Good morning,
Well here it is, the penultimate prompt for 2021!
And with Halloween behind us, it’s full on winter crafting from here on out for me. 😉
Here’s this month’s prompt:
The focus colour for November is: Grey/Silver
Here are some ideas to get you started:
- Christmas/winter – the obvious theme for your card, but many of the elements would also work for other themes.
- Sources of light – candles (including birthday candles), a lantern, fairy lights, the moon, sparkling stars, etc.
- Texture – heat/dry embossing, embossing paste, puffy paint, crackle glazes, glitter – plenty of scope to add frosty details.
- Shaker window – the Let It Snow window reminds me of a shaker window technique using acetate to hold sequins/”snow”. You could even create a snowglobe shaker card?
- Nature – woodland creatures, pine cones, pine boughs, berries, snowy and wintry landscapes.
- Christmas tree – I love the image of a Christmas tree strapped to the roof of a car, it’s been a popular one in several scrapbooking lines and would look great on a Christmas card. Otherwise, any (Christmas) tree would do, and it doesn’t need to be green either!
- Stars and sparkle – time to get glittering, foiling, Nuvo dotting, sequening, and all sorts.
- Neutral palette – try to go minimalist with grey/silver and white as your main colours.
- Jingle bells – feature a bell image or if you have them, why not include actual mini jingle bells tied onto your card with twine?
- White text – an easy way to add pop and contrast to your card is to heat emboss the sentiment in white on a darker background colour.
- Baubles – either actual bauble images, or why not go for a circular card base or simply a circle aperture?
- Decorative frame – the frame behind the bell reminds me of some decorative frame dies in my collection. Perhaps a good excuse to get them out?
I hope those ideas are helpful.
Happy crafting!
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