Greetings For This Holiday Season

I have another card to share after being in my craft room for a few hours yesterday – can you tell hubby has been away for a few days? Lots of crafty play time…..

I used quite a few Spellbinder products to create this card, but the skates are from Memory Box.

The card itself is a larger 5×7 inch as I knew I wanted to get more on it than usual.

For the colour scheme, I wanted a teal for the skates, and red for the cardinal and flowers, so I searched through my colour cubes to see what background colour would work with those colours. There were serval darker options, but I wanted a lighter background,

The background panel is a piece of sage card stock, cut slightly smaller that the card base to add a white border, bringing in some of the white on the other elements. This panel was then embossed using a Spellbinders embossing folder.

I then set to die cutting all the things

The memory box skates were die cut using teal, white, and silver card stock, then layered together. I stitched red twine through the holes for the laces, then set them aside.

The sled was die cut in silver and white, then glued together, before turning to the flowers, foliage and the bird.

I used a combination of glue, 3D foam, and small pieces of spare card to attach all the elements, playing with the arrangement a few times.

The final addition was the sentiment, layered a couple of times for stability, then gold gems added to the centre of the poinsettia.

A lot of die cutting, but that is actually my favourite way to create.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Peace On Earth – anything goes Christmas

Die Cut Divas – die cuts and critters

A Cut Above – anything goes with die cuts

Triple B – birds and/or butterflies and/or blooms

Christmas (Or Not) Bingo – column O – no stamping – free – pearls/gems/enamel dots

Merry Little Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

14 thoughts on “Greetings For This Holiday Season”

  2. Unknown's avatar

    This is wonderful, I like the details of the dies you used, the bird is amazing and who doesn’t like flowers, the poinsettias awesome. Woweee!

    Thanks for playing our challenge at A Cut Above Challenge. Have a great day! Leanne DT Member/ACA

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  3. 1krazeemama's avatar

    Beautiful! Your card is full of texture and so many lovely elements and your attention to detail is fabulous! So glad you joined us at Christmas or not BINGO Challenge!

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  8. Vicki Marlowe Robertson's avatar

    Gorgeous card! Your choice of color for that beautiful embossed background is perfect! The poinsettias are beautiful and I love the laced up skates. Lots of amazing detail on this project. You cards are always so inspiring. Thanks for sharing with A Cut Above’s November Challenge.

    Vick – ACA Owner

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  9. lavenderhousecreations's avatar

    The Cardinal is so cute and I miss seeing them. They are an Eastern bird so we don’t see them here. Lovely card Lynda. So much texture and dimension.

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