Early Christmas: Part Two

Ever start on a design that went awry, but you just couldn't bear to waste it?

That's now this card began.  

I decided to just cover up my flaws, and it actually worked!

Again, I used Winter Homestead from Serendipity Stamps, and Vintage Pine Tree from Stampabilities; paper is Visions of Christmas stack from K & Company; brown dye ink from Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

I didn't want to add any words to the front of this card, so it can be used as a birthday card if needed.  (We have plenty of winter birthdays around here!) 

I'm entering this in

SSCB #45 Challenge: Monochrome

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Early Christmas

It's hot and muggy here in Lawrence, Kansas, hardly the right time to be thinking about my Christmas card design. I'll get to that when we have our first cool snap!  It is, however, the right time to start stocking up my mother's Christmas stash.  

I made this one to enter the 

SSCB #45 Challenge: Monochrome

I'm using the SS Winter Homestead stamp, which looks like it came straight out of The Homecoming! Trees in the foreground are Vintage Pine Tree from Stampabilities; the sentiment is from an old set from Hobby Lobby.  I sponged all around the edges to give it a vintage feel.   

I'd love to be in this scene right now!!

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For the Hero Arts Challenge

Monday was one of those days.  I had a list of things to do, as usual, but I was also worried about someone I love very much, so I turned up the cd of my Uncle Bud and cousins Kenny and Denny and programmed it to play over and over again as I set about making this simple card for the http://www.heroarts.com/ Challenge.

 When I started I knew I just wanted something with polka dots and flowers.

Supplies:

  "Blooming Meadow" from Hero Arts

"Petals From Scratch" set from Fiskars

moss green stamp pad from Clearsnap

corner-rounder punch from EKSuccess

grass green and white cardstock from The Paper Studio

 

 

The green cardbase was leftover from an earlier project.  When I had finished this, I was so pleased I was ready to make more in different colors!


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