Saturday, September 11, 2010

H2H Color Challenge

Well - there is a great challenge for cards using these colors:


So I decided to make a card for the challenge. I wanted to put a different twist on Christmas so this is what I came up with:
I used Honey cardstock for the base and then heavily ink distressed it in the same color. I dry embossed the diamond pattern in the Autumn Terracotta cardstock and then sanded it. I then added a very fine line of liquid applique to the edge of the New England Ivy cardstock mount and heat set it. The postage stamp is paper pieced to get the 3 colors on the one image. The images are stamped on colonial white cardstock. I then used a waterbrush to color in the images. Gold photo hangers and colonial white grosgrain ribbon tied it closed. The stamp set I used is from the new Autumn/Winter idea book D1449 - Father Christmas.
Hope you like it :O)

9 comments:

  1. You have a great blog and because of your talent, I have left you something nice! Go to my blog at cheyannehively09.blogspot.com to pick it up!

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  2. Beautiful Christmas card using non-traditional colors! I've been seeing all Fall cards and it's refreshing to see a Christmas card! Love the sanded embossed background...what a great detail that makes your card really stand out! Thanks for playing along with us this week at Heart 2 Heart challenges!

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  3. Wow. That is such an impressive card! I would have never thought in a million years to make a Christmas card with these colors. Not only does your card "work", it is phenomenal! Really Really gorgeous! Way to go. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Awesome card, love that you went out of the box on your christmas card colors. Job well done, thanks for joing the fun with H2H!

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  5. Thanks Cheyanne for the lovely blog award - what a nice surprise for a Monday morning :O) and thanks so much to everyone else who has posted such nice comments about the card :O)

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  6. Great card, thanks for playing along with H2H.

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