Thursday, September 9, 2010

Simon Says Stamp Holiday Challenge

Simon Says Stamp is having a joint challenge and blog hop with both its blogs; the challenge is Holiday Fun, to make something for any of the upcoming holidays.  The winner will receive a $100 shopping spree!  Here is my card:
I just received a new Hero Arts clear Christmas set with this sentiment included, and it seemed perfect to pair with this older birdhouse stamp and the pine bough from last year.  I clear embossed the pine bough and the sentiment, and white-embossed the snowflakes, then added a little glitter here and there using a glue pen.  The birdhouse was paper pieced, as was the bird.  And I added some metallic red gems to the holly. 

Supplies:  red, white and blue cardstock, versafine onyx black, Colorbox Evergreen, and Adirondack Cranberry inks, clear and white embossing powders, Hero Arts K5242 Pine Bough, CL251 SparkleClear Birdhouse Tag, CL464 Sending Holiday Cheer, colored pencils, glitter, glue pen

15 comments:

Hellemor said...

Oh, Lin you have found your christmas spirit. Such a lovely card. The little bird is so cute.

Barb said...

Delightful card, Lin! These images look wonderful together! Good luck in the challenge!

Jacqueline said...

LOVE how you use the pine bow stamp - beautiful happy Christmas card!

stampingandstitching said...

Oh Lin this is absolutely adorable! I love the wonderful scene you have created and the sentiment is perfect with it!

Virginia L. said...

I always love your Christmas bidie card! This is so classy and sweet! Good luck with the challenge! Hope you get picked!!!

email: Steph@SimonSaysStamp.com said...

Wow!! The embossing really does make a difference - I love how the pine boughs pop! Cute card overall :)

Thanks so much for entering the Simon Says Stamp Challenge!!!

-Sarah

Kath Stewart said...

.this is so sweet lin....hugs kath xxx

Stamping Cafe said...

This is totally gorgeous, Lin!! What a fabulous Christmas card, love it!!

Nancy said...

Love this, Lin!
Thank you for joining me & the rest of the Design Teams for Simon Says' blog hop this week!

Barbara said...

Really cute. Love the little bird!!!

Alice said...

this is so sweet! love how you used those stamps together!! fabulous holiday card, Lin!!

Anne said...

Lin this is my kind of Christmas card- love the CUTE birdhouse and the lovely snowflakes- just fabulous!

Suzanne C said...

Beautiful card. Love the scene with the birdhouse and boughs.

Lorraine A said...

Gorgeous card Lin :-) the image is adorable ,, very cute card :-)

Thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Hop :-)
luv
Lols x x

Michelle said...

Wow Lin, I love this card! its so cute! the pine branch is gorgeous embossed, and the little birdie in the house is adorable:-)