Cold Turkey

I decided to go for yet another Christmas Card avoiding the green and red scheme and upped the ante by trying to use a blue for the base of the card that I usually under any other circumstance would deem to be more of a summer shade than a winter one.

I tried to tone it down a little by using the navy blue paper which I also knew would look good with the navy in the Merry Christmas sticker.  It needed some more umph (it wouldn't be my card without it) so I used a gold foil heart and some pearls to give it texture and shine!

I really love how it turned out and I can't wait to send it off to some lucky person!

Identifiable Elements:

• Navy paper- Modern Graphics collection by Cricut
• Merry Christmas sticker- Sleigh Ride Combo Stickers by BoBunny
• Pearls- Adhesive Gems in Fall Harvest by K&Company

Post-Flood Crafting

It's been a pretty big chunk of time since I last crafted in part due to the fact that my crafting area was in my basement which conveniently flooded.  We still haven't got everything sorted out yet or put back together, but I did manage to pull so scrapbooking items out of the clutter because I just couldn't resist the pull of the craft-kick any longer.  I decided to use one of the fun new elements that my Aunt so kindly gifted to me to do this month's Challenge Yourself challenge.  The challenge needed you to have some sort of sewing on your page.  With my limited materials and space I was lucky enough to have this embroidered "love you" element from my Aunt and I made a page around it!  I really liked that I also got to keep playing with multi-photo pages which is something I've been trying to do more of.

Fast Card Friday

I used another foil heart for this one.  It's hard to capture how shiny and cool the foil looks in real life, but trust me, this one shines!  This card almost has a Valentine's Day vibe but it really could be sent just about anytime.  Talk about fast too.  Even with stamping the sentiment and cutting the pieces it only takes about 10 minutes to assemble.  You can't beat that!