"We do not remember days, we remember moments." Cesare Pavese

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Christmas Confection...

Hey there!!  Another card I'm getting done at the last minute... that seems to be my MO these days!! This card is for the current Waltzingmouse sketch challenge (which closes like really soon!!) and the current Just Add Ink challenge to add a tag or bookmark.  My tag is tiny, but it's still a tag!



Anywhoo... the reason for my title is that when I finished the card I thought "wow... this looks like a sparkly yummy Christmas cookie!  I guess that has to do with the fact that I went with a very pastel color combo:  pink, light green, light blue and cream.  For this card I used my recently re-discovered  Cheerly Lynn Designs French Pastry Doily die.   (You do ever do this:  buy something put it away and then forget you have it until you are rooting through your stash and find it??   That happens to me way too much!!)  The trees were stamped using SU!'s Pear Pizzazz (probably my favorite light green ink) and then trimmed out.  I used my Quickie Glue pen to add glue to the trees and then applied pale, pale blue glitter to the trees.  Each was then topped with a light blue gem.  All three were adhered to the doily that was diecut from pale pink cardstock at various heights.  The whole piece was then finished off with some absolutely yummy May Arts crinkle ribbon in pale blue (I LOVE that ribbon!!!) and a tiny tag pinned to the bow using a tiny pink pin. 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Vintage Cream; SU! Pear Pizzazz & Pink Pirouette; Ink:  Pear Pizzazz; Glitter:  Art Glitter in Forget Me Not; Sizzix tag die; Blue Gems; May Arts Blue Crinkle Ribbon; Cheery Lynn Designs Doily die

16 comments:

Jenny said...

Pastels are so cool as an alternative Christmas combo! Love the pink doily and I see what you mean about the Christmas cookie :
Jenny x

Jen Cuthbertson said...

It does look like a big Christmas cookie!! I love the soft pastels and that giant bow is gorgeous! Well done!

Scrumplescrunch said...

Gorgeous Rosie, I think you have been digging around in your hidden stash bin for a few weeks now I have definitely noticed some more cards with a little more embellishment on them, and I am really liking them very much.
Smiles:)

Pauline said...

This is so pretty! Love the pink doily as a background to the trees!

Ash said...

It's Gorgeous!!! A unique color combo for Christmas... :D

Happy Celebrations!!!

Ash... :)

craftieodmae said...

another winner!!!!

Elizabeth Allan said...

Rosemary this confection is pure perfection! Reminds me goregously frosted cookies.

Lisa Lara said...

Oh this is absolutely adorable Rosi. I cannot tell you how much I love every little piece of it!

Julia Aston said...

This is SO pretty! I love the pink doily behind your cluster of trees and the lovely blue ribbon! Great non-traditional Christmas colors on this! thanks for playing with the WMS sketch this week!

Christine said...

That pink doiley is so sweet!
Very nice card!
Christine

Kelly S. said...

Amazing, Rosemary! I just love this winter card in the pastels! That bow is amazing! Eek, and the pink doily, so fun!

Greta said...

Love your soft colors for this Christmas card, Rosemary! I wouldn't have thought to use a doily with trees & it's such a nice touch!

Brenda said...

OMG Rosemary! That bow has me drooling! It looks like silk! Fabulous card!

KimB said...

I really love the effect of layering the trees on the doily Rosemary, and using the blue glitter. Love that cute little tag too - thanks for playing along at Just Add Ink.
Kim

Anonymous said...

Beautiful card and love the little tag dangling off the ribbon. Thanks so much for playing along with us at JAI this week!

Elise said...

THE "look" on my face right now: bow envy. Plain and simple. Rosie does bows - FLAWLESSLY! This card is - pure BRILLIANCE, in every crafty way - I'm IN love!