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Merry and Bright

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AAA challenges has a brand new monthly challenge dedicated to  Christmas cards.  (Yay!)



The theme for this challenge is Traditional Christmas.

To play along, click the link (HERE)


I really liked the inspiration of the bright red bauble with pine boughs.

My thoughts of a traditional Christmas are wreaths on doorways, shiny ornaments, and Christmas music.

  I chose colors of the winter tartan plaids that are common for this season in red, green, and navy.  

Assembly: 

The finished card is a top folding A2 sized card.  I used Evening Evergreen card-stock as the base (SU).

Next I used a piece of lightweight ivory cardstock (Recollections) and embossed music from - Stampin Up’s Merry Melody embossing folder, and trimmed with a red foil border. (Recollections)

The wreath was die cut from The Noel Tidings set from Stampin Up.  I cut the evergreen from the same Evening Evergreen cardstock.

The oval center was cut from Night of Navy cardstock.  It pops up and away from the center using two small pieces of scraps accordion folded to the back.

The Ornament is from Simon Says Stamps - Holiday Messages Ornament.

I heat embossed with gold embossing powder and cut with a circle die.  

The ornament top, bow and stars were pulled from a few older sets, but worked nicely to finish off the card.

Thanks for stopping by! - Valerie Kaye




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