Sunday, 16 August 2015

Papertrey Ink and Clearly Besotted snowflake Christmas card


Hello everyone and I hope you are having a good weekend. I won't be around for a while now because I am off on holiday to the US with my daughter. I'm quite excited about it but my husband is not coming with us this time and it will be the longest we have been apart in more than 40 years so it will seem a bit strange! I have lots of posts scheduled, but I probably won't be able to visit until I return.We are going to New York and down the Hudson Valley, so if you know of any good crafty stores or places to visit in that area, do let me know.

It's time for  a new challenge at Christmas Card Challenges  where we have a lovely inspiration photo to inspire you with this week


I love the white on white look with the cookie peeping from underneath so my card for this week features white on white with a little kraft paper thrown in.




I started with a square panel that I stamped with a crackle background stamp in Versamark ink and then embossed with clear powder to add a little texture and shine to the background. I cut 6 snowflakes with the Clearly Besotted die and stacked them before coating them with some glitter and mounting them to some punched circles.


The circles were placed on a strip of kraft card and added to the background panel. The sentiment was cut with the PTI Wet Paint Holiday Die and I cut them twice from white and once from kraft card and stacked them so the kraft gave a shadow effect.

Why not look at the Christmas Card Challenge blog to see some great inspiration from our team, and then join in with us. If this theme doesn't float your boat, remember that you can enter any kind of Christmas card!

Thanks for stopping by.




Hugs
Carol x

I'd like to play along with

Moving Along with the Times - snow in the summertime

Crafty Gals Corner - any holiday













12 comments:

Dotty Jo said...

Lovely, simple card, Carol - very effective! Jo x

cotnob said...

This is a beautiful card Carol, such an elegant design - I love the way you have slightly offset the sentiment.
Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving a lovely comment.
Pauline
x

Sarah said...

Such a brilliant card, love the kraft with white, such a great combination xx

Carol said...

Gorgeous card Carol, love the white and kraft combo. Enjoy your trip. Carol x

Nataliascraft said...

Gorgeous Christmas card x

Janice said...

What a super card. Love the crackle background and your use of kraft. A really modern and lovely card, so pleased you shared it with us at MAWTT, Jx

Amy Cohen said...

Beautifully simple- thank you for sharing with us at Crafty Gals Corner.
Amy-DT

Stamping Smiles Designs said...

So gorgeous and elegant! That crackle background looks awesome! Very cool!

Deepti said...

Beautiful use of neutrals :)

Joyce said...

Lovely Christmas card. I hope you are enjoying your trip.

Nora Noll said...

Oh how lovely!! I like the subtle crackle background and the little line of snowflakes. Fabulous design!!

Kim Heggins said...

Love your card....that white and white is wonderful.

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