The theme and sketch are:
I am following the theme only for this Christmas card, using a wide format for a change.
My base card is a square cut from an A4 sheet, using the whole width, and folded in 2. [Transposing to the standard US letter size, the folded card will be 8"1/2 wide by 4"1/4 high].
There is no fancy technique here, I stamped several times one of the leaves from the Trendy Leaves set with Versamark and embossed in gold EP, added a thin piece of paper (Graphic 45), the Jingle All The Way die-cut and stamped birds from the Trendy birds 2 set.
The most fiddly part was to tie the twine round the letters and applying dimensional adhesives to the back of the die-cut.
The string is kept in place with a few dots of liquid glue to maintain the designed curve.
Another look square on:
And again from another angle...
Quite pleased how this turned out, clean and simple with lots of white, but enough hints of Xmas with the gold and snippet of green and red paper.
Have a great weekend,
I am entering the Fashionable Stamping, That's Crafty, Craft Stamper TIMI, SSS Monday Challenge, Unikostudio, The Artistic Stamper challenges.
Love the birds carrying the sentiment on this classy card!
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Wow, the gilded leaves are stunning!
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This card is my favorite of yours so far! I love all the gold, the layout, the design. Greaat job!! Happy Holidays to you and your family, relax a little and enjoy the season! I am headed to NC to see the grandbabies...plan to enjoy every hug and moment!
ReplyDeleteSuch an elegant card Christine..the gold touches are gorgeous and I love the birds holding the twine. Merry Christmas, take care and thanks for your blogging friendship and all your kind comments. Hugs xxx
ReplyDeleteThis is very elegant - a super card. Thank you so much for playing along with our challenge at Uniko. Deborah, DT.
ReplyDeleteLoving the lustre of the gold leaves and the hanging greeting is a neat touch. Thanks for playing at Uniko.
ReplyDeleteLovely card, the embossed leaves are amazing. Thank you so much for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Hugs, Sandra
ReplyDeletelove the card! Thank you for joining in The Artistic Stamper Creative Challenge this month. Happy Christmas to you x
ReplyDeleteSimplicity is not an easy thing to do, and you have absolutely smashed it! This card looks fabulous.
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges this month
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So elegant with all that luscious gold. The word carrying birds is a fabulous idea. Thank you for sharing with us over at That's Crafty.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes in the Tis the Season blog challenge. Tracey DT
What a cool, modern design! Love! Wishing you and yours a merry Christmas, Autumn
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful! Thank you for playing along with the Craft Stamper challenge xx
ReplyDeleteLess is truly more. Love your beautiful card!
ReplyDeleteThank you for playing along with our Craft Stamper challenge; Hopefully I'll see you with us again in January!
Midas himself would be swooning over your gorgeous gold embossed card, the same way I am! Stunning! Thank you for sharing this gem in the UNIKO gallery!
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Une carte très élégante!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the shimmer of your golf embossing. Beautiful CAS design too. Thanks so much for joining in at Uniko and my sincere apologies for my late commenting :( Happy 2018! Hugs Bev x
ReplyDeleteEven though this card looks CAS Christine it looks absolutely gorgeous. I can see a lot of thought went into the design and also the colour scheme. Beautiful make.
ReplyDeleteWarm crafty hugs from Shirl x x x
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