When I saw The Paper Players challenge this week, I knew I wanted to play along. I have been itching to ink this stamp set up and they gave me my motivation! A great sketch over at the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge gave me my layout and the colors over at Colour Me…! gave me my colors!! This card pretty much jumped into my head complete, I just need to fuss with the details (love when that happens!).
I was having technical difficulties with my ScanNCut…it refused to recognize the cardinal at all and only recognized PART of my branch šĀ The branch is supposed to have more berries, but they were cut off. But I didn’t let that derail my enthusiasm, I went with what I had and fussy cut the cardinal out!
Lest you think I forgot part of the greeting…it’s on the inside!
Special cards deserve pretty insides too š
A shout out to my inspiration:
Unfortunately, the Colour Me…! challenge closed 40 minutes before I finished my card so I wasn’t able to link up to the challenge but I wanted to give them a shout out for the inspiration!
I’m also entering my card into the Global Design Project as my project fits perfectly with the challenge this week:)
Thank you so much for stopping by!!
Products Used:
Cardstock: Thick Whisper White, Real Red and Old Olive by Stampinā Up!
Pattern Paper: Season of Cheer and Merry Moments Designer Series Paper Stack by Stampin’ Up!
Ink: Real Red and Basic Black by Stampinā Up!
Stamps:Ā Joyful Season by Stampinā Up!
Dies: Envelope Liner Die by Stampinā Up!; Stitched Mats: Rectangles by Lil āInker.
Tools:Ā MISTI
Embellishments: Brights Candy Dots by Stampin’ Up!
This is lovely Shannon. Great layout.
So sweet, Marlene! Thank you and glad you like it š xx
A beautiful card Shannon. Your fussy cutting was worth the effort, lol. Thanks so much for playing at Global Design Project this week
Really lovely card Shannon. You’ve done a great job incorporating all those challenges into one. Thanks for joining the Global Design Project this week!
Wow.. what a beautiful card. It caught my eye right away. thanks for sharing ~ Pam
Shannon – This is such a beautiful showcase of this stamp set! Your work is always so crisp and clean – great combination of all of these challenges! Thank you so much for playing along with this week’s Christmas Theme Challenge at the Global Design Project.
You certainly rocked all the challenges this week Shannon! A stunning card for this weeks challenge at the Global Design Project, thanks so much for sharing it with us. xo
Beautiful Card Shannon! Great balance of elements to make a sophisticated, classy wintry wonderland card! Thanks for joining us at The Paper Players this week!