Beccy's Place runs a month of Holiday Cards challenge throughout November. Most days are a prompt with the letter of the alphabet but as there are only 26 then we get a random prompt too.
The prompt for day 23 is Black & White plus one colour
In my box of recycled elements from old Christmas cards was a fabulous panel of red metallic card with a big glittered sentiment that was just too good to throw away so I made that the basis of this card.
I covered the 8" card base with black card. This I felt was the perfect background for the largest of the dies from the Holly Frames set by Chloe's Creative Cards. I cut this from white glitter card to co-ordinate with the glitter sentiment.
The card panel I trimmed to size and rounded the corners off with my 3 in 1 punch from Crafters Companion. They are a relatively new release and I do think it is funny how 'old' stuff that I have used for years and years is all of a sudden a 'new' thing. To be fair it is much stronger than my old corner rounder and does have the added advantage it cuts 3 different sizes of rounded corners so is an improvement on my old one.
After sticking the panel to the card I then added some stitching to the holly leaves with a very fine tipped pen and lots of gem holly berries.
Card Details -
Size - 8” Square
Image - Recycled from a shop bought card
Dies - Holly Square (Chloe’s Creative Cards)
Punch - Rounded 3 in 1 (Crafter’s Companion)
Colouring Medium - 0.1mm fine liner (Sakura)
Embellishments - self adhesive gems
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)
Beccy’s Place Challenges - Month of Holiday Cards Day 23 - Black & White plus 1 colour
Beautiful card Mandy, love the red metallic background and holly borders.
ReplyDeleteCarol x
Your card definitely has the "wow" factor Mandy, it's a stunner! I love the impact of the shiny red on the black background. The white holly border and writing are awesome too. Great job!
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Beccy