Saturday, November 26, 2011

CCMC177 - Color Challenge

Morning All!
Well I am very excited to share this card challenge with your this morning! I really enjoy the challenges at create with Connie and Mary and this week was no exception! The challenge was to use the colors Night of Navy, Lucky Limeade and River Rock. I had the TOUGHEST time when I first sat down to try this! I came up with a few cards, but ended up incorporating a different third color so I put it down and went to work on something else. As I was working it dawned on me one of my favorite memories of Christmas as a kiddo was waking up to the beautiful tree with all the gifts wrapped in different papers. It was an "Ah Ha!" moment so I punched a few pieces of Night of Navy DP with square punch, did the same with River Rock but ran them through the Big Shot on three of my favorite embossing folders (Petals a Plenty, Snowflakes and Vintage Wallpaper. I then "wrapped" the Navy presents with white Bakers Twine and made bows for the River Rock presents! I used the fir tree from Lovely as a Tree multiple times to get the look of a partial Christmas tree and "hung" a Christmas decoration on the wall using more Navy DP and the Very Merry sentiment from Short and Sweet. Finally everything was layered on a piece of Lucky Limeade. I am very happy with the results! Hope you are enjoying your Christmas crafting!
Karin

7 comments:

Carrie Gaskin said...

Super cute! I love those presents, what a great idea. Thanks for playing at CCMC this week.

Jen Mitchell said...

That is really a great idea! Love it!

Nance Leedy said...

This is adorable! What a wonderful Christmas memory--love all your "gift wrap". So clever! Thank you for joining us at CCMC this week!

Deb said...

What a super cute and clever idea! I love gifts under the tree using designer paper and embossing folders! Thanks for playing the challenge at Create with Connie and Mary!

Lisa Martz said...

The gifts look like they have tumbled over next to the tree...very clever. Thanks for playing the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge this week!

Mary Brown said...

Oh my word...absolutely DARLING!!! Love those packages and how you have them 'under your tree'! Thanks for joining us this week for the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge!

Debbie Henderson said...

What a great way to use up scraps. Such a cute card! Thanks for playing with us at CCMC!