Card Challenges

I have a couple cards for current challenges to share. My last Christmas cards went in the mail today. Most of them were a variation on a theme, and I’ll share those later, but I needed a few more, and decided to look through some die cuts I had created earlier and see if I could use some of them for the new cards. The first card is for a new-to-me challenge, The Heart Desires. Their inspiration board includes so many wonderful images, it’s hard to know where to start. 

For this card, I chose the upper right-hand image for the non-traditional colors.

I had already stamped and colored the wreath from Papertrey Ink’s “Rustic Branches.” I’m not sure where the sentiment came from. To create the card I pulled out some of Papertrey’s Shimmer cardstock in pink and ivory. The card came together very quickly. Here’s a closer look at the sparkly gems.

The second card is for the Wednesday Challenge at Simon Says. They have another wonderful inspiration photo titled “Ice Inspiration.” 

In my stash was a stamped and die cut snowflake. I chose the blue from the inspiration photo for my shimmer cardstock and mounted the snowflake on a Simon Says Stitched Circle cut from Silver Shimmer cardstock. A blue gem finished it off.

Today is the first day in a long, long time that I haven’t left the house (except to walk to the mailbox.) It’s been a pleasure to have time to read and create!