by Joanne James13. November 2026 09:00
Happy Friday 13th - hope it's a lucky one! I'm progressing at pace with my Christmas cards and today I'm sharing a card that I made using Karren's sketch of squares over at Freshly Made Sketches:
I also chose pastel colours, something glittery and detailed diecuts from the inspo list over at Festive Friday and used all four of the Color Dare challenge colours to make a Christmas card in non-traditional colours - take a look:
Here's the low-down on today's card:
I have been itching to use this new coverplate from A Pocketful of Happiness called Christmas Mosaic Backgrounds and Karren's sketch gave me the perfect opportunity. I didn't stick to the 6 squares, as I wanted to include as many of the squares as possible, so instead I went with a 3 x 4 design. Karren did say that the 6 squares serve as inspiration rather than needing to be taken literally, so that's what I went with. I cut the coverplate in each of the four colours - Balmy Blue, Lemon Lolly, Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia and one in white - then used a white card base and a mat in Bubble Bath, to create my mix-and-match design. I switched out the bear and the snowflakes for white glimmer paper for some festive glitter and sparkle:
With so many spare bits and pieces, this was the perfect opportunity to make three more cards by switching out the elements - here's all four together:
I used standard white cardstock for the remaining three as it gives better definition to the bear's face, but I do love the sparkle of my first one. This plate is much quicker to piece than the holly one I used yesterday as the pieces are larger - and a great way to get multiples in less time. I played about with both stamped and diecut sentiments, but in the end decided to leave the front blank - I couldn't bear to cover up any of those cute squares! I love the rather non-traditional colour palette too - it makes a nice change from my usual red and green.
Right - my gym session is done and I've a busy day today with a trip to the hairdressers, grocery shopping and laundry to contend with and I'm out with friends for dinner this evening, so I need to crack on!
Enjoy your day and I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!
