Festive Florals in a Stocking!

OK - I'm back quicker than I expected with a stocking bouquet! If you spotted my second post on Sunday, I made a slimline using foliage images from Hero Arts Stocking Bouquet set. I said be back later in the week with more of the images in a stocking. Here's my card:

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White;

Paper Studio turquoise A2 card; Hero Arts (pale blue);

BoBunny Altitude 6x6

Stamps: Hero Arts CM465 Stocking Bouquet

Dies - Hero Arts DI798 Stocking Bouquet Frame Cuts

& DI337 Nesting Oval Infinity Dies

Other - CZ Design Sentiment Strips Reverse Christmas;

Copic Markers, foam tape

I hadn't yet colored up the stocking and I just reached for various reds and greens in my Copic stash. Then I went on the hunt for patterned papers to use with it. Note to self - have papers ready and color to match, not vice versa! Took me a while but - success - I found a fun paper from an old (12/2015) Simon Says Stamp kit (gift paper).  Used that for the background & paired it with a BoBunny beige text paper cut into an oval. A scrap of the pale blue I use on my previous Christmas card worked as an oval mat layer. I built up the oval with some extra scraps of white and did the same for the stocking, popping up just the upper portion of the colored stocking with foam tape. I sandwiched most of the foliage between those layers for some dimension.

I'm linking this up to Christmas Kickstart Festive Floral Challenge. Also adding to Karen's All Occasion Challenge at Watercooler Wednesday, hence the reason for a second post today. This is my third of three entries allowed and the challenge ends today. If you're looking for my October Card Chain Challenge reveal post, go here.

Thanks for stopping and have a wonderful day!!