I think I just made it before the linky widget expired for the Pals Paper Arts challenge this week. The challenge was to use pearls and I almost didn't make a card for it until I spotted the MOJO sketch and was struck with Inspiration.
I nearly made a around card this time around because, oddly enough, I had some round scraps in my stash that were just begging to be used. They will continue to beg, because I needed the additional space that a square card gave me.
Santa came a little early this year and brought me a new Sizzix decorative strip die called Festive Greenery that I couldn't wait to use. It's got holly, berries, branches, arborvitae leaves and some flourishes. I cut out the holly leaves in Always Artichoke, the arborvitae leaf in Old Olive, the branch in Early Espresso and the berries in Cherry Cobbler. I used the holly leaves with the scratchy side showing because I thought it looked pretty neat, especially after I sponged them with some Always Artichoke. The scratches took on a little more ink so the leaves have a cracked paint look to them. I took a little liberty with the placement of the sentiment vis-a-vis the sketch and now I wish I had lowered it a bit.
I'm in the home stretch making the Christmas cards that I will need this year, because I'll have to get them out in the mail within the next week or two. I hope I have enough, but I like this one quite a bit so hopefully I can more of them if I need to. It actually came together pretty quickly.
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6 comments:
I love that festive greenery, looks wonderful with your classy DP!! Beautiful card!!
Hi Jen, I was over at Pals Paper ARts to see what the challenge is this week, and your creation caught my eye. I love it!
What a beautiful card! I love all those patterned papers! Thanks for playing along with us at Pals Paper Arts! :)
What a fab elegant card i have the festive greenaty strip too and i love it try using the T H cordinations card and sanding it for another look Luv Sue x
Love that holly, I'm now going to be making some of those!!
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This is a lovely card! I adore the papers and the clean and simple lines.
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