November Woodblock Wednesday

These months fly by. As I have in the past two months, I took this opportunity to make another Christmas card for Woodblock Wednesday. I chose a very old Magenta stamp that reminds me of vintage woodblock prints. (In fact, when I tried-unsuccessfully-to see if this stamp had a name many of the Magenta stamps I owned are now listed as vintage!) When I took the stamp out of the drawer I thought I’d used colored pencils with it, but I decided the image needed no color whatsoever. I remembered that Sunday Stamps’ current challenge is a color challenge, and chose the colors for the card and layering from this palette.

When it came to choosing the card design, I was happy to discover that one of the Simon Says Stitched Rectangles was the perfect size for cutting the image. That made layering it on the red cardstock so easy.

The red came from my scrap file and the sentiment is, once again, from Memory Box’s Greeting Tabs. They’ve been the perfect size for quite a few of my Christmas cards this year. 

The lighting (always a challenge in an old house) on the close-up produced a brighter green than the actual card. It’s evergreen from Concord & 9th. I think I’ll be out of it by the time the holiday roll around.

I’m also sending this to the Triple B Challenge-where your card must have a bird, bloom and/or a butterfly. Their November challenge inspiration board features lots of beautiful fall images, but there doesn’t seem to be any requirement to get your inspiration from the photos. 

I’ll be back on Friday with the new Color Hues Challenge–I think you’ll love the color combination Nancy has chosen!