Hello friends! The first of November is upon us and we have a new challenge over at Color Hues. This time, the lovely and talented Karen has chosen red and black for her color duo.
This beautiful combination works well for so many occasions but I thought it would be an elegant look for a Christmas card. For my card design, I used the sketch for the current challenge at The Paper Players. If you see this before 3 pm EDT today, you still have time to play along.
As I was searching my stash of patterned papers for another project, I came upon a 6x6 pad from HoneyBee Stamps that is probably about 2-3 years old but still yields some beautiful patterns for the holidays and found two pieces in red and black plaid that would work for the card front.
I could not believe my good fortune! They didn't line up precisely but using the strip of matte gold cardstock did the trick to hide it. I pulled out a new favorite die set from Spellbinders, the Christmas Bird Poinsettia and created a red floral image, using red Copic markers to color the white die cut.
The poinsettia was added to the card with a foam square, then I tucked in the die cut leaves and branches, most from the same die set. Using the matte gold for the flower center, one of the branches and the sentiment tied in with the gold horizontal strip. The final step was to add a bit of sparkle with some pretty red gems.
Thanks for taking time to stop by and I hope you'll head over to the CH blog were my very talented teammates, along with our guest designers Colleen Begley and Izzy Scrap, have some gorgeous inspiration for you. We'd love to have you play along; the challenge will remain open until 9 am EST November 14th.
Take care!
Stef
- Spellbinders Christmas Bird Poinsettia and Christmas Greetings die sets
- HoneyBee Stamps Lovely Layers: Winter Greenery die (the black branch)
- HBS Holiday Traditions 6x6 patterned paper
- Simon Says Stamp Matte Gold cardstock
- Picket Fence Studios Candy Cane Gem Mix
4 comments:
Stef, I'm swooning over that lovely, dimensional poinsettia + leaves + branches focal image. Your plaid and gold background: beautiful. Talk about an inspiring card for our challenge; I love it!
hugs~carol
Beautiful Christmas card Stef. Love your use of the red & black checked paper and gold strip. You did an excellent job of coloring your white poinsettia, it is lovely.
What a pretty poinsettia, love the depth! Wonderful card, Stef!
That patterned paper was a great find, and a perfect background for the beautiful poinsettia---one of the prettiest I've seen! The addition of the die cuts behind the poinsettia add so much dimension and interest. A gorgeous card!
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