Our new challenge #211 at Addicted to CAS is special for a couple of reasons - it's the 9th anniversary of the challenge and it's the last challenge of the year. Our host Nancy has appropriately selected "Colourful" as our theme and our followers should have lots of fun with this one!.
I started my card by using the current Freshly Made Sketches layout as inspiration. To fit the "colourful" requirement of our Addicted to CAS challenge I chose to use some printed coordinating Christmas papers that have been in my stash for some time. I think maybe I have now used them up mostly, but there are still some scraps left. The papers featured stripes, dots, and an over-all warm red/pink/green pattern of circles and stylized snowflakes.
I side-folded a 4-1/2" x 6-3/4" white card so that it would fit my existing warm red envelopes. I then cut a slightly smaller 4" x 6-1/4" piece of white cardstock and glued on a 1-1/2" wide strip of printed stripe paper. I then die-cut an LDRS Creative "Stitched Circle" opening in the smaller card face. I stamped the sentiment from my new favorite stamp set, Penny Black's "Merry Up", with VersaMark Watermark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I next glued the circle die to the card face and layered the top panel onto the folded card with dimensional foam. I added a couple of strips of striped paper on each side of the folded card and die-cut a warm red circle and layered it on top. Finally, I die-cut two triangular Christmas trees from the coordinating papers and inserted them into the layered circles. My final "finishing touch" was a pink gem on the white tree. I also used the white dotted paper as lining for my warm red envelope.
Now it's your turn!
Addicted to CAS: Challenge #211 - Colourful
Love the fun and festive feel of this CAS design! Thanks for playing along with us at FMS this week.
ReplyDeleteThis is a happy little ornament, Fran! Love those cute trees!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a cheerful card! I love the patterns, the colors and all of the fun detail on the tree element! Thank you for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a pretty card! I love the colours and those fun trees! So festive! Thanks for joining us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!
ReplyDeleteI love your modern colorful design for the holidays! Glad you joined us a FMS!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous take on the sketch! I just love this simple and fresh style. And I love these traditional christmas colors paired with the modern design. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.
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