It was Kate's turn to pick the theme for the Christmas card club this fortnight and she picked Children at Christmas. After yet another rummage through old stash I discovered a pack of unused Cute Squares from Lili of the Valley. The images in the set are of very pretty little 'Christmas Girls' - the one I've used for this challenge is my favourite and, as there was three copies left, I've used them all and made three cards - all slightly different.
For this version I've used a Gelli plate print background, trimmed and edged with red (Fired Brick) distress ink. The image and dark green cardstock mat were cut with dyes from a stitched square set from The Works. The poinsettia and the greeting were made from leftover scraps of the background and green cardstock using Spellbinders Poinsettia set and Tonic Studios Mini Moments Modern Merry Christmas.
The robin patterned paper for the background in this version is from 'Festive Frolics' by Papermania (more old stash) trimmed and matted on to a layer of dark green cardstock. The image is also matted onto the green card, as is the red ribbon which provides the greeting. The holly leaves were cut with a Tattered Lace mini die - I've used a red glass gem for embellishment.
And finally this version is made almost entirely from snippets of patterned paper and cardstock - the exceptions are the image and the Kraft card base. The patterned papers are scraps from a Holly Hobby patterned paper pack - a magazine freebie - and the star patterned ribbon was just long enough to adhere to the card and have a bit left for the bow. The greeting is another Tattered Lace mini die. I cut it three times from snippets of red card and glued them together to give the greeting more dimension.
I'm submitting the last card to Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #352 - Di's challenge is always for any subject as long as snippets are used so I hope she will forgive that it's yet another Christmas card.
That's it for CCC today but I hope you will pop over to see what my teammates have created for Kate's challenge today - you'll find a list of their names and links on my right sidebar - they are always so much more creative than mine.
Hope the weather has been kind to you and you're enjoying your weekend.
Hello Elizabeth, I love your cards and the sweet girl is a perfect image for the super designs. Love papers and great use of Kraft card too, perfect cards for the challenge, Kate x x
ReplyDelete3 lovely festive cards here Elizabeth. Love that u used a gelli plate background for one of them.
ReplyDeleteHappy Sunday xxx
These are gorgeous Elizabeth...I love these LOTV images and your choice of different backing papers make each card very individual....and perfect for the challenge xxxx
ReplyDeleteI love the way you have used the same sweet image Elizabeth and created three very different card. Christine xx
ReplyDeleteThree great cards Elizabeth - really lovely! Big hugs rachel x
ReplyDeleteWhat gorgeous cards Elizabeth, all beautifully created and slightly different to each other, love the papers and designs.
ReplyDeleteLorraine
So pretty I love this design and image love and hugs Carole x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous collection of cards using that adorable LOTV topper. Fabulous backgrounds and great use of your snippets xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet image and I really like the different decor you have done with each card. Thanks for sharing Zoe x
ReplyDeleteLovely cards. I love the image.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful array of cards lovely images and layout used x
ReplyDeleteThree fabulous card Elizabeth! As Sarn said, great that you used the Gelli plate for one - and of course the snippets one is great. LOVE the LOTV images - and Christmas cards are welcome at any time of the year in the Playground!
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Di xx
such a precious little image, your card is beautiful.
ReplyDelete:) Karen