30 day Christmas card making challenge – day 5

Today is the first colour challenge of the month. And of course I videoed the process!

And concord & 9th are sponsoring the colours which is great but I don’t actually own these colours so I’ve had to do my best with alternative inks! And I chose distress inks that I thought were in keeping with the idea of these – although I went slightly more blue with tumbled glass than the sea glass colour!

So I used tumbled glass as my sea glass, evergreen bough for evergreen and candied apple for poppy and I think it isn’t too bad as an alternate colour combo and still works with the general theme! Just a more pastel version! 😀

So I started with the sizzix layered stencil direct onto the card blank using the inks.

Then out came the Alex Syberia dies I NEEDED to buy after seeing what Martin and Amy and the rest of the blog hop gang had made with them. Perfect for this colour scheme I thought!

I die cut them from white and added the ink to them with my blending brushes adding the hickory smoke as a neutral colour.

I layered them up and added the sentiment on foam adhesive so it sat nicely amongst the floral element.

I then added the gems for the finishing touch.

Such a simple card to make – next time I get that die set out I am going to die cut loads of those elements as they are sooooooooo gorgeous! Also want to try layering them with the main plate as a full front cover but for now this is my first play!

And I think as an alternate but similar colour combo I love this! And that stencil is just to die for!

Happy crafting!

Catherine