Are you ready for some more Christmas inspiration?
It’s pretty cold here in Sydney at the moment so I’ve made a very wintery card for you today using a new bundle from the forthcoming July-December Mini catalogue.
I have to confess this card wasn’t meant to be this simple – I had intended to make a shaker card using the new cloche shaker domes that match the Classic Cloche bundle but I forgot to order them! Luckily, this bundle really lends itself to both simple and more complex cards.
I fell in love with this little snowy town which is why this bundle made it to the very top of my wish list. There is also an adorable pair of birds sitting on branches in the stamp set and plenty of dies to create different scenes – I’ve only used the cloche die in this this card and I can’t wait to play with the other dies on some more Christmas cards soon.
The little village image can either be used on its own and hand coloured, or you can use the 3 layer stamps as it I’ve done in this card. I stamped the cloche outline stamp and the village line image stamp in Tuxedo Memento, the background stamp in Balmy Blue and the stamp that shades the houses in Misty Moonlight.
The Wintry embossing folder was the perfect background layer for my snowy village. This embossing folder is available now and it is one of a pack of two – they will be getting a lot of use on my Christmas cards this year.
The Balmy Blue Adhesive-Backed Gems were the perfect embellishment to highlight the middle of the snowflakes on the embossed layer.
You don’t always have to use Christmas paper to make a Christmas card – this spotted DSP is from the You’re a Peach Designer Series Paper (currently on sale) and it reminded me of snowflakes! I really love this sentiment from the Classic Cloche stamp set.
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, our very talented Art With Heart team leader, Claire Daly. I can’t wait to see what Claire shares with us today.
If at any time you find a broken link please head to the blog of this week’s Host of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop, Sharon Davern, and she will have the list of all who are participating.
Thanks for visiting my site. I’ll be back with another card on Wednesday. If you’d like a copy of the forthcoming July-December mini catalogue and the Sale-a-bration catalogue please get in touch.
Love the added details you’ve added into this card. It really steps it up from simple. The embossed background, the gems, silver ribbon and the DSP.
I dont know why they call it a cloche, to me it is one of those shaker snow globes that you get as a souvenir. Your card is just beautiful Cathy and as has been said earlier thanks for being an enabler!
The reason it’s called a cloche is that it is the shape of a fashionable hat women wore in the roarin’ 20’s. I love the style.
Love your colour choice for the little village Cathy. The embossed layer fits nicely with the scene and very elegant.
I really am going to need to stop hopping along. You ladies are all such enablers. Catherine, your card is just so special and I am now wondering just how I overlooked this bundle in the catalogue.
Such a pretty card, Cathy. I love this bundle and I am really trying to resist buying it. That embossing folder looks fabulous and I didn’t realise that the pattern embosses and debosses, fantastic, I love your design!
Lovely card Cathy, subtle and pretty and I love your choice of the embossing folder.
I really like the simplicity of this single layer with this bundle Cathy, It’s a really great card to make a batch of, which is perfect for Christmas.
Oh, how lovely! The blues are perfect for your wintery scene. Gorgeous card.
This is beautiful, Cathy! It doesn’t look like a simple card; it contains lots of lovely detail. The colour scheme you have used is so pretty.
This is so pretty Catherine. I love your choice of wintery blues, so soft and perfect for Christmas in July cards. That font on the sentiment is gorgeous, and the blue gems really are the perfect embellishment.