SUPPLY LIST
Dies: Poppystamps Ghostly Cats, Papertrey Ink Tricky Trio (retired), Picket Fence Layering Flora: Pretty Pumpkin Die
Paper: The Stamp Market (retired), Stampin' Up Wild Wheat, Pumpkin Pie (background of the pumpkin)
SUPPLY LIST
Dies: Poppystamps Ghostly Cats, Papertrey Ink Tricky Trio (retired), Picket Fence Layering Flora: Pretty Pumpkin Die
Paper: The Stamp Market (retired), Stampin' Up Wild Wheat, Pumpkin Pie (background of the pumpkin)
SUPPLY LIST
Dies: Photo Play Autumn Word Trio, Taylored Expressions Layered Pumpkins, The Stamp Market Mini Autumn Leaves, Honey Bee Itty Bitty Fall Flowers, Stampin' Up Stitched Rectangles
Paper: Doodlebug Design Flea Market, Stampin' Up Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green, Pecan Pie, Peach Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Coastal Cabana, Taken with Teal
SUPPLY LIST
Dies: Trinity Stamps Scripty Thanks; Honey Bee Stamps Itty Bitty Leaves, Itty Bitty Pumpkins and Itty Bitty Fall Flowers
Paper: Stampin' Up Balmy Blue, Lemon Lime Twist, Peach Pie, Pecan Pie, Daffodil Delight, Moody Mauve and the long-retired Confetti Tan
Other: Paper Rose Winter Plaid Embossing Folder, Pink & Main Thankful Enamel Glitter Dots
I am honored to be the guest designer this week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown! It's a fabulous "throwdown" with a wide variety of challenges that helps keep me up on my Christmas card stash throughout the year. The challenge for this week is flowers and/or flourishes.
I tried to get a flower and a flourish onto my card but other things called my name. This is actually the third card that I made for the challenge. I liked the first two and if I get photos taken, they might be worth showing on my blog. One even had a flourish. But they used dark and rich colors and with the warm weather still outside my window, I just decided I preferred light and bright. So I pulled out this fun little poinsettia and a "happy holidays" and created my light and bright Christmas card!
Even though I immediately envisioned trees when I saw the sketch, I planned to challenge myself to do something else. But then my Stampin' Up order with these new dies showed up on my doorstep the day before I was making cards, so what choice did I have?! I adore these trees. They will definitely be my go-to for this year's Christmas stash.
I didn't like the full picture that I got above but I hadn't looked at it before nighttime and I rely on natural light so I was stuck with it. Now I look at the picture and the white tree gets lost so the whole card seems out of balance. I don't feel like it's that bad in real life so I took the close-up below (then had to edit out of all my yellow room light since there was no natural light!) It's a little closer to what I think the card looks like. (I guess I should have taken the full picture in the yellow room light because the close-up doesn't look half bad - but I didn't think of that until this moment. It's hard getting older!) The white tree is probably still not quite right but I just had to use my favorite dies from the set right away.
SUPPLY LIST
Dies: Stampin' Up Decorative Tree Dies
Paper: Stampin' Autumn to Remember Two-Tone cardstock (the light side of the olive piece), Old Olive Glimmer Paper (along with Berry Burst and White), Gingerbread and Peppermint dsp (retired)
Dies: A Pocket Full of Happiness Peace on Earth
Paper: Stampin' Up Boho Blue
Other: Simon Says Stamp Fir Tree Branches Embossing Folder, Taylored Expressions Snowflakes
It's time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches! Today we have a sketch by Linda and here’s what I did with it!
SUPPLY LIST
Dies: Honey Bee Lovely Layers Maple Leaf, Scrapbook.com Grateful Sentiments, Memory Box Wrapped Stitch Rectangles, Taylored Expressions Easy Strips 1/4" Patterns
Paper: Stampin' Up Daffodil Delight, Peach Pie, Calypso Coral and Lemon Lime Twist, Simon Says Stamp Fog
Other: Stampin' Up Cane Weave 3D Embossing Folder, Studio Katia Gold Foil Pearls