Friday 5 July 2019

A Merry Mistletoe Christmas

If you saw my post from earlier today, you would know that it's only 172 days until Christmas ... I've only made a couple of Christmas cards this year, so I have a lot of catching up to do.

This card uses the Mistletoe image from the Tied Up With String digital stamp set by Beccy's Place.  I opened the Mistletoe image in Silhouette Studio and sized it to fit on a 5" x 7" panel.  I added the sentiment, printed on X-Press It blending card, trimmed down to size, heat set, then coloured with Copic markers.  I used liquid adhesive to secure the image panel to the front of a 5" x 7" side folding card base.


The berries didn't look "right" being left white, so I added a subtle touch of colour to add some dimension, then finished them off by adding a delicate sparkle using a clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush.  It was a challenge to photograph and I'm afraid that the close up makes the berries look darker than they really are.

 

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I have made two CAS Christmas cards today.
Click HERE or on the image below to learn all about the berry branch.


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*** INGREDIENTS ***
Beccy's Place - digital stamp - Tied Up With String
Copic markers - leaves - G40-43-46-29
Copic markers - string/twine - R27
Copic markers - berries - E0000
Wink Of Stella - Clear Glitter Brush
5" x 7" card base
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #145682
PN Hello Gorgeous font - MERRY - by ScrapNFonts
Lily Bloom Regular font - CHRISTMAS - The Hungry JPEG
this was part of a free font bundle
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the image panel

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges:
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A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge - Challenge #95 – Anything Goes
AAA Cards - CAS Game #143 - One Corner - Optional Twist: Flowers
my mistletoe berries used to be flowers ...

Aloha Friday Challenges - Challenge #146 - Christmas in July
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - #230 – Anything Goes + A Sentiment
Beccy's Place - July Challenge – Anything Goes
Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 25 – Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart - Challenge #246 – Anything Goes
Make My Monday - Challenge #99 – Begins With The Letter B
the Bunch of mistletoe is tied with a Bow and covered with Berries
Penny’s Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog - Challenge 437 – Anything Goes
Polkadoodles Craft Challenge – Wk 26 – Anything Goes
QKR Stampede - Challenge #355 – Anything Goes
The 12 Months Of Christmas Link Up - Challenge #55 – Anything Christmas Goes
optional twist: Plaids
The Corrosive Challenge Blog - Challenge #6 – June Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Challenge #435 – Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes - Weeks #394-#395

7 comments:

  1. Very elegantcard and perfect for our one corner challenge. Thank you for playing at AAA Cards

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  2. Beautiful clean and simple cards. Thanks for joining us at Make My Monday. Love Dawn x

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  3. Another absolute stunner, couldn't possibly choose between your two link ups at AAA Cards. Thanks so much for playing.

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  4. Fabulous cas card. Thanks for joining us at Make My Monday

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  5. Another beautiful CAS style Christmas card, love them both. Thank you for joining us at Polkadoodles Crafting https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/, wishing you lots of luck.
    Hugs
    Gina xx

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  6. You coloured those berries beautifully Tracy, and the addition of the Wink of Stella finished them off perfectly. You've done a brilliant job with both your CAS cards, but I think this one is my favourite, I just love the design. Well done!
    Cheers,
    Beccy

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  7. Beautiful CAS cards. Thanks for joining Aud Sentiments challenge. Elaine

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