I loved this week’s 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge – it is right up my alley, so to speak. It’s a stash challenge and the theme is “something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue” …
For my “something old” I chose the Lovely as a Tree stamp set from Stampin’ Up. It’s a set that has been around for several years and is still available in the current catalogue, but with such a timeless and beautiful stamp set, I can see why it is still so popular. It has so many uses, my favourite being for Christmas cards (of course) …
“Something new” for me is the decorative dots embossing folder, which I earned for free during Stampin’ Up’s sale-a-bration this year. It is currently unavailable, but it will be seeing a comeback when the new catalogue is launched in July. I embossed a scrap of whisper white cardstock with the embossing folder, using my bigshot machine, and then tore a strip to make it look a bit like snow…
My “something borrowed” is the layout – from a card I saw on Pinterest … don’t you just love Pinterest for ideas and inspiration? I have lots of pins on my boards if you’d like a looksee.
And finally, my something blue is the night of navy ink I used to stamp the trees and sentiment, which is from the More Merry Messages set from Stampin’ Up. It’s not in the catalogue, but is still available on the carry over list, and I use it ALL the time (as you might have noticed!)
I added a row of silver glass glitter with sticky strip for some sparkle, and a sprinkling of rhinestones too …
Hope you like my card this week. If you are inspired by the 52CCT challenge, why not hop on over and join in the fun? We’d love to see your creations. See you there!
cardstock: whisper white, very vanilla;
stamp sets: lovely as a tree, more merry messages;
inks: night of navy;
accessories: silver glass glitter, rhinestones, decorative dots embossing folder, sticky strip.
All supplies from Stampin’ Up – contact me for details.
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