Sunday, December 1, 2013

Freshly Made Sketches meets Merry Monday

I love it when I can combine 2 challenges to make a card.  The Merry Monday challenge is to create a card with an all white or all ivory base and to use brown or kraft for the sentiment and for accents.  I chose to use the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches as I thought the sketch would be ideal for the Merry Monday challenge.

Here is the sketch:


Here is my card based on both challenges:



I chose to use all white and the 2 embossed panels are from my scraps box.  The main embossed panel is Whimsy by Lifestyle Crafts.  The smaller embossed panel is Petals a Plenty by SU.  I love it when I can start using up all my scraps.  The sentiment which was stamped with Versafine Vintage Sepia is from The Stamps of Life - Lights 4 Christmas and was stamped onto one of the  Taylored Expressions Banner Stacklets 1 die.  The goldish lace trim is from my stash.  The poinsettia die is by Dee's Distinctively Die set Poinsettia.  I blinged up the poinsettia with some gold coloured teeny tiny rhinestones.  This sketch would work for a variety of dies, trim and embellishments.  I love how this card turned out and I will probably use it again using different dies, paper, ribbon and sentiments.  It can also be used for different occasions such as birthdays or anniversaries.

Thanks for stopping by!

5 comments:

Lesley said...

Beautiful!! Love the layering and the beautiful lace ribbon on your card! Thank you for joining us at Merry Monday!

Bonnie said...

Love the 2 kinds of embossing and the beautiful poinsettia, Oma! Very elegant! Thanks for sharing this with us at Merry Monday!

Narelle Farrugia said...

This is so beautiful! Don't you love it when you can use up scraps from your desk? The embossed panels look fabulous with the gold trim! Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!

Jen Mitchell said...

So elegant! The embossed backgrounds add such lovely texture and the layered poinsettia is a real stunner! Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches!

Susan Joyce said...

Love the embossing and your poinsettia flower, very elegant. Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday this week.