April 20, 2014

A Trio of Christmas Challenges

So, I have a card today that was made with three Christmas challenges in mind.  Jingle Belles has an Earth Day theme where you are asked to reuse something.  Here's Festive Friday's inspiration picture.


They get better every time!  :-). And Merry Monday wants you to use Slate, Kraft, a White or Cream.  I'm sneaking in under the wire with this one!  I've got a little bit of red and green in my card and I hope that's okay.


I cut out part of a old Christmas card for my main image.  I took a piece of slate card stock embossed it with a damask embossing folder (Sissix).  Then I took some white paint and a sponge and wiped over the raised image.  It reminds me of the mirror in the FF picture.  I attached my image to this panel and layered it on white and then a kraft card base.  I added the white bow and underneath what looks to be slate and white twiggy greenery but it's actually snowflakes.  Made by my new Martha Stewart punch.  :-).

As for my decision to switch to Wordpress, I think I'm going to stay where I am until they truly start to force the switch to google plus.  Then I'll make my decision.  I'm just to lazy to move right now!  LOL!

Hope you are all having a lovely Easter weekend.  Thanks for stopping by!

11 comments:

  1. Beautiful Christmas card Kim, Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday.

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  2. Oh, this is absolutely gorgeous, Kim! Thanks for joining us this week at Merry Monday! xoxox

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  3. This is such a pretty scene, Kim! I love the embossed and sponged background! Thanks for sharing this wit us at Merry Monday!

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  4. Kim, Happy Easter, and your Christmas card is more than okay! Your image is beautiful against that awesome BG. Your are right about the mirror!

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  5. PS, I am with you on the Google Plus thing. I think they will find most don't like it.

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  6. What a pretty card! I love the beautiful snow scene!! Thanks so much for joining us at Festive Friday! :)

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  7. FANTASTIC girl!!!! Love this, so cool!

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  8. Love the vintage feel of the photo and the way you've incorporated it into your card! Great combination of these challenges! So glad you joined us at Festive Friday!

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  9. what a beautiful "save" from last year's xmas cards and you've set it off to perfection. thanks for joining our earth day fun at JINGLE BELLES! ♥

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  10. Love the painted embossing ... it makes such a perfect frame ... so very glad you celebrated Earth Day with us at Jingle Belles.

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  11. what a great way to reuse a card, Kim! Love how you've pulled in the inspiration of the frame! Very pretty! Great to have you back again!

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