Tuesday, 15 February 2011

White Christmas...in February

Well, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm really enjoying making Christmas cards at the moment. I think it's because there are some great challenges around to get the creative juices flowing.

Over at DCD this week's challenge is 'White Christmas...with a hint of colour', so I've gone for a white and green combo as it also fits Clare's recipe on CMLI at Craftbubble. Clare is a real Christmas card addict, it's her fault I'm hooked! (Though anyone who knows us knows it's usually Wynneth that makes us do it.) Tee hee :)

I've made a spine which always covers up the ends of a ribbon border (we like practical AND pretty don't we?!), heat embossed a snowflake background and included a 'deconstructed present' in the form of the white dotty square with ribbon tags.

It's quite exciting doing the deconstructed thing as it helps see things from a different perspective and gives the elements quite a different effect I think.



So, entering this into:
Die Cut Christmas Dreams - White Christmas
Jingle Belles - no red she said
Stamp Fairy - white with a touch of colour
Challenge Up Your Life - monochrome
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10 comments:

  1. Debs M15 February 2011 at 21:57

    love this x

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  2. Unknown15 February 2011 at 22:49

    This is lovely! Should really get back into the Christmas cards just can't get in the mood!

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  3. lauren bergold15 February 2011 at 23:03

    oh my gosh! not only is this a gorgeous card all round...and a great take on both the white and "no red" color palettes...but i just ♥♥♥SO LOVE♥♥♥ the "deconstructed present"!!! totally and completely BRILLIANT! WOW! (wow!!!)

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  4. SmilynStef16 February 2011 at 03:57

    Love your fun very modern design ... the touches of green really pop against the white background and what wonderful embossed textures ... thanks for joining our jingle belles fun.

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  5. Heather16 February 2011 at 06:47

    Great card Nicola.Would be good as a CAS card too!Kathy would be proud of you!Lol.Heather.x

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  6. Lisa - papergrace16 February 2011 at 17:29

    Love the white and green!!! Oooh and all that texture, too!! What a lovely card. So many textural elements on a completely NON-red card...love it!! Very crisp & clean and oh-so-pretty!

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  7. chrissy xx17 February 2011 at 09:45

    Fab Card. I LOve your sentiment and embossing.
    Thank you soooo much for joining us at Die cut Dreams Christmas Club.
    Chrissyxx

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  8. sara17 February 2011 at 21:19

    lovely card very elegant thanks for joining us at DCD christmas club this week
    hugs sara x

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  9. Manuela20 February 2011 at 18:07

    An adorable card :)
    Thanks for playing with us at Challenge up your life!

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  10. Sharon Basel21 February 2011 at 05:20

    Very nice card - the embossed snowflakes add great texture. Thanks for playing at StampFairy.

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