Holly Leaves & Button Berries

 

We're heading into the last month before the holiday season and I'm still making cards for my Christmas mailing list. The Festive Friday Blog has been a great inspiration for colour schemes and themes and this week the challenge was to choose one of the 22 previously described challenges. I love the traditional colours of the holidays, so I chose the colour challenge using red, green and gold.

When Papertrey Ink came out with the die collection for Holiday Button Bits, I was excited to add this stamp set and dies to my 'collection' last year. 


* The large holly image was stamped with Memento: Cottage Ivy ink onto Rustic White card stock.
* The sentiment (Holiday Wishes) was stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with red EP.  
* The postmark stamp (2010 Holiday Tags) was stamped with black ink.

* A border stamp (Postmarks) was added to the bottom with Cottage Ivy and Pure Poppy inks. When I was stamping, an extra ink spoltch appeared on the edge of my card front. My solution? I took the small stamps included in Watercolour Wonder and stamped them around three edges of the card. 
* This panel was attached to a green mat and then a Rustic White card base.

* I stamped the leaves directly onto the card front, die cut three leaves and stamped them on the front and back with the matching stamp. I stitched them to the card front along the center and then curled up the edges to give them lots of dimension. 
* Three red buttons, accented with red embroidery floss, were positioned at the base of the leaf trio. Gold adhesive pearls were also added around the focal image.

* The holly border (CTMH: December Word Puzzle) was stamped with Cottage Ivy;  red 'berries' were added with a red metallic pen.
* The sentiment (Holiday Wishes) was stamped with Pure Poppy ink.

Card Details  (PTI, unless noted)
Stamps - Holiday Button Bits, 2010 Holiday Tags, Postmarks, Holiday Wishes, Watercolor Wonder;  December Word Puzzle (Close To My Heart)
Inks - Smokey Shadow, Pure Poppy;  Memento Cottage Ivy; Versamark
Paper - Rustic White,  Stamper's Select White; Recolllections: Green,
Other Supplies -  Martha Stewart: Ladybug Embossing Powder; red buttons, embroidery floss, red metallic pen, brass adhesive dots, sewing machine

Thanks for visiting today. 
Karen C.