful Cindy, love every design detail. Thanks for joining us this week at Merry Monday.

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful card! I love your soft colors and all your layers just blend perfectly. Really nice job.

Colleen said...

Wow, great job capturing the colors for the MM and having it work for the MIM!! You are on a roll. You mastered this layered challenge for sure. thank you for joining us at Merry Monday and so glad I stopped by to see your creation!

Darnell said...

WOW, Cindy! This isn't a card, it's a table top Christmas decoration to bring out year-after-year!! I'm in awe!! Hugs, Darnell

Marcia Hill said...

What a BEAUTIFUL card Cindy! And how perfect that the colors for MM worked for the MIM challenge too...gotta love when that happens!! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Merry Monday!! :0)

Carmela said...

Beautiful and I love the colors!

Leslie Miller said...

I love these colors, too, and you did a masterful job combining dies and layering! How perfectly this works for both challenges. Beautiful!

Kelly Lunceford said...

This is absolutely gorgeous! Very, very beautiful! Thanks for joining us this week at the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge!

Lady Joyful said...

Gorgeous card with such beautiful detail to it. A wonderful use of our colours. Thank you for joining us at Merry Monday Christmas Challenge - Charlotte/Lady Joyful, GDT

Joan B said...

thank you so much for your very kind words on my blog. I came here and found this gorgeous card!!!! wow