Friday, March 3, 2017

the holly and the ivy

we're celebrating holiday foliage at ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ this fortnight, so in addition to --or instead of-- the eponymous holly leaves and ivy stamps, it's time to break out the evergreen washi tape and mistletoe journal cards. oh and by the way, did you know that poinsettias, which totally look like flowers, are actually composed entirely of leaves, no matter what their color? for that matter, you needn't build your card exclusively around foliage, just include a bit of christmas greenery somewhere in your design. of course, if you want to build your card entirely around foliage and flowers, we won't stop you, lol! (btw, that's what i did, see?!) 

patterned paper: basic grey; pine tree washi tape and large pearl brad: eyelet outlet; foliage: petaloo velvet holly leaves, ivy from a garland bought at michaels, vellum holly +pine cones +red berry branches by sticko; florals: petaloo, prima, imaginisce; adhesives: elmers brand gluetape, 3m foam tape, gluedots, sewing machine

everyone knows i love florals so it's probably not a big surprise that i was able to compose an entire lumpy bumpy card from holly, ivy, poinsettias, pinecones, red berry sprigs and those cool velvetty red flowers that i think are hydrangeas, except i'm pretty sure they shouldn't be that color? they look good, though, in a little cluster, on top of some birch bark patterned paper, with an accent of eyelet outlet pine tree washi tape. of course it also helped that i found the *PERFECT* sketch at atlantic hearts sketch challenge:


stephanie also has something fab and foliage-based to show you. why not hop over to ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ and check that out right now, darlings?

10 comments:

  1. Gorgeous card, great prompt. I sure hope I can get one done this time or I'm going to be in chaos in December.

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  2. Love the sketch, it makes making a card so much easier. As always your card is just lovely. I love a good bumpy lumpy one every now and then Lol.
    Sue

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  3. Really pretty- beautiful colours.

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  4. Wow, talk about amazing!!! I absolutely love everything about your card! Thanks for joining us at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

    Linda

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  5. Very pretty! The Sketch definitely worked well on this card! Thank you for joining AHSC this week!

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  6. I love your flowers! Thanks for joining us at AHSC!

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  7. Oh my... well, this is gorgeous!! Thanks so much for playing along at Atlantic Hearts!

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  8. Beautiful floral arrangement and love the combination of the background paper. Thanks for sharing with AHSC.

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  9. Lauren, Love, love, love this card!

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  10. I adore this card! I love the birch-looking background paper and the patterned paper you used for the side strips, but the flowers and foliage really put this one over the top -- great job!

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