Hello friends. I’m back with another of the sets in Clarity’s Barbara’s Big Blooms collection – this time I’ve gone with the A5 square Holly Leaves set. It’s a perfect Christmas set, drawn by Barbara, but I’ve put a contemporary twist on the images with a teal and silver colour combo.
I cut a piece of card to fit on a 5×7 card blank and first stamped the long holly stem in Versamark clear ink, adding one of the holly leaf trios at the base of the stem. I heat embossed them with WOW’s super fine silver metallic powder, then added the other holly stem alongside. I smooshed a little ‘peacock feathers’ Distress Oxide onto a mix mat, then picked it up with a waterbrush to colour in the leaves. The berries were filled in with a silver metallic gel pen.
I mounted the topper on a layer of Antarctica companion paper and attached it to a 5×7 card blank. I then stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on an offcut of white card and cut a banner shape into the end. I mounted it on a strip of the Antarctica paper that I’d also trimmed with a banner end – the easiest way to do this was to cut the Antarctica to the right width, then use the end of the white card as a template for my scissors to cut the banner shape. I then simply slid the paper out from the white card to edge the banner cut, glued it into place and cut the straight end along the card.
So I’ve played along with a few more challenges in this card, taking the layout from Freshly Made Sketches, the tones from Color Hues and ‘anything goes’ for Peace on Earth, who are celebrating their 100th challenge!
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I love non-traditional festive colors and this is beautiful xoxo
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thanks so much – I was really pleased with it x
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Such a great use of the colours xx
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thanks Lynda x
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I almost can’t make a Christmas card without using Holly somewhere. This is very striking in Teal and Silver, Deborah! Your embossing is so good! I am so happy you joined us at Color Hues.
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thanks Nancy x
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Okay, now I definitely like the teal and silver together… I think purple would be really pretty, too!
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I might have to try that…!
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I bet this is picked as a winner when the time comes. It is gorgeous.
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thank you Johanna – that’s really kind x
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This is such a fantastic card! I just love those silver embossed holly leaves! The colours are so fun! Thanks for joining us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!
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Oh Deb, this is absolutely beautiful! Love the design & color! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Peace on Earth challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
Peace on Earth Co-Owner
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This is so elegant! I LOVE the color combination of teal and silver. And the embossing really stands out. Very pretty!
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thank you!
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Your holly looks so good in teal and silver!!! Great way to think out of the box. Beautiful card. Thanks so much for playing with us at Color Hues!
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This is fabulous! I love those holly images – so modern-looking! Thanks so much for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches.
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Beautiful! Love the heat embossed holly and CAS design! Thank you so much for playing along with us over at the Color Hues Challenge! – Sheri
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