Monday 14 November 2011

Christmas leaves

Here is the entry for March's Waltzingmouse Christmas card challenge which was to make a minimum of 3 identical cards using kraft, red and white or cream as your colours.


I made 3, but my husband really likes them so thinks they should be "our" Christmas card for this year so I may make more.  I started with a square kraft base card and stamped 3 outline holly leaves from Waltzingmouse Festive Foliage and embossed it with white detail powder and embossed the berries over the top in red.  I continued this red and white theme into the sentiment which is from Say It Loud Winter Holiday, embossing the small "bring on the" in white and the larger "Merry" in red.  I think it's one of the most balance CAS cards I've ever made and really love it.


As it is a one-layer CAS card featuring leaves, I am also going to make it my second entry into this weeks Less is More challenge.

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40 comments:

  1. Simple and effective - a super Christmas card

    Kathyk

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  2. Wow, great cards Tara, I love the colour combo!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  3. Love these! The embossed sentiment and berries are a perfect compliment to the white leaves!

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  4. Very striking colour combination - lovely x

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  5. These are brilliant modern Xmas cards, Tara - love 'em!

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  6. Simply fabulous Tara. Great colour combo.
    Lynne xxx

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  7. LOVE them Tara!
    Superb
    thank you
    Mandi ?LIM

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  8. Love your kraft Christmas cards Tara simple but stunning

    Annem

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  9. Oh I really like these and may have to CASE these as our Christmas card too...still I'm sure no-one will get doubles tho!!! Lol
    The white and red are so striking on the red.
    Jenny :)

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  10. Fabulous design Tara, love it. Carol x

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  11. Just beautiful! I love the white on cardstock. The red gives a great though. Really perfect!

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  12. These look fabulous. I think you should definitely make them your christmas cards! x

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  13. This is so sweet!! Great design and a lovely set of cards.

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  14. Tara - a great set of cards, the holly leaves and sentiment are super!

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  15. Simply wonderful set of cards Tara! The embossed holly leafs look gorgeous!

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  16. Simple...
    but so strikingly gorgeous...
    LOVE it! :)

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  17. This is a great design and you chose just the right elements. Gorgeous.

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  18. LOVE the red and white on the Kraft - the holly looks so pretty!

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  19. Anya, A one layer card is the biggest challenge for me. You make it look easy! The holly leaves and the sentiment look elegant! Beautiful!

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  20. So sorry I got the names wrong - I goofed while jumping around on the blog hop!!!! Anya is just after yours!

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  21. Fabulous CAS design! Love them!

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  22. Wow, these are wonderful! I have such a hard time with one-layer cards, but these really have the pop!

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  23. Gorgeous!!! LOVE the white and red embossing on the kraft!!

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  24. Your cards are WONDERFUL! I really LOVE that color combo for the holidays!!

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  25. Forgot to add!
    Have a GREAT day! Happy Waltzing! :)

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  26. Love, love LOVE these. Such a great card that would be so easy to mass produce. Did I tell you I love these? =)

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  27. Really like the color combos on your elegant card.

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  28. simply gorgeous. Love the white holly leaves on kraft.

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  29. So CAS and elegant - love your cards!

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  30. Wonderful CAS design--love the red & white on kraft! Wouldn't these be fabulous to mass produce!!

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  31. These cards are so striking! These simple colors of kraft, white and red just scream holiday to me and you should make these your cards for the year, they are wonderful!

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  32. What a fabulous concept for a card! The kraft base is brilliant! What a wonderful card...your husband is right. Thanks so much for sharing this with me!

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  33. EEEK, LOVE! I have yet to make a krafty, red and white card, and now you are MAKING me want to run to my stamping table. Love the simple design with the pop of red embossing. SO lovely!

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  34. Back again...I mean, I have made a krafty, red, and white card before but not YET for Christmas. Okay, running away now......:)

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  35. I love kraft with red and white and your embossing on these is amazing! Great idea to make them your cards - we still don't have ours picked out and I'm running out of time! :)

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  36. Tara, this look awesome! I love how bright the red is on the kraft! I make all my Christmas card different...which makes it more time consuming to decide who to send each card too! LOL! Doing them all the same seems like a better idea (although I would get tired of making 60 of the same card!) Beautiful card you've created here!

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  37. What a fantastic CAS Christmas card design - the red really pops off the page. Really great!

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