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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Decorating for the Holidays, Card Style

Happy Holidays, crafters! I am well on my way toward a massive Christmas card stash, thanks to the 12 Months of Christmas Link-Up blog. Every month you can win awesome digi paper and prizes just by creating and linking up at least two Christmas cards. 
Today I created a square card. BTW, one of the things I like about my new-found experiments with digital card making is that when I print up my cards to send out to family and friends. they have the look of dimension without adding the cost of extra postage to the envelopes! LOL
Here, I used some delicious patterned paper, called "Green Balls" from "It's Ornamental" kit from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles, framing it with Emerald-colored paper from Decosse's' set, "Christmas Grunge" textured digital paper. 
Since the sponsor this month at the 12 Months of Christmas blog is Robyn's Fetish, I got to play with this cute digital image. It's called "Putting Up the Tree" and after I colored it up, I framed it with two different colored papers from the Grunge set before popping it onto my background. Decosse's has some awesome Christmas embellishments and papers. I used a mistletoe border for my card, as well as a few snowflake brads and a couple gingham ribbons.
Let's see, this is the 7th month of 2015, so I have a hefty stockpile of cards going. Yep, I will be ready this year to send them out nice and early. How about you--have you started yet? It's a win-win situation if you create a couple cards AND link them up! You will also have your own little stockpile, and you'll be in the running for prizes!
In order to be in the running for prizes from Robyn's Fetish (3 free digis of your choice to a random participant), you must create following the optional theme of "It's Ornamental."
You don't need to follow the theme to link up your cards, earn a free paper each month, and have your name thrown into the year end draw for some extra digital goodies.  You only need to follow the theme if you want a chance to win this month's sponsored prize of 3 digital stamps from Robyn’s Fetish Digital Stamps.


Challenges I am Entering:
Simply Create Too - Christmas in July
Sister Act Card challenges - Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Goes/Christmas
Paper Creator's Crafts challenges - Christmas in July
Crafting by Designs - Christmas



4 comments:

AO Creations said...

Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at Sister Act, good luck!!! Amy DT

Patti J said...

Adorable!!! Love all of the holiday things I'm seeing today. I found you at The Outlawz, and I'm your newest follower! Hope you will follow my blog, as well! http://cherisheachpreciousday.blogspot.com Hugs!

Patricia St Martin said...

Pat, I want to thank you for stopping at my blog and I'm so happy you are a follower. I'm really happy you are a member of the Outlawz you will enjoy it their as all of the members are so friendly. I'm the team leader over at Twisted Thursday and would like to invite you to stop by and take a look at our challenges we try and list them for the month because people are so busy and this will give a member a chance to get some cards done. We also do a Top Pick each week the designers pick a card that is one of their favorite and we give out a banner so you can put it on your blog. I'm also following your blog as well. Have a great week end.
Hugs, Patricia♥

Margaret said...

Those gorgeous baubles really set your card off and the delightful images is so good. Thanks for sharing at CHN Christmas extra for July.
Hugs Margaret M