Hello! Thanks for popping over to my part of the internet. Today I have my design team contribution for Addicted to stamps and more and the challenge this fortnight is Christmas. I shared this incorrectly a few weeks ago so some of you may have had a peek at this already!
I actually went a little overboard and ended up making four cards but you can never have too many Christmas cards, right?
I started as I often start challenge cards by delving into the pouch of ready made backgrounds and grabbed a teal one and a green one. These were originally gelli prints made with ink and water and are great for die cutting… so I went to town with white cardstock and these and my wreath dies and some leaves and flowers…
I then die cut four backgrounds with the snowflake impression die and started clustering together the different elements. I also grabbed some die cut bows from the pouch of pre- die cuts.
Next I had to decide on how to add a sentiment and I wanted to use the fabulous Colorado Craft company stamp and die so I embossed them in silver and then die cut them out.
This one I layered the Natures print wreath with the simple one in teal and then added the green leaves to surround the flower, the BlackBerry bliss bow and some teal sequins to finish. All of the cards I used Smoky Slate as the base.
This one I also used the Natures Print but this time the bobbly looking wreath and kept all the colours similar with the teal and the turquoise. I added clear gems for the embellishment which reflect the colours surrounding them.
This time I cut down the panel into a square and added some embossed vellum behind. The wreath is the bobbly one from green and added some of the teal separate leaves around the flower. Added the clear gems again for finishing off and love the navy bow too!
This time I did something a little different. First I added navy foam behind the panel so the dots in the background show up more and it gives dimension … I also added a vellum strip on to which I added the sentiment to give it more dimension and interest. I added green gems this time and think that the colours in the wreath are more mixed so it worked well with the additional leaves.
Love how they all came together … a really pretty set of cards.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Inkyfingeredcat 
Fab cards!