Good morning!
It’s time to go a little old school today.
I have many scrapbook collections of Christmases past that can still be put to good use on cards and one of those is the Crate Paper Snow Day collection from… wait for it… 2010 I think?
I don’t have much of it left, but there are a lot of bright colours in this line that suit bold design elements like hand-stitched oversized Christmas trees, for example. 😉
Paper: Crate Paper – Snow Day (r)
Stamp: Flora & Fauna – Holiday Word Party 2
Dies: The Stamp Market – Dotted Tree, The Stamp Market – Jumbo Tag
I’d stitched the Christmas tree in grey with orange months before I made this card, knowing I wanted to pair it with some non-traditional colours. And I think this pairing worked out well in the end.
The big tag looks like it is a piece of ephemera, but it’s actually just cut from the yellow spotty paper piece I had left using my trusty Jumbo Tag die from The Stamp Market. It was easy to line up so that the punched hole was centred in one of the dots.
The heart is also a retro piece of stash – a die cut from an old Elle’s Studio Christmas ephemera pack.
The snowmen in the background are a fun feature and don’t make this card look too busy as the paper brings the colours together and injects a bit of neutral off white.
Finally, I found a fitting sentiment in the Holiday Word Party 2 stamp set by Flora & Fauna – it was just right to be positioned under the heart and the typewriter font is the perfect fit between the dashed lines of the yellow dot paper. It really completes the overall look. 🙂
Happy crafting, until next time!
 Flora & Fauna – Holiday Word Party 2 stamps Shop at: EH | SHC |
 The Stamp Market – Dotted Tree dies Shop at: MISC | SBC |
 The Stamp Market – Jumbo Tag dies Shop at: MISC | SBC |
 Versafine – Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Tonic Studios Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ | EH |
 Lawn Fawn – Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC |
 MISTI stamping tool Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Sizzix – Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
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