I got the idea for this card from Susan Raiha aka LateBlossom. Actually I get A LOT of ideas from her. She creates such wonderful CAS cards. If you haven't checked out her blog, you really should. I spent some time reviewing her blog to find my inspiration, got totally distracted and never did find the card I wanted to show that I cased. She created a card using a large coffee cup stamp and stamped only half of it to the left of her card. I loved it. For this card, I used Snowflakes, a retired SU set that is my go to Christmas set. The sentiment is SU's Peaceful Wishes, also retired. Both the snowflake and the sentiment are embossed in white. I then added glitter to the snowflake which is why you are getting a halo effect in the picture. I don't have Susan's comfort level with white space (or blue space) as the case may be so I used my cuttlebug die and punched stars with my big shot out of the bottom of a left over chinese takeout trey. I was so impressed when DH didn't even shake his head when I went rooting through the recycling for one to play with.
Challenges this card meets:
Cards for Men - Christmas in July
Fussy and Fancy - Christmas in July
One Stop Craft - Monochromatic
Simon Says - Photo Inspiration
Gorgeous card :-) simple and very striking ,, beautiful :-)
ReplyDeletethanks for joining the Simon Says Stamp Challenge :-)
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Hi Christine, wow fabulous Xmas card. Thanks for joining us at Cards for Men, good luck with the challenge. With hugs Shirleyxxxx
ReplyDeleteha ha, great idea to use the recycled chinese tins to punch the stars, just love it! Can say that my DH would have liked that, one less thing to buy LOL!
ReplyDeleteHi Christine, This is just adorable, love the image and the sheer simplicity of your card. Thank you for joining us at OSCC this week with your lovely creation.
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Suzi x
Beautiful and very classy card quite stunning thank you for sharing this with us at OSCC this week.
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Lorraine x
A lovely traditional card..
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing along with cards for men, and good luck in the challenge.
issy
Beautiful card. Love the cool colors. Thanks for playing with us at Denna's Den of Crafts. Good luck on the challenge.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card. Thanks for joining us at Fussy and Fancy.
ReplyDeleteGreat monochromatic card! Thanks for playing at OSCC.
ReplyDeleteI just love this card, so simple and elegant. Thanks for joining in this weeks One Stop Craft Challenge.
ReplyDeleteHugs Shelley xx