This week, I decided to put some mileage on stamps that hadn't been used in a while and use papers that had been sitting in my stash for a while. I found an old piece of shimmery Holidays paper from KI Memories that I bought when I first started scrapbooking and used a square on my card and the rest to make a matching envelope. My main image was colored with Prismacolors and Gamsol and die-cut with an oval die. Since the little girl has some holly leaves on her dress, I used the Stocking Accents die to create a matching holly leaves accent. I dug out some old SU! buttons (before we had our lovely Designer buttons) to make the berries.
The border was created with the Lace Border punch, underneath which I glued 1-in. Circle of Regal Rose cardstock, and then I added pearls in the middle of each flower/snowflake. The background piece was wheeled with the Music Notes wheel and embossed with clear powder, and to finish it off, I added a white rub-on from the Old St. Nick rub-ons pack at the bottom.
This card was a special request from a coworker for her daughter's English teacher. This time, I made sure to select something that would appeal not only to the teacher herself but to the six-year old who would be giving it to her. You see, last time my coworker requested an English card at the end of the school year, I created something in black and white with just a dash of Cherry Cobbler and went with a shabby chic style. I loved it and thought the teacher would too, and my coworker loved it as well. But the six-year old daughter... not so much. In retrospect, I should have known and kept my target audience in mind when making the card, which is exactly what I did this time around!
Color Combo: Riding Hood Red + Regal Rose + Green Galore
Come join the fun! Here is the LINK to our challenge blog, where you can share a link to your creation, and links to the other DT members' creations:
Brandi
Carrie
Helen
Ilina
Kirsty
Lee-Anne
Makeesha
Marisa
Renée
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Pia Puddington (Stamping Bella), Music Notes wheel (SU!)
Cardstock: Regal Rose, Green Galore, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White
Designer papers: KI Memories
Inks: Versamark, Basic Black
Accessories: Old St. Nick rub-ons, Clear embossing powder, Corner Rounder punch,
Stocking Accents, Lace Ribbon border punch, Buttons, Pearls, Circle punch,
Prismacolor pencils, Stumps, Gamsol, Oval die
Cute image and I love the holly sprig and berries you created :) Totally festive card. Have a great weekend :)
Posted by: Marisa | November 25, 2011 at 10:36
I love your gorgeous, colourful card this week Cindy. Such a cute image! I love the music notes background on the green and the punched border. A great Christmas card, that I'm sure the daughter of your coworker will love as well. It's so bright and cheerful and I love the matching envelope. Enjoy the weekend. Xx
Posted by: Lee-Anne | November 25, 2011 at 23:31
She's gorgeous Cindy! Oh, how I loved those SU color names, haha. It's been a long time since I was a demo for them. Hope you are staying warm in the north...it's so mild down here this weekend. But..a change is coming. Yuck.
Posted by: Paula | November 26, 2011 at 06:55
What a fantastic card! I love the image and the colours really pop together. Nice colouring too!
xo B.
Posted by: Brandi | November 30, 2011 at 21:33
Totally cute card Cindy! Love your holly embellie, fab colouring & the fun colours. I'm sure both Miss Six & her teacher will love it. :)
Posted by: Helen H | December 01, 2011 at 14:42