Christmas Kickstart #107 and NBUS #83

I had several ways to go with a card for Christmas Kickstart - Sing-a-Long, a fun theme picked by my friend and teammate Carol Mayne.  I decided on The Snow Notes from Spellbinders.

After making a card with these delightful snowmen at Michele's last summer, I had to have a set of my own.  All the 'accessories' are cut from scraps. The background is Snowfall Shimmer press plate, inked with Hero Arts Unicorn White on light blue cardstock.  The words are from the Snow Notes set and the music notes are from Penny Black's Sing for Joy.  I can't wait to make more of these fun choristers. 

Since this is the first time using my own set of Snow Notes and the first outing of the press plate, I'm sending my card to Darnell's NBUS. 

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Color Hues #127

Peach and Teal.  Those are the colors for the Color Hues challenge and I tried a number of things but couldn't get them to work until I decided to go with my usual florals.

Even this card took a few turns until I was happy with it.  It features Altenew's Japanese Anemone stamp and stencil.  The stenciling went fine using my oft neglected CP ink in Apricot and Bellini for the flowers and Altenew Dew Drops and Aqualicious for the leaves. I planned a one layer card but the sentiment didn't stamp well so I used the dies to cut them out.  I love the way they cut in between the blossoms.  Now what about some texture or dimension or just plain interest?  I tried MFT's Itsy Bitsy Polka Dot background stamp in Dew Drop and loved it.  A number of sentiments were auditioned and the BetterPress one fit best.   

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Inkspirational #361 and Double D "Signs of Love"

This card has been sitting on my desk and I'd better get it posted before the challenge time runs out.  It's for Inkspirational and Double D - Signs of Love.

Inkspirational has a visual prompt and I was drawn to the gnome.  He's from a Christmas set from Gina K but I turned him into a valentine gnome by using a scrap of heart paper for his hat and a sentiment from the set.  The background is a coverplate from Honey Bee and the folk heart is from Ellen Hutson, embossed with Altenew's Organic Linen folder. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #773

I went back and forth with ideas for Freshly Made Sketches, wanting to do something besides my usual florals.  As I fell asleep last night, an idea came to me and fortunately I remembered it this morning.

Honey Bee Vintage Lures to the rescue.  They were cut from scraps and arranged on a Notched Corner Frame from SB.  The frame was cut from woodgrain cardstock and popped up. The sentiment is from their Hook, Line and Sinker set.  

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