The ABC Christmas Challenge has reached the letters ‘U‘ and ‘V‘. We want to see you Christmas/festive creations with the themes of ‘U for Use It Up’ and/or ‘V for Vertical‘. Here is my card:
Onto a black slimline card base I placed a piece of black glitter card, added a white frame, then a narrower black frame.
The holly was die cut from a piece of card created when playing with some techniques. I used a green mica spray and when that was dry, I stamped with a red rubber stamp and heat embossed in gold. You can see the detail of the gold heat embossing here:
I then used a slimline holly die from Sue Wilson, and arranged as you see – some hanging over the edge. That did take a while to adhere to the black glitter card, but I put something heavy on top and left it overnight.
I wanted a sentiment which would stand out from the background but not take over from the holly and the glitter background, so chose a gold foiled sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio.
I resisted adding even more bling with sequins as I think this card has enough shine and shimmer.
I hope you can come and join us with our Christmas/Festive projects following our themes. xx
I shall be entering the following challenges:
Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas
Love To Craft – anything goes
Merry Little Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas
Christmas Bingo – 3 items from one column – ‘B’ column – black/free/no stamping
Sparkles Forum Christmas Challenge – Christmas flowers/foliage
loopyloocards 
Thanks so much for participating at Christmas Bingo! We would love for you return during our November 1 – December 15 competition! –Becca
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Beautiful card – very elegant.
Thanks for joining us at the Sparkles Christmas Challenge.
Helen x
DT
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You did a beautiful job on this card! It’s so elegant. And you perfectly balanced out the background with the gold and the sentiment. Someone will be very happy when they get this this Christmas! Thanks so much for sharing it with us over at Christmas BINGO Challenges. Please come play with us again soon! :)
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That’s so beautiful- I love the detail on the holly! Great to see you in the galleries at Love to Craft & Christmas BINGO xx
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So gorgeous – love this holly panel! Great paper for it, too – and I love how it pops against the black! Thanks so much for playing at Sparkles!
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WOW! This is gorgeous and I agree no embellishments needed.
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So so pretty! I never think to make slimlines! Thanks for inspiration and Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Peace On Earth challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Co-Owner … Can You Handle the Pressure, Double D, Four Seasons, Peace On Earth, Stencil Fun, Simply Clean & Simple, Two Old Bats, Triple B
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Amazing work, and the sentiment is so wow!
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