Hello,
It is Friday night and it seemed like the perfect time to join in one of the newest challenges in town the Festive Friday Challenge. The design team is absolutely incredible!!!! - just go take a look - and they have completely inspired me with all of their GORGEOUS creations! This is the very first challenge and it is a color challenge: Here is the inspiration graphic from their website:
I hope you will decide to play along too! I love these colors and was inspired tonight when I visited my friend Geri's blog "Paper Wishes". She had just posted this stunning card: HERE. I loved the silver embossing on her card and immediately wanted to try it....but guess what - no silver powder in my stash...just gold! Ho Hum...but alas an idea did pop into my mind when I glanced at some red burlap I recently purchased at Hobby Lobby...and here is my card:
I die cut 6 small rectangles into my white card stock (using this die from MFT) and then threaded the burlap through to create this ribbon decoration. NOTE: I first stamped the sentiment in silver ink, embossed it with clear embossing powder, and added some red COPIC marker to dress it up. I then ran the white panel through my vagabond with the burlap embossing plate from Cheery Lynn Designs: HERE After these steps were done I threaded the burlap through the die cut holes in the white card stock piece.
To finish the card I matted the white panel on some silver metallic paper and a red card base. I then embellished with three little glass and silver heart buttons with some metallic red floss threaded through them. I sure love how this turned out. The idea in my head translated well into the finished card!
Thanks for taking a look at my card. I hope you get to join in the challenge or at least go and check out all the beautiful cards and leave some comment love!
Happy Weekend!
:) Jill
It is Friday night and it seemed like the perfect time to join in one of the newest challenges in town the Festive Friday Challenge. The design team is absolutely incredible!!!! - just go take a look - and they have completely inspired me with all of their GORGEOUS creations! This is the very first challenge and it is a color challenge: Here is the inspiration graphic from their website:
One of my very favorite Christmas sentiments is "Have yourself a Merry little Christmas". It just makes my heart smile! This sweet little stamp is from Lili of the Valley stamps in the UK and is from a set called "Christmas Grungy Messages". It is set #33. You can find it: HERE
To finish the card I matted the white panel on some silver metallic paper and a red card base. I then embellished with three little glass and silver heart buttons with some metallic red floss threaded through them. I sure love how this turned out. The idea in my head translated well into the finished card!
Thanks for taking a look at my card. I hope you get to join in the challenge or at least go and check out all the beautiful cards and leave some comment love!
Happy Weekend!
:) Jill
Oooh! I love how you used the burlap! Great idea to die cut the side to thread it through. (I love my Vagabond!!) Those buttons are so pretty too!
ReplyDeleteJill, I am so glad you played along! What a clever idea with the burlap, and I really love the contrast of the rustic burlap with the sparkly buttons. Thank you so much for joining us, and I hope we see you again!
ReplyDeleteHow creative with the dies and burlap, Jill!! And the embossing works so nicely with it! I agree with Meredith...the sparkly buttons in between provide the little 'surprise' to this design! So happy you've played along, and I want you to hang on to that burlap, because I can think of an upcoming challenge it will be great for! Can't remember how far down the road it is, so I guess you'll just have to stick with us to see!!!;) Great card...thanks for creating with us!
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