Someone brought it to my attention that Christmas is 4 months from today. Where has the summer gone??? With just one week left of summer break for my boys, I realize just how fast time has gone by. It seems like they were just getting out for summer break...heck, it seems like they were just getting ready to start kindergarten. And now they will be big first graders...crazy!
With Christmas in mind and being back home in my crafting room, I cruised around a few of my favorite challenge sites and combined two challenges into one card. The sketch challenge came from Create with Connie and Mary (I can't wait for the Holiday Edition of Create with Connie and Mary!) and the technique challenge came from Hand Stamped Sentiments. I had played around with the herringbone technique while I was on vacation, but only used it on part of the card. For this card, I created the background of the card using a herringbone pattern. The new Festival of Prints DSP Stack has some great patterns in it and I love how it this card turned out!
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It's a little bit busy, but I love the cheerful Christmas colors!
Supplies Used:
Paper ~ Very Vanilla, Lucky Limeade, Festival of Prints DSP Stack
Ink ~ Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade
Stamp Sets ~ Season Sayings, Scentsational Season
Other Supplies ~ Holiday Collection Framelits, Chevron Embossing Folder, Regals Collections Designer Buttons, Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons, Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine
Still lots of catching up to do after being gone for a week! We all miss being at the beach, but I will say it was nice to come home and have full use of all of my stamping supplies...lol!
Until tomorrow...Happy Stamping!
Very Cute!!! Very bright and cheerful color combo!!! Love the great layers and texture!!! The button is the perfect accent!! Thanks for playing along with Hand Stamped Sentiments, Diane
ReplyDeleteThat herringbone technique is so fun! I love that new Christmas greeting, too! FUN card! Thanks for playing along with the sketch challenge this week on Create with Connie and Mary!
ReplyDeleteWonderful way to use up those little snippets of DSP we don't know what to do with. Great Christmas card. Thanks for playing the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge this week!
ReplyDeleteSuper nice job with the red, white and green strips! That Christmas sentiment is one of my favorites, too. Very happy looking! Thanks for joining us at Hand Stamped Sentiments! Erika
ReplyDeleteGreat Christmas card!! I love the interesting pattern the dsp makes when it is used this way! Very fun and festive!! Thanks for playing the challenge at Create with Connie and Mary!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a fabulous Christmas card! I love the background that you created with DSP. Fun, fun! Thanks for joining us at Create With Connie and Mary!
ReplyDeleteAh, I've got to start playing with this paper...another ordered and abandoned. I love the different layers and textures you used, another great card! Thanks for playing with us again at HSS.
ReplyDeleteWow I am really diggin' the combination of the two stamp sets you have used! You have totally inspired me to pull those two sets out and ink them up. Awesome job with the herringbone background. Thanks for playing along with the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge this week. Smiles, Elizabeth
ReplyDeleteGreat paper to use for this challenge! Very festive! Thanks for playing at HSS!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute card! I have yet to use either of those sets and I have and love both! Thanks so much for playing along with us at HSS this week.
ReplyDeleteGreat combination of two challenges - Thanks for playing along this week at Create with Connie & Mary!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun Christmas card and a great combination of the challenges! Thanks for playing along this week in the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge!
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