When I saw the current inspiration board over at Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge I knew I had to play along! All of these photos are beautiful, and I was particularly taken by the warm gray and silver/bronzy tones.
Peace On Earth Christmas : Peace on Earth Challenge #80
I chose to work with an old often-used die set from Penny Black (#51-561 "Snowflake Tag"), using it as a tree decoration. This card was made 100% from scraps and odds & ends. It's too bad that Diane and Darlene's newest challenge - The Neglected Stuff Challenge isn't due up until February 4th!
A couple of non-traditional materials included in the making of this card are the background metallic bronze paper - a paint draw-down (interior design parlance for submittals that a painter is required to provide for approval before proceeding with painting a space) and the middle snowflake piece is die cut from a sample of commercial vinyl wall covering. These are the types of things that end up in an interior designer's stash and linger there for years.
I also used the very last sheet of one of the PTI small "Soft Stone" printed papers to make my coordinating envelope (I used the printed side of the paper for the inside of the envelope) and a scrap for the top snowflake layer. Even the piece of iridescent satin ribbon was at the bottom of my ribbon scrap basket. The silver-embossed sentiment is from Hero Arts.
I like everything about this wonderful card, Fran!
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