I went with the colour challenge for my first attempt and landed up with an untraditional Christmas card.
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black; Aqua Mist (PTI); Antique Linen Distress Ink
Stamps: Hero Arts (CL238; CL462; CL459; CL343)
Other: Clear Embossing powder; PTI Die; MFT Tab Die
A fairly simple card with these softer colours. The trees are all embossed. All the cardstock and die edges are lightly inked with Antique Linen. The cream colour for the challenge is in the circle die on the side where I used Rustic Cream cardstock and the neutral is the white in the sentiment tab. I popped the two trees on the sides with some dimensional tape. My favourite part was discovering that some of the snowflakes in various Hero Arts stamp sets could fit into that die cut!
Running: Well, I managed a 14 mile run yesterday morning. It only got painful from mile 7 onwards. I'll persevere and run the 16 miler race this weekend. The temperatures were in the low 40's F when we started our run, perfect for a great morning run! It's really exhilarating, try it!
And thank you to all of you who visited me during the Cards that Care blog hop! Wow, what a terrific turn out! I think Vera and Jennifer are going to be really successful with this card drive!
Wishing you a fabulous day filled with love and laughter!
17 comments:
Fabulous christmas card Brenda and with the unseasonal colours. Glad to hear you are back running,
Love how you used the PTI die, B! What a great idea! These colors are so beautiful for Christmas. My fav part is the tab top greeting :)
Cute card Brenda. Love the soft colours ~ a real pretty non-traditional coloured Christmas card.
Brenda, your card is perfect for this challenge! You've used the inspiration colors so nicely...I love this! Good luck with the running...my husband is still an avid runnr but I gave it up years ago (bad knees)...I do love to hear all about your training and your races!
The Cards That Care Blog Hop was amazing, wasn't it? What a great cause!
Great card Brenda - I love this color combo!
Great X'mas card with the non-traditional colours, Brenda! Sorry, I missed the blog hop!
Love your use of the colors, Brenda. This is a really swanky looking retro kind of card and I love it. Good job on the running - take it easy! Thanks for sharing.
Fabulously stylish Brenda! Thinking of you and sending hugs for your upcoming race!
Brenda, I left you a comment on this card and Blogger ate it because it never posted so I'll try again! LOVE the three embossed trees! Also LOVE how the snowflakes fits into that die! What a FAB surprise for you and a super detail for your pretty card! LOVE the non-traditional colors!
Christmas cards is non traditional colors are my favorite :). O love how used these colors and the trees are a fab focal point. Gorgeous!
Wonderful take on the colors = FABULOUS Christmascard!
perfect card for the challenge Brenda!
so soft and festive!
TFS~
PS: congrats on the run...I would love to do the same ;-)
Oh, Brenda, these colors are spot on!! So pretty, love how everything came together in this design!
Love the embossed trees! Great card!
I love this Christmas card in these colors! So pretty and delicate!
Gorgeous use of those colours, Brenda! I really love the tag/tab sentiment.
Wow talk about an elegant card. So love how you interrupted the color challenge at HA. Hope your name is in the winners circle this coming Thursday. Praying that you win big time. Hugs.
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