Friday, October 18, 2013

Friday!

Happy Friday! For a short week (Thanksgiving here) it's been a very loooonnng one. So it's nice to say hello to the weekend, and what better way than to link up to this week's Unity Friends with Flair? Yesterday the latest {be inspired} challenge was revealed. I think I will be back again to the challenge to use this month's colours, but today I concentrated on the sketch. 


It's a great excuse to get another Christmas card made, and so the sketch led me to this:


I'm not unconditionally in love with this card yet, but I decided to share it anyway. It also did not want to play nice with the camera, particularly all the nice shiny silver embossing on the elegant tree. I stamped the navy panel in silver with a grab bag stamp that seemed to echo the tree design perfectly. 
I'm also putting this into this week's Simon Says Stamp challenge, Christmas/Happy Holiday cards. 
Happy weekend!

Supplies: white, navy & Bazzill light blue textured metallic cardstock, Echo Park Winter Wonderland patterned paper, Greetings of Christmas, September 2011 Kit of the Month (All Seasons) & (?) Unity stamps, Versamark & Colorbox silver inks, silver embossing powder, Sizzlits crescent tag die, Twinery platinum shimmer twine, pop-dot tape

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17 comments:

Lisa Carroll said...

This card is beautiful! Love the blues and silver embossing! :) Thanks for playing along over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!

Emily Leiphart said...

You may not love it but I do! The embossing on the blue panel is gorgeous and I really love the silvery tree!

Annette Allen said...

what a gorgeous card.. love it

Michelle said...

I love the colors and the silver! Very pretty

Angeline Choo said...

Great take on the sketch! :)

Kris said...

I'm already seeing a lot of blue and silver. Your card is so pretty in these colors.

Lisa Arana said...

I love the classic combo of blue and silver. Isn't it a bugger to photograph! It is still a lovely card even if you can't capture the shine. xoxo

Chris Dring said...

As if making custom paper by stamping the blue card stock is not cool enough, you went and embossed the tree in silver! Holy crow what an awesome card!

Rachel said...

Glad you shared it, its a beautiful card! Hope you had a happy Thanksgiving!

Jessi Fogan said...

I love it too! Dontcha hate it when it won't play nice with the camera - so frustrating to say "trust me, way better in person!" (which of course I say all the time) Blue & silver is one of my all-time fave colour combos for Christmas :)

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving. I love the shades of blue you have chosen for this pretty holiday card.

Wendy ten Hove said...

Very pretty! Love the patterns that you used, they look great together! And the colors are stylish together this way. Very nice!
Hugs, Wendy

Emily Keaton said...

Great job with the sketch! I think your blues and silver are just beautiful.

JPScraps said...

I think the card is fabulous!

Lindy said...

Great card! I love blue, silver and snowflakes for Christmas cards!

Miwa said...

This is a GORGEOUS Christmas card! So very pretty! Great take on the sketch, too! :)

Unknown said...

beautiful...i love silver and navy together...so serene.