I had this idea going around in my head to make a Vintage Christmas card with my NEW Martha Stewart Holly Leaves Combo punch and have the holly leaves as the main border around the card, and this is what I came up with. No stamping or colouring on this card which is a great time-saver.
I started with a 5 inch square piece of green cs which I punched all around, then cut off one side of the punched cs (so I then had 3 sides with holly leaves), and attached the panel to a white square card to make the card a top-opening card. I did have to cut the white card down a little so that none of the white cs showed through the green holly borders. I hope that makes sense!!
The gorgeous Vintage image is from a little pad called: ATC Collection - Christmas by Leisure Arts. The pad is 65mm wide x 90mm long (or 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" if you are imperial). I did cut down my image a little then heavily distressed it with Antique Linen Distress ink and a seasponge. I then added some fine red glitter to all the berries. This panel is up on 1mm mounts (dimensionals).
I aged/distressed all the other parts of the card using the same ink.
I ran the designer paper thru my CB using the Holly Ribbons embossing folder - I just wanted to have some extra texture to the card :-)
The ribbon is made of silk, is 1-1/4" wide and was attached in 2 separate elements to the card, and the bow itself was made with my Bow Easy.
I'm popping this card into the SCS 'Ways to Use it Challenge' WT289 of 'Holiday Headstart' where you can make any sort of Holiday Card (Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving etc). See this link for the deets: WT289 Holiday Headstart (09/23/10) by Julia S at Splitcoaststampers I am going to make a little collection of these cards - and have a different Vintage image for each.
Registered: June 13, 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 344
Sun, Oct 10, 2010 @ 7:45 PM
What a beautiful card. Love the holly edge punch and the textures you've created. Wonderful vintage image - set off so perfectly with that incredible bow. Fabulous!
------------------------------ Hi - I'm Sharon! My blog is "Inklined to Stamp"-please visit me there! I design for the Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge blog.