Happy Sunday.
It’s my turn to host our Paper Players challenge this week and it’s color week. I put together a fun summery selection of colors and, because I am the most contrary person, created a Christmas card! I pulled out a set I got on sale at Spellbinders called Delivering Joy and paired that with a fun embossing folder called Ski Lodge. I have no idea why I am attracted to non-traditional Christmas colors right now – it has to be the warm weather:-)
Here’s a sneak peek:
And here’s our challenge badge for this week. As a reminder – neutrals are always welcome in addition to the colors in our badge:
Initially I thought of florals with these colors, then I thought of a seascape with colorful fish, but no, I went with Santa’s sleigh full of bright presents!
I began my card by running a piece of Mint Macaron cardstock through my Sizzix with the Ski Lodge embossing folder. I love all of this rich detail!
I then die-cut each of the individual elements from the sleigh and the presents and assembled them. I used bronze metallic as my neutral color and that was for the metal elements of the sleigh, the bows and tags.
Once all the pieces were die-cut I arranged them and adhered everything together. I popped up the sleigh from the card base with some foam tape.
Here’s my full card:
As always, the design team have some fabulous inspiration for you:
On a personal note:
Well, I am pleased that we have been spared the insanely hot weather that many around the world have been experiencing. We’ve been lucky to be in the 80s and have had plenty of rain. Mind you, the humidity has been enough to keep me from spending too much time outdoors, so have retreated to the cool of my craft room. My room is 99% complete and all the organization is set. The space works really well for me. All I am missing now is some mojo. I have no idea where it has been the last few weeks, but I have thrown away about 10x the cards I have managed to complete. I think maybe I need to do something else creative for a couple of weeks to see if my mojo comes back!
I’ll be back later in the week with another card. In the meantime, warm hugs and prayers for those of you who need a little lift tonight.
Card recipe:
- Dies: Delivering Joy – Spellbinders
- Embossing Folder: Ski Lodge – Spellbinders
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