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Comment Deadline: 11:59pm Mountain, November 7
Prize: $30 gift certificate to Verve.
For my sample card, I decided to play with this month's fabulous Stamp of the Month - Poinsettia Christmas (currently 40% off through the end of November!!)
This has long been one of my favorite Verve Christmas sets and I couldn't wait to pull it out and get it inky again. My clean and simple card was initially inspired by this card by Kristina Werner, although what I first had in mind didn't really work out and I ended up changing things up a bit and making it even simpler than originally planned. But I think it works. I dug into my holiday stash of paper and pulled out some older October Afternoon striped DP (I think it might be called Very Merry??) for the scalloped strip, added a narrow scrap of Kraft, then popped up my stamped sentiment and poinsettia from Poinsettia Christmas. The whole thing is anchored by a vertical stamped strip of polka dots from Bountiful Backgrounds, achieved with Versamark ink and clear embossing powder. I have to admit that I totally goofed when rounding my corners - I meant to round the top and bottom right corners but wasn't paying any attention at all and totally just rounded both top corners. I was so upset initially, but the look grew on me and I decided I could definitely live with it rather than starting all over!!
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54 comments:
this is so marvellous!
i love the scalloped border and the dp's!
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silvi xoxo
I love clean and simple, especially when I plan on making so many cards for the holidays. I just love this poinsettia. It looks like the perfect size for embellishing. Love this set. Thanks for the inspiration.
Very cool card! Love the design and colors!
Love the blues and the CAS design! Beautiful...now i'm off to blog hop!
Jen, this is gorgeous! I love the CAS design!
Very pretty card! Love the scallop. Just so you know, the link on the other DT blogs is taking people to your October blog hop rather than November. ~Hugs, Cheryl
Fabulous CAS card! Love the colour combo.
What a great CAS card, which is right up my alley. TFS!
LOVE the stamp of the month, love the simplicity of this card!
Cute CAS card. Love the colors and the poinsettia stamp is one of my favorites.
Clean, crisp look. I like the colors for a fun, nontraditional Christmas style.
Lovely CAS card! The colors are perfect together!
Crisp and lovely looking. This sentiment and poinsettia are so simple and lovely.
Fabulous CAS card - I LOVE the font of this sentiment!!
This is a great CAS design and great to replicate for holiday cards. TFS your creative talents!
What a creative , unusual Christmas card.
Love the clean, simple design! Very classy!
That poinsettia really looks great with the embossing! Wonderful colors!
What a cool look. I can't wait to try that versamark technique. I haven't done anything like that in years.
What a cool look. I can't wait to try that versamark technique. I haven't done anything like that in years.
What a cool look. I can't wait to try that versamark technique. I haven't done anything like that in years.
Gorgeous CAS card, Jen! Love that pretty flower!
Love the simpleness of this card. Great job.
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What a nice CAS Christmas card. I love the fun colors you chose to make it!
Oh Jen, another wonderful card, love the sketch and the colors for the holidays.
OMG Jen I love love love this!!! I may need to CASE it!
The poinsettia looks awesome and the striped dots are just right, love the simplicity of this card. TFS
Beautiful, Jen! Great colors and I love the bountiful backgrounds embossed element!
so pretty!
Oh how pretty! Your card wasn't up the first time I hopped through, so I'm glad I came back!
I am lovin' this CAS card - the clear embossing is the perfect touch!
Love the border and the CAS style makes the stamps really pop. Great coloring on your poinsettia's as well!
Love this look, its wonderful!!
Hi Jen! What a fresh idea for Christmas. I really like your colors used and the cas design! Makes the poinsettia really pop. Gorgeous!
Beautiful CAS design. I like the top rounded corners too, I think it plays off your scalloped DP. Wonderful card!!
Oh, so pretty! This clean and simple design really speaks to me!
This turned out great even with both top corners rounded! I love the simplicity!
Lovely card. :-) I'm always sold on polka dots, and that flower is gorgeous!
Love the colors on your card.....a fabulous clean and simple card.
Such a fun, clean card!
Love your cheery mix of papers. Makes for a fun and festive card.
beautiful. love the fun papers and the clean look.
beautiful colors, and its simply beautiful!
Absolutely gorgeous card! Love it! Olena
Love the color selection! It just pops!
Mackie
Wow! So simple and so pretty!! Love that scalloped border.
Very cute! Lovely simple lines.
Very pretty CAS Christmas card Jen - I need something like this that I can easily mass produce. Thanks for the inspiration!
What a fun card! I love the colors you used! Now I need to start thinking about our cards for this year!! Eek!!
Wonderful color combo for a Christmas card! ;)
Very pretty--I like the polka dot background.
This would be such a great way for me to use up some patterned paper scraps to make some fabulous holiday cards! Wonderful inspiration! Thanks!
What a nice clean simple card -easily recreatable. Great card!
Love how CAS this is. And what fun colors for a Christmas card!
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