It's been a busy week designing for lots of fun reasons and today is no exception! I've been invited to be a guest designer for Stampin' Through the Catalog today (Facebook and Instagram). I get to create and share a project which Melody, Cindy and Kaitlyn will use as inspiration to create their own projects. I have to admit that I was a bit stumped on what to make! They said I could make any kind of project using a current stamp set. That's it. No other parameters. It was really hard deciding and also a bit intimidating because I am constantly inspired by their work and the work of past guest designers so I definitely wanted to do it justice.
As is the case when under the pressure of no parameters and trying to come up with a "good idea" every single thing I made was super ugly. I had not a shred of objectivity on telling whether something was Stampin' Through the Catalog worthy or not so I showed my husband my top 2 choices and let him decide. lol.
A Christmas theme is a safe bet this time of year and I've loved using the Ornamental Christmas bundle but wanted to do something a bit different from the white/black/gold of the suite samples shown by Stampin' Up!®. I always love a good non-traditional color combo for Christmas and this one is a bright pop of fresh colors! Lemon Lime Twist, Old Olive, Petunia Pop and Fresh Freesia take center stage for this design!
I started with a Basic White thick card base. Then using 1" x 5 1/4" strips of cardstock in my colors and the A Little Cheer mini punches I created a fun background by punching the Christmas shapes out in a random pattern across each strip and then adhering the strips to the card front. It's always a bonus to find ways to use the 1 inch wide strips of cardstock I always end up with!
With all the brightness of the background I wanted to keep the rest of the elements fairly simple so I embossed the sentiment in gold onto a Traditional Label die cut and then backed it with a bit of Petunia Pop ribbon. The tree is also embossed in gold on Old Olive cardstock. Both die cuts are popped on dimensionals.
A gold foil punched star tops the tree and a few clear/gold Strawberry Slush & Pretty in Pink gems accent the edge of the sentiment label.
It's been great fun (if a little nerve-wracking) participating with Stampin' Through the Catalog and I'm honored to have been asked! I can't wait to see their projects! You can follow them on Instagram or on Facebook.
Thanks for looking! Did you stamp today?
All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.
Stamps: Ornamental Christmas (Online Exclusive)
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Lemon Lime Twist, Old Olive, Petunia Pop, Fresh Freesia, Basic White thick, Basic White, gold foil
Accessories: A Little Cheer mini punch pack (Online Exclusive), Ornamental Christmas dies, Traditional Label dies, Petunia Pop ribbon, gold embossing powder, dimensionals, Strawberry Slush & Pretty in Pink gems
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