White Christmas Challenge

Here is my entry for the White Christmas Challenge over on Glenda Waterworth's blog! Be in it to win it! A lovely Chocolate Baroque gift voucher - just click on the link in my side bar.

I wanted the centrepiece of my card to be a Christmas garland in shades of white and silver. I used stamps from four different Chocolate Baroque sets for this card. The corners are from the Steampunk Christmas set, the poinsettias are from Poinsettia Script, there are acanthas flourishes from Brocade Backgrounds and the sentiment from Christmas Reflections.

Here is a brighter picture I managed to get in daylight!

Firstly I stamped and embossed the ivy corners onto my card blank, embossing in silver detail powder. I used my square quilter's ruler as my acrylic block to help me line up my corners. I added pearls to the design. I then embossed the sentiment and cut it out in a circle and stuck that on as the guide shape for my garland.

The garland is made from die cut and punched leaves in white and white glitter card and pearlescent vellum, using a Crealie die, a Doo Hickey die and X-Cut Holly and tiny leaf punches. I also added acacthus leaves and poinsettias embossed in silver onto white pearlescent vellum. The flowers have a second layer decoupaged. I added tiny silver gems and gem flowers as highlights.

I really enjoyed making this card, it made me feel quite festive!

Do pop over and see the other projects - there are some great ideas there and lots of different interpretations of the theme!

Elaine