Once again, I tried to combine all sorts of challenges into one card. It’s fun, because that way I have a layout, maybe a colour combo or a theme all dictated for me. I find it easier to have jumping-off points like that, rather than just looking at a stack of paper and having no idea where to start.

This layout is from CPS Card Sketch 40, and I made sure to use stripey paper to qualify for Papertake Weekly ‘Spots & Stripes’.

The challenge at the Hero Arts blog was to make a holiday card with non-traditional colours. I took my inspiration from the paper I used for the background and the snowman’s jacket – citrusy green with pink (and orange, but that’s only in the paper). I stamped the snowman with green ink on the patterned paper, and black ink on white card, and the dotted card. My black inkpad is wimpy, so I ended up going over the lines with a fine-tip Sharpie. I also coloured in the pom-pom on the hat with pink Sharpie, before covering it with Stickles.

I cut a circle from some green Core’dinations Whitewash collection paper, then crumpled it up and sanded the crumply bits. I stamped the sentiment in pink  after gluing everything down. I think I kept enough green on the card to qualify for the ABC challenge G is for Green.

When the card was done, I made a quick one out of the scraps:

That’s the same Swiss dot cardstock, but with pink ink sponged all over it. It was then that I realised I have the perfect punch to go with the swirly paper!

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Bazzil, DCWV, Core’dinations
Stamps: Hero Arts
Ink: Brilliance pink, Colorbox green, Autumn Leaves black
Punch: Martha Stewart
Others: Making Memories button brads, Stickles glitter glue, Sharpies