Hello
everyone and Happy November!
I’ve just started making my Christmas cards…pretty
late for a paper crafter, right? I was away
on a fabulous trip to Thailand with my husband to celebrate our 25th
anniversary and was too busy to even color anything, even though I took lots of
images and Copic markers on the trip with us! Even though the trip was amazing,
I’m happy to be home and creating again…I
really missed it!
So…the
great news is that today is the first day of the Serendipity Stamps November
Blog Hop 1!!
Serendipity
showcases a new set of stamps every two weeks. Just comment on the Design
Team’s blogs listed below to enter to win a $20 gift certificate to Serendipity
Stamps! Also…please note that the stamp and die of the month are Covered Bridge and Merry Christmas, respectively…both are half off for the month of November!
Here’s
a list of all the designers participating in the blog hop today…
For today’s card I used
the adorable One Jingle Bell stamp.
I created my own background paper by
stamping the bell multiple times onto Neenah 100lb Solar White cardstock and
coloring using Copic markers. I used the following colors:
W1, W3, W5, W7, YR21, YR23,
R46, R39, G24, YG97, YG99
The warm greys were used
to color the “metal” part of the bell, and then I added touches of YR21 and
YR23 to give it a tarnished look.
I die-cut my paper into
a stitched 4.25” x 5.5” rectangle and adhered this onto a black A2 sized card.
I then added some glossy accents to the berries and a beautiful red ribbon down
the left side.
For my sentiment, I
die-cut the Joy Die three times from red cardstock and layered these on top of
one another using liquid glue. This created a sentiment with more dimension and
interest than just die-cutting the sentiment once.
I used the Joy to the World stamp for the inside panel of my card, stamping it using a
lobster-colored ink that matched my red ribbon.
And there you have it…a
clean and simple card for the holidays using only a few supplies! Thank you all
for visiting with me today!
Love your silver bells - they look like they're falling through the air! I love the clean crisp of the black, white and red. Beautiful card!
ReplyDeleteAwesome card! Love that pretty One Jingle Bell stamp! Love the dimension of the Joy sentiment with the layering!
ReplyDeleteI love this! Fabulous made from scratch paper! Pretty die cut also.
ReplyDeleteWonderful card!!! Love the "One Jingle Bell" stamp!!!
ReplyDeleteI love you jingle bell background! Such a pretty die cut too.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty with the
ReplyDeletejingle bells as the
background. Love
the black and red
used on it.
Carla from Utah
Very creative, makes me think of the wonderful and classic Christmas song SILVER BELLS
ReplyDeleteThese jingle bells are fantastic, Beth! Love the pine and berries on each and the beautiful Joy die with the beautiful script on the inside!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card! Your hand stamped background with the bells stamp is amazing! And I love the little red berries that you glossed over too!
ReplyDeleteLove the beautiful bells. Great card.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty with the jingle bell background.
ReplyDeleteThanks for showing what a great card can be created with smaller stamps like this; your card is so cute!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card and stunning coloring. I love the texture and pop of color from the pom poms. Happy Anniversary, sounds like you had a wonderful celebration.
ReplyDeleteA fabulous card and a great idea to use a single stamp like that
ReplyDeleteThe Jingle Bells are so pretty Beth and love the large red die cut sentiment over the top. A beautiful card. x
ReplyDeleteA gorgeous card. Love the self made background and the pop of red. Wonderful colouring
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to believe that the
ReplyDeletebells are not store-bought
paper. The shading is
fantastic. Great card.
thanks for sharing
txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com
Thank u for sharing a Gorgeous card
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