Nordic Noel Christmas Card

by Joanne James9. November 2014 07:00

It's Sunday and time for a new challenge over at The Paper Players and this week Sandy has a fantastic colour challenge for us:

  

Aren't these colours so reminiscent of winter? I also used this week's sketch over at The Paper Craft Crew for the layout for today's card:

I used Cherry Cobbler for my card base and matted this with a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock. I created my own DSP for my background panel by stamping Mossy Meadow ink on Mossy Meadow cardstock and stamping a selection of the baubles from the Nordic Noel set. The focal image of my card is the main stamp in this set, which I coloured with my Mossy Meadow and Cherry Cobbler markers to achieve the two-colour pattern. A Stylish Stripes embossed panel added a little background texture and I finished with the gorgeous in-colour Mossy Meadow satin ribbon and an antique brad, along with a sentiment from Good Greetings. Lastly, there is a 'cheat' element to my card today - did you spot it? For all of you wondering where I managed to get my Mossy Meadow candy dots from, since they aren't in the catalogue, I'll let you into a secret - they're actually Always Artichoke! I'm hoping Sandy will forgive me, but as they aren't next to anything that is Mossy Meadow you cant see the subtle difference in colour so they do the job as far as my card is concerned. I won't tell if you don't ;-).

I hope you like today's card; do pop by The Paper Players gallery to see what the rest of the team have come up with - there are some great cards as always. There's even one by LeAnne that uses the exact same sketch layout as me, yet it looks completely different, so check it out for double inspiration!

Back tomorrow with another project; until then, happy stampin'!

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

 

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Andrea W
Andrea WUnited States
11/9/2014 3:29:07 PM #

Lovely Christmas card Joanne! The Nordic Noel stamp set looks terrific in the challenge colors. Very pretty!

LeAnne Pugliese
LeAnne PuglieseUnited States
11/9/2014 7:01:28 PM #

Oh I love your card too!  I saw that we used the same sketch and love your take on it.  This is one of those images that you manage to do so well with your markers....and that I don't have the patience to do!  Lovely Nordic feel to it!  

Laurie schmidt
Laurie schmidtUnited States
11/9/2014 8:25:14 PM #

That ribbon is just gorgeous on this card! The dots look like mossy to me....they sure go perfectly with your card!

Becca Cruger
Becca CrugerUnited States
11/9/2014 9:33:20 PM #

You are going to have to teach me your ways! That bow is just tied perfectly! Really lovely work.

Claire Broadwater
Claire BroadwaterUnited States
11/9/2014 9:40:12 PM #

Joanne, your card is just gorgeous!  Your ribbon and antique brad is perfection!  I bought this stamp set and haven't used it.  You have inspired me!  Thank you!  XX

Jan M
Jan MAustralia
11/10/2014 8:55:30 PM #

Such a gorgeous card Joanne! I love the way you used your markers on the main image and your "DSP" and that ribbon is gorgeous too! Thanks for joining us at The Paper Craft Crew this week Smile

Sandy M
Sandy MUnited States
11/11/2014 1:59:01 AM #

Oh Joanne, these colors are so perfect for your Scandanavian card! What a wonderful job you did coloring the focal image with markers. And the candy dots are just perfect!

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