I have for you today yet another holiday card, combining two of this week's challenges. The layout is from the Viva La Verve December 2012 week 3 sketch and the colors are from the fabulous combo that The Play Date Cafe had this week (PDCC161).
About the CardThe base is an A2 in Riding Hood Red followed by layers of white and DP from Teresa COllins - Christmas Cottage paper pad. The red and pink DP is from My Mind's Eye - Be Merry paper pad. The sentiment from Verve's Ornamental Christmas set was stamped on with with Olympia Green Versamark ink, cut out with Spellbinders Nestabilities circle dies, and sponged with Rose Romance ink. Rhinestones and some snowflakes cut out with Spellbinders Create-A-Flake 4 dies were used to accent the sentiment. Finally, brads, red Divine twine, and some jingle bells were added for bling and ring!!
Materials
Stamps: Verve Ornamental Christmas
Paper: White, Riding Hood Red, My Mind's Eye - Be Merry DP, Teresa Collins - Christmas Cottage DP
Ink: Olympia Green Versafine, Rose Romance
Accessories: red rhinestones, Red Divine Twine, jingle bells, brads, red glitter brad
Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities circle dies, Spellbinders Create-A-Flake 4 dies
Here is another holiday card combining two different challenges, The Play Date Cafe's color challenge (#160) and the Viva La Verve December 2012 week 2 sketch. The colors from PDC(below) were really tricky for me and I had to combine prints from two different paper pads to get the cool holiday look. I also had some fun playing with felt and die cuts to accent that sentiment.
About the CardThe base is an A2 in Cream followed by layers of Not Quite Navy and DP from Teresa Collins Christmas Cottage paper pad and My Mind's Eye - Indie Chic "Citron" paper pad. The edges were sponged with Antique Linen distress ink and distressed. The main sentiment from Verve's Glad tidings was stamped on cream with Vintage Sepia Versafine and cut out, embossed and sponged with Bordering Blue inks using Spellbinders Labels 25 dies. The mount was cut out of Not Quite Navy using Spellbinder Ironwork accents dies before embellishing with rhinestones. The Snowflake was cut out of white felt using Verve's Snowflake Tidings dies before sponging with Antique linen distress ink. The Snowflake was stamped with Bordering blue on cream and also distressed. Buttons, 10lb. twine, seam binding and brads were added for bling!
Materials
Stamps: Verve Glad Tidings
Paper: Cream, Not Quite Navy, My Mind's Eye - Indie Chic "Citron" DP, Teresa COllins - Christmas Cottage DP
Ink: Vintage Sepia Versafine, Bordering Blue, Antique Linen distress ink
Accessories: rhinestones, seam binding, buttons, 10lb. twine, brads, felt
Tools: Verve Snowflake Tidings dies, Spellbinders Labels 25 dies, Spellbinders Ironwork accent dies
This is my card featuring this week's iSpy sketch (ISSC40). This sketch was inspired by this fabulous card from artist Julie H. I really loved the woven paneling with the ribbon, but when it came down to it, I just couldn't make it work as well as the original so I settled with a plaid paper. I also combined this week's sketch with this week's Play Date Cafe colors (#156). These colors were just perfect for a simple harvest card.
Please hop on over to iSpy Sketches for more info about this week's challenge and some other great inspiration pieces from the Secret Agents!
About the CardThe base is an A2 in Mellow Moss followed by layers of Early Espresso and DP from and DP from FarmHouse - Sugar Hill paper pad. The edges were sponged with Walnut Stain distress ink, distressed, and stitched with natural thread. Fiber and satins ribbons were added as per the sketch, as well as a rich bow with button and tweine treatment. The main image was stamped on DP with Walnut Stain ink and paper pierced with a different DP for the pumpkins. The panels were sponged with Walnut Stain ink and cut out with Spellbinders Labels 4 dies. Thesentiment from Verve's Tall Oaks was also printed on DP with Walnut STain ink and cut out with Spellbinders Nestabilities circle dies. Edges were sponged and rhinestones were added for bling!!
Materials
Stamps: Verve Tall Oaks
Paper: Early Espresso, Mellow Moss, FarmHouse - Sugar Hill DP
Ink: Walnut Stain distress ink
Accessories: 10lb. twine, wooden button, rhinestones, satin ribbon, fiber ribbon
Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities circle and Labels 4 dies, sewing machine
