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Monday, March 2, 2015

Traditional colors at Merry Monday



Hi all - a new week on Merry Monday brings the challenge to use traditional red and green colors on a Christmas card this week.  Deanne, this week's host, finds this a challenge because she likes the non-traditional.  I can agree to some extent because I like purples and blues on my Christmas cards, but green and red work fine for me too.  The design team created some real beauties this week so I hope you'll check them out!

I did some crafty clean-up or what I call "Misty-proofing" for the impending visit of my brother's cat Misty.  Well, Misty arrived last night but some crafts had to find their way back onto the kitchen counter where I like to create best.  She has shown little interest at this point, preferring to nap in the sun - LOL.  I encountered a pine branch stamp during my clean-up so it gave me an idea.

Here's my card:




I started with a piece of Neenah bright white cardstock, stamped a couple branches with Hero Arts Big Pine Bough (K5242), added a bit of Tim Holtz Industrious Stickers (Frames and Trims), then popped a stamped and die cut ornament from a Hero Arts set called Winter Sparkle (CL798).  Matted the piece with a bit of black card stock and adhered it to a top fold A2 card made of DCWV shimmer card stock (which doesn't show as very shimmery in the photo).  Inks used:  Hero Arts Neon Green, Tim Holtz Distress Inks:  Evergreen Bough, Pine Needles, Barn Door.  This would be an easy card to mass produce.

That's it for today - just a quick post to get my weekly Christmas card done.  For the record, though, I'm well ahead of schedule - I now have 25 cards done for my 2015 stash - woo, hoo!  Thanks for stopping!

12 comments:

Bonnie said...

I love how you've used 2 colors of green for your pine boughs and that's a delightful ornament! Thanks for sharing this with us at Merry Monday!

Cheryl W said...

I've thought about making a card similar in design to this one. I love how yours turned out, so now I feel inspired to actually give it a try!

Linda said...

Love this .... I do like red and green on Christmas cards! xx

meg said...

love the shades used on the pine bough, then that lovely red bauble

Notes by Nina said...

Cute and simple, I love it Linda. Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday.

Kathy Schweinfurth said...

How creative is this?!! Love the CAS design, Linda, and embellished hanger! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Merry Monday!

Donna said...

Very pretty card! Love the CAS design. Great colors.

Wendy said...

Adorable card, Linda! Love the great design and that cute ornament! Thanks for playing along with us this week over at Merry Monday! :)

jasann said...

What a lovely card, very beautiful!!

Greta said...

Wow, Linda--you're way ahead of me so far & this is beautiful! Love that branch & how you've used it--need to get mine out!

Karen L K said...

Nice card Linda. It would be nice to get a few cards done without the rush of the holidays. Good idea on the hanger! That gave me an idea on something similar I could use.

Barbara said...

That pine branch is gorgeous - especially with the coloring you went for. Wonderful card!