I purchased the Oh What Fun Tag Project Kit and knew after doing the 10 tags as instructed, I wanted to step up the tags and make something more intricate with the kit contents. This is the first card I made using some of the tag items, namely the sparkly gold snowflake, the red thick baker's twine, the Mint Macaron lace and the printed tag. The rest of the elements I drew from my stash.
Doesn't the Berries and Boughs embossing folder look crisp and elegant on white cardstock? I used our Thick Whisper White cardstock (p. 149 of annual catalogue) for the embossing so that the cardstock wouldn't crackle like the regular Whisper White tends to do and it worked wonderfully. The "joyeux" was cut out of Red Foil Paper and I glued it onto a strip of Real Red cardstock that was embossing with the Stylish Stripes embossing folder. I picked this die-cut sentiment (Voeux Thinlits Dies) so that it would fit in with two challenges I wanted to take part in: Friday Mashup #235 (dies) and Just Us Girls #322 ("Merry"). Then, to finish off the sentiment, I looked in the Oh What Fun stamp set and there was a few "Noël" to choose from, but I stamped "Ne pas ouvrir avant Noël" and cut off the bottom of the sentiment to have it alone on a little banner piece. I used Garden Green on Mint Macaron cardstock, which is a nice unexpected match.
The card design was inspired by the MFT sketch #257.
Oh What Fun Tag Project Kit - 139602 - CAD $26
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Hourra pour Noël (Oh, What Fun)
Cardstock: Garden Green, Thick Whisper White, Real Red, Mint Macaron
Ink: Garden Green
Project Kit: Oh What Fun Tag
Accessories: Red Foil Paper, Berries and Boughs Embossing Folder,
Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder, White Medium Envelope
Wonderful card! Love that big sparkly snowflake! Thanks so much for playing along with JUGS this week!
Posted by: Maria Levine | December 05, 2015 at 15:38
Hi Cindy, Love the warm and bright colors. The big bold sparkly snowflake is a real eye catcher! So happy that you shared this with us at The Friday Mashup! HUgs Antonia
Posted by: Antonia Speelman | December 07, 2015 at 02:11
Incredible tag! Love the giant snowflake and the intricate embossing! Thanks for linking up with us over at Just Us Girls this week, we really appreciate it!
Posted by: Nancy Leppek | December 07, 2015 at 16:38
Beautiful card and what a great way to use a tag. Great detail!! Thank you for joining us over at Friday Mashup.
Hugs,
Norma
Posted by: Norma | December 08, 2015 at 00:58
What a beautiful card! Love that sparkly snowflake! Thanks for joining us at Just Us Girls!
Posted by: Chris Dring | December 08, 2015 at 09:36
Very beautiful card! I love it! Very classy.
Thanks for joining us over at The Friday Mashup.
Posted by: Valerie | December 14, 2015 at 06:35
Beautiful use of dies!
Thanks for joining us at The Friday Mashup!
Posted by: LisaJ | December 15, 2015 at 06:48
So very lovely!! How festive! :) Thanks for joining us on the MFT Challenge! :)
Posted by: Jill | December 30, 2015 at 00:13