Carols of Christmas

Hello, Crafters.

I can't get much further away from my normal style than today's card! 

It was inspired by something I saw on Facebook recently but I think it was patterned paper; the card I saw was really striking!

My plan was to do the baubles and then have the Deck The Halls stamp underneath!

Unfortunately, I should have made the card portrait mode to allow enough room for both! 

To make this card, I started by choosing the four colours I wanted to use: Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Marina Mist, and Crushed Curry. 

I stamped both the bauble stamps onto scraps of Whisper White Cardstock (CS) in each of the four colours. 

Then I used the two co-ordinating dies in the Card Front Builder Thinlits Dies.

After cleaning the stamps, I re-inked using Basic Black Archival Ink, and set up my Stamp-a-ma-jig for each stamp. 

I stamped the first image on right hand side, and before stamping the second image, I covered the first image with a PostIt Note, just in case the first image wasn't quite dry.

I continued across to the left hand side, and found five images fitted in brilliantly.

Using a little dab of Tombow, I adhered the baubles in the same positions as on the stamps, keeping the colours in the same order. 

It was at this stage I realised I wasn't going to get Deck the Halls in, unless I stamped it onto a spare piece of Whisper White CS, and adhered it so it was covering up some of the baubles. 

I think this idea would have worked, but I didn't want to cover up any of the baubles!

I moved onto the Merry Mistletoe Stamp Set and used the main sentiment. 

Although I rarely create multi-coloured cards, this was the exception and I wanted to carry the colouring theme through my card. 

This has been one of the most relaxing cards I've made for a very long time - I've really enjoyed creating it! 

I started my card with a base of Whisper White Cardstock (CS), and added a layer of Real Red CS.

I decided to make the top Whisper White CS layer a lot smaller than usual, and as I had several baubles left over, I adhered them in two small piles, one either side of the sentiment! 

I decided to use a fair bit of bling by adding one of the old small Basic Rhinestones to each bauble, and two slightly larger ones to the sentiment.

To finish my card, I added Real Red and Whisper White CS layers to the inside, and adhered a "pile" of baubles on the "floor"! 

When hubby saw the inside of the card he said the baubles looked like sweets.................which is exactly what I thought, but I was hoping he wouldn't think the same! LOL! 
 
I'm not sure I could have prevented this, although I do wonder if I'd only used three colours, whether that would have a marked diffeeence or not??

Although it's very much out of my comfort zone - because it's multi-coloured - I think this card will be well received by a family with young children!

That's it from me today. Untill tomorrow, happy crafting. 

JanB.