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19 July 2012

Christmas in July

I love to play along with challenge blogs. They're great for inspiring ideas and stretching my creativity. One of my new favorites is the Heart 2 Heart Challenge blog. (It's not new, I'm new to it.) There are some seriously talented folks over there!

Here's this weeks challenge sketch:


I like it--simple, but effective.

Here's my take on it:


The craft cardstock base is by Paper Source. I used olive cardstock and B&T Duo paper from the Elemental paper pack. I added a pewter badge button to the ribbon for a little accent. (The design on the button reminded me of a snowflake!) The sentiment and trees are from the Tag the Occasion stamp set. (This is one valuable little stamp set! I use it all the time.)

Here are a couple of close-ups:



For a finishing touch, I like to line my envelopes to match the cards. Here it is with its envelope:


Hope you are inspired to play along!






6 comments:

  1. Wow, so much inspiration here! Love how you used the Elemental papers for a Christmas theme. The bow w/the pewter badge is adorable and so creative!

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  2. What a delightful card! Thank you for playing along at H2H. :)

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  3. So pretty! Thanks for playing along at h2h challenge! :0)

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  4. Great card, love the envelope. Thanks for joining us on H2H challenge.

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  5. Wow! Your card is beautiful. Thanks for taking the H2H sketch challenge!

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  6. You really brought alot of elements together to create this beauty ... right down to the envelope! LOVE this Kim!!!

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