I don't tend to make Christmas cards in the summer , I prefer making them when the days get darker and miserable, but as we have had some days like that here is a Christmas card.
I bought this die from amazon it was less the £5 with shipping and although it took a while to get here from China for the money its great value. I cut it out in white card and stuck strips of black behind for contrast. I attached to a blue distress ink blended background.
I decided to create a winter scene so cut a window in my base card using an oval die.
The foreground I created using a Martha Stewart punch to cut leaves which I coloured with spectrum noir aqua glitter pen to give a frosted look. I created some bushy undergrowth and added some winter wildlife in the form of bunnies coloured with distress ink.
Although I made the card with the intention of it being a Christmas card, without the sentiment I think it would make a fab winter month birthday card too, so I'm keeping my options open and will add the sentiment later.
I thought I'd seen a design that inspired me to create this card and was sure I had saved it on my Pinterest inspiration from others page so I could credit the designer and say thank you but not sure if I dreamt that as I don't seem to be able to find it so if I did use your design as my inspiration thank you and sorry but I can't find you to link your inspiring card
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;-
crafty friends challenge - cute
Paperminutes - cold
Through the craft room door - anything goes
Allsorts - Christmas creatures
Daring card makers - DIY blended backgrounds
Jingle bells - animals
8 comments:
Oooh I just love that subtle wintry background peeking through the trees, great take on our challenge this week! Thanks for playing along with the Daring Cardmakers. :D
Love the bunnies hiding in the snowy bushes ... so very glad you joined us for our *creature feature* at jingle belles.
Great choice of creature and look great with all the lovely trees and leaves.
Thank you for joining our 'Christmas Creatures' challenge this week at Allsorts.
Kath x
A super stylish Christmas creation Julye, many thanks for joining us at Allsorts this week.
B x
such an amazingly lovely and clever holiday card! i love everything about this from the beautiful inky sky to the frosty branches and especially those cuuuuuuuuuuute bunnies!!! so pleased you could join our "creature feature" fun at JINGLE BELLES! ♥♥♥
Great wintery scene, love the subdued colour palette! Thanks for joining us at Daring Cardmakers this week!
Beautiful winter scene. Thanks for joining in at Daring Cardmakers. x
Great card - thanks for joining us at Crafty Friends.
Helen x
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