Christmas Cards - December The 25th

Today's card is a simple but effective card... The 25th of course!

I got the red 25th piece from part of a scrapbook paper.  I didn't even have to sand it.  The background paper which actually has a pattern of reindeer on it has a great old feel to it.

  Here's a side view.

Close Up!

I really like rosettes!  Tim Holtz started a fad all by himself when he came up with the rosette dies from Sizzix.  The one below I made from the smaller rosette die.  I colored it a bit with vintage photo dye ink and placed a gem in the center.

This patterned organza kind of blends in with the background paper but that's OK.  The organza adds a bit of sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by! Come again!
Lis

Christmas Cards - Christmas Collage Card

I LOVE this card!  I came home from  work one day and sat down at my craft table (aka my kitchen table...LOL) and made it.  I love when everything comes together and inspiration hits.  Those are the best moments!

Christmas Collage:

I have this wonderful green, red and gold Florentine paper from Graphic Products Corp. (You should visit their scrapbooking papers...amazing!)  I attached a scrap that I had (no measuring, no kidding!) to a 5 1/4 x 4 piece of Christmas cardstock.  (You will notice the glass gem surrounded with crystals in the lower left!)

Here's a side view.

Boy do I have Close Ups!

I had already added the flowers to the card but I really really wanted to add some dark green ribbon too.  I decided to add the ribbon over top of the flowers.  It reminds me of when you bundle a bunch of flowers together.  You can also see the green glitter holly leaves and red dew drops peeking out of the side! (PS: the flowers also have some gold glitter on the edges of the petals!)

After I added the Florentine paper, I realized that it just seemed so "cut".  I The edges were really apparent and didn't blend the way I wanted them to .  I could have used color to accomplish this but decided on white tissue tape from Tim Holtz.  I added this on two sides only.

There was a big empty space on the right and I wanted to put something there too.  I found some gold merry Christmas stickers which I added.

 I added large white pearls by the flowers and also at the top right of my paper.

I hope you love this card as much as I do!  Come back again for more Christmas Cards!
Lis