This week's Merry Monday #236 challenge was to include a stocking and Stampin' Royalty challenge #363 was to include dies, so it was a great opportunity to use my Christmas Stockings Thinlits again. I looked through old ColourQ combos for inspiration and found #273 would make a fun and fresh Christmas combo. I used a bunch of dies from that set to make that card: one stocking for the card, one for inside and a third one on the envelope; the snowflake from one of the stockings as an embellishment, the various stocking embellishments (hook, rickrach border, cuff, bow), the little star, the Noel sentiment. I wanted the two dots on the E and found the perfect circles when I took out the polka dot pattern from the stocking glued on the envelope!
I looked silver cord trim through the hook of the stocking and I was planning on "hanging" my stocking from the top of the card with the cord, but because the cord came from a spool, it kept this cool loop shape on its own and I decided to just go with it and use it as a design element. It adds a bit of movement and makes the card more dynamic, so I like how this turned out.
The design of the card came from a Page Map April 2016 card sketch.
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Bas de Noël (Hang Your Stocking)
Cardstock: Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Hello Honey, Poppy Parade, Silver Foil, Silver Glimmer Paper
Designer Series Paper: Moonlight, 2010-2011 In Color, Sweet Pea, 2011-2012 In Color
Ink: Poppy Parade, Old Olive
Accessories: Christmas Stockings Thinlits, Chalk Talk Framelits, Silver Cord Trim,
Stampin' Dimensionals, Metallics Enamel Shapes, White Medium Envelope,
Dotted Scallop Rectangles Dies (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Just love your stocking! Congrats on the Honorable Mention at Merry Monday with this beauty!!
Posted by: Linda W. (ScrappinBari) | February 27, 2017 at 08:31