Sunday 25 September 2016

Papertrey Ink Merry Kiss-mas mistletoe Christmas card





Hello everyone, and I hope you are enjoying a good weekend. The 25th of the month always means the Papertrey Ink blog hop

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and this time we were given this inspiration photo

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I came up with this Christmas card, taking inspiration from the black and white colours, the twine and the green sprigs.


I began by cutting and stamping 2 sprigs of mistletoe using the Merry Kiss-mas stamp and die set. I gently shaped the leaves and used Nuvo drops on the berries. Then I layered up some black and white card and stamped and embossed one of the sentiments from the Bells and Boughs stamp set.



I tied some twine around the panel before adhering it to the base card, and then arranged the mistletoe down the centre of the card. I thought I was done but the right top corner needed something to balance everything, so I selectively inked and stamped the airmail envelope stamp from SSS Envelope Sentiments.

I always enjoy seeing how other people interpret the inspiration photo, so I'm going to settle down later and hop to my hearts content!


I'd like to play along with





Thanks for stopping by.


Hugs
Carol x

37 comments:

Alanna said...

What an awesome card design. I love the bright pop of green.

Rachel Jolley said...

Fantastic card, love it, going to have to copy (try!) it!

Barb said...

Hi Carol, Thanks for popping by. Your Christmas card is beautiful and a very elegant design. I'm following you Barbxx

Christine Harrop said...

This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with us at Winter Wonderland; it is perfect for our challenge. Good luck with the draw and we would love to see you again. Christine DT x

Carol L said...

From one Carol to another.........this is just gorgeous! I love the colors and CAS design - especially that upper corner accent!

Julia Aston said...

Love your long sprig of mistletoe! a beautiful inspired card! Julia xx

Vicki Finger said...

Love the Mistletoe and in fact was planning to use it myself but changed my mind at the last minute. Your is beautiful!

Nancy Penir said...

Simple and striking, Carol. Just perfection!

Cindy H. said...

Beautiful card!

Renee said...

Simply beautiful!
The mistletoe is perfect against the black and white! :)

Rosemary said...

just gorgeous... love the little bit of twine!!

Kim Heggins said...

Fabulous card...love that mistletoe!

Carole said...

Oh fabulous Carol...love the design and your mistletoe sprigs!

Marlena M. said...

Wonderful dramatic effect here! The drops are a lovely touch~

Kathy Mc said...

Oh, Carol, this is just lovely. I should have added my new Nuvo drops to my berries, but I forgot about them.

Birgit said...

Carol, I love this CAS beauty! It's such an elegant looking card!!

Nancy said...

Such a striking CAS design!

paperkicks said...

Love your card! The contrast between light and dark is stunning. The pop of color with the mistletoe makes it pop and ties it all together!! Beautiful!

Keri said...

Oh, the leaves on your card are perfect for this challenge! Simply lovely! :)

Betty Wright said...

Beautiful! Love the texture and the corner accent!

Unknown said...

Beautiful card & layout!

Joyce said...

This is really clever. Love how you split your panel into black and white.

Nora Noll said...

Oh Carol!! This is so pretty!! I love how you used all the elements from that photo on this. The layering of the Mistletoe is perfect!!!

Karen B. said...

The color blocking is a fantastic design element!

Mona Pendleton said...

Simply beautiful! Love the mistle toe sprig! Happy hopping!

Marybeth said...

I love this design Carol! Gorgeous card for the hop!

Tracey McNeely said...

Carol this is so classy and elegant!

Emily E said...

Beautiful - I love the contrast in colors!

Martha said...

Carol, this is simply beautiful.
FABulous design!

Michelle said...

Love the mistletoe and fabulous design!

Loll said...

Fresh colour combination Carol. Love the classic black and white with the beautiful pop of bright green. Gorgeous design. xx

cotnob said...

A gorgeous card Carol, such a fabulous design.
Pauline
x

Gail said...

I love this card. I love the bright green against the black and white background. The bit of diagonal paper in the corner is great along with this cute little bow and the sentiment. Fabulous card. Thanks for joining us at Christmas at Sweet Stampin' for our Use a Winter/Christmas die cut! --Gail

Leigh Penner said...

This is so pretty! Wonderful take on the inspiration photo!

Plony said...

Beautiful CAS-card. I admire people who can makes CAS-cards.....For me it's drama....lol.....but maybe I can learn by watching.
Thanx for joining us at Winter Wonderland. xxx Plony

LOU said...

Beautiful card Carol. Love the mistletoe.
Thanks so much for joining us at Winter Wonderland.
Lou DT xo

Deborah Frings said...

Stunning card. I love the pretty mistletoe and the beautifully CAS design!

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