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GLOBAL DESIGN CHALLENGE

This week’s GDP#269 is a COLOUR CHALLENGE.

I mentioned, in an early post, that one of my goals is to participate in more blog hops and challenges – this is week two and I’m still enjoying the challenge.

I have been playing with the new BLENDING BRUSHES, that will be available to customers from January, when our new January to June Mini Catalogue goes live.

So, I decided to use the brushes to blend Garden Green and Just Jade as onto Whisper White cardstock. Then I used that to cut a branch from the BEAUTIFUL BOUGHS DIES. I also cut two more branches from vellum.

I overlapped the branches and secured them using mini glue dots. The REAL RED BRAIDED LINEN TRIM was perfect to tie a bow around the branches. I finished this part of the card with a generous application of CLEAR WINK OF STELLA.

The layer of Whisper White was given texture using the SUBTLE 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER.

A piece of PLUSH POINSETTIA SPECIALTY PAPER was placed over the textured layer. I popped a few dimensionals under the branches before placing into position.

The Real Red MERRY CHRISTMAS was cut using the WORD WISHES DIES. The cardstock had someFOAM ADHESIVE SHEET so that it would have height on the card front.

The final, blingy element comes courtesy of some RED RHINESTONE BASIC JEWELS.

Two smaller branches were cut from the same blended background and attached to the card insert and envelope fornt.

It’s the first of December and getting closer to Christmas. This may well be one f the last Christmas cards I make this year.

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make this card. If you live in Australia, I will be happy to help you place an order for any of them.

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Paper Snips
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Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00
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A GIFT OF WINE THIS CHRISTMAS

This wine bottle gift box was made to hold a full sized wine bottle, just in time for Christmas.

FRONT ON IMAGE

Yes, it will hold a full sized bottle of wine.

I used SHADED SPRUCE 12″x 12″ CARDSTOCK, as well as the stunning PLUSH POINSETTIA SPECIALTY PAPER and the RED VELVET PAPER PACK.

AT A SLIGHT ANGLE, WITH LID OFF

I used Real Red and Shaded Spruce as my main colours, with the white from the flocked poinsettia paper and sentiments STITCHED SO LOVELY DIES elements (even though they look like Very Vanilla in this image).

This image shows the wine box from a slightly different angle, with the decorated lid off and to the side.

This photo shows the wine gift box from another angle – looking down from the lid.

And, finally a close up of the poinsettia details on the front of the gift box.

Who would you gift box a bottle of wine for Christmas – friend, work colleague, neighbour or family member?

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make this project. If you live in Australia, you can order any of them through me.