Sunday, November 28, 2010

Brown, silver and grey

Hello, everyone!  I really missed you all over the holiday.......I hope you had a lovely together time with your loved ones and lots of yummy turkey and all the other traditional foods, too!  We were away for a little over a week visiting family.  Loved being with them, but I'm glad to get back to normal.  We arrived last night with a few neighbors' Christmas lights to welcome us home, and I was instantly switched over to Christmas mode!  So I've changed my blog a bit to reflect that.  This week we will put up our tree, decorate a bit inside, and put our Christmas candles in all the windows - love the welcoming feel they give at this time of year.

The Play Date Cafe challenge has given us another challenging set of colors: brown, grey and silver.  I almost didn't try, but I'm glad I did......once again, I really like the results once I played a little with these colors; they are so calming together, and I hope I chose the right theme to reflect this.  Here is my submission for this week:


Supplies:  2 shades of grey, kraft and brown cardstock, Hero Arts K5256 Winter Pine, CL459 Merry Christmas Trees (sentiment), CL462 Magic of Christmas (smallest snowflake), Our Daily Bread Peace and Joy (large and medium snowflakes), Ranger Super Fine Detail silver embossing powder, clear embossing powder (sentiment), Hero Arts Clear Mixed Gemstones, dark burgundy embroidery floss

22 comments:

Isha Gupta said...

Gorgeous Lin. lOVE IT.

CinnamonSally said...

I really love the way you have used these difficult colours Lin. Really Love this!!

Nancy said...

So lovely...this is a winner in my book! Peaceful and serene and so gorgeous!
blessings!

cheryl said...

oh this really is just so beautiful love it,hugs cheryl xxxx

Kathy Martin said...

Lin...your card is so beautiful! Love that silver embossing! :)

Barb said...

Definitely a calming color mix! Beautiful gold embossing and the sentiment is perfect! Welcome home, Lin! So glad you're back! :)

Tracey said...

Gorgeous silver embossing Lin!!!

Caryl @ cinnamon holiday workshop said...

So beautiful and magical! Glad to have you back...I missed you!

Suzanne C said...

WOW! That is stunning. The silver on kraft is beautiful. Glad you had a lovely Thanksgiving and that you are home again creating.

Arlene said...

The silver embossing makes this a stunning card. WOW

Sanne said...

Such a beautiful design Lin - I agree with Sue .... kraft with silver is perfect!

walchowDesign said...

Beautiful embossing, Lin! Glad you had a good time with your family and welcome back!

Nat said...

stunning design Lin, love this!!

Sue McRae said...

Love all the embossing!

Jane said...

Gorgeous colour combo! Just stunning!

Unknown said...

Really pretty card, you've given me confidence to try this color combo. I love the silver embossing.

Hellemor said...

Gosh, this is a beautiful card. The silver embossing is so amazing. Great design.

donna mikasa said...

There's nothing as elegant as a golden tree! This is absolutely stunning, Lin! I think it's a winner, too!

Andrea Ewen said...

Wow, Lin that embossing is fantasic! What a wonderfully elegant detail to your already beautiful card! Thanks for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe!

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

Beautiful embossing! Love this elegant card:) Thanks so much for playing along with us and joining in the fun over at the PDCC:}

Ruby said...

This is lovely, so elegant. I love the embossing and the little stars look so pretty too. Sorry, I'm a bit late in getting around to comment on everyone's blogs, but thanks for playing along with us last week at the PDCC!

Alice said...

simply gorgeous. so so elegant. love love this, LIn!