Wednesday, January 6, 2016

The Card Concept's first challenge of 2016!



                                                                        Hi everyone!

Today I'm sharing a card I made for the challenge at The Card Concept...the first one for 2016!



Such a cute photo!







I chose to work with the colors in the photo and made a snowflake in real red, chocolate chip and white with Reverse Confetti's "Layered Snowflake" die. It was one of my Christmas gifts... and I LOVE it! 
It took me awhile to put it together, as my snowflake has about 30 pieces. I made a few more that have even more pieces....it's so fun to put them together.

The pattern on the mittens reminded me of some card candy a friend had given me....from Taylored Expressions, "Sweater Weather" textured cutting plate in crumb cake. I used that for my background.
In the middle of the snowflake I added a bow with a small tag. The sentiment on the tag is from Taylored Expressions "Ready, Set, Snow," stamped in black.

At the bottom I added the word "snow" in real red. ( I also got the "Winter Words" dies from Reverse Confetti for Christmas.)



This was fun!
 I think I will be spending MANY cozy days in my craft room making more of these cute snowflakes. 

Head on over to The Card Concept and play along! We would love to have you join us!
Entering this at:
Dies R Us New (layered snowflake)


Our Store

Jingle Bells something old (Background sweater weather) New( layered snowflake)

jingle belles


Pixie's Snippets Playground (lots of snippets)

Pixies Crafty Workshop



 Paper: SU real red, white, crumb cake and chocolate chip
Ink:SU black
Stamps: TE ready set snow
Dies: TE sweater weather plate, RC layered snowflake and winter words
Other: string








18 comments:

Margo said...

This is just fabulous !
Greetz
Margo

Darlene said...

FANTASTIC Laurie! I have a 'sweater' stamp but not die ... hmmm guess I have a shopping trip in store for me! LOL! Beautifully done! Thanks so much for playing in our ‘Something NEW’ challenge at Dies R Us! Please come back again soon!

Darlene (DRU Blog Leader)
DIES R US CHALLENGE BLOG
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

P.S. DID YOU KNOW? A friend and I have a new challenge blog. In fact, our first challenge starts today! Please check it out. Double D Challenges

sandie said...

The snowflake looks fabulous and was worth all the time you spent making it. Cool background, looks like you had some lovely crafty goodies for Xmas x

Michele K. Henderson said...

Wow! This is gorgeous! I love the great color combination and the pretty details!
Take care!
Michele

Claire Broadwater said...

GORGEOUS! I love this, Laurie! XX

Glenda said...

Such a pretty creation! Thanks for joining us for our 'Something New' challenge at Dies R Us!

LeAnne said...

Wow....this is phenomenal! A real work of diecut art!

Unknown said...

I just love the look of that background! So cozy looking! & that snowflake is so beautiful! Lovely card Laurie!!!

SmilynStef said...

I love those fun sweatery layers ... so glad you started 2016 with us at jingle belles.

Sheri Gilson said...

Gorgeous! Love the background layer and your fabulous take on the inspiration photo!

Di said...

Really lovely! Such a Scandinavian feel to this card and I adore all the die cutting Laurie!

Hugs

Di xx

AB. said...

AMAZING CARD! That snowflake looks like a beautiful Scandinavian wood carved ornament. Gorgeous!

Toss In a Little Glitter said...

I just love all the details and how you used your colors. Beautiful!!

lauren bergold said...

oh WOW! that's a lotttttttttt of little pieces for the snowflake but YOWZA it's gorgeous; what a fabulous holiday card! so pleased you could join our 2016 JINGLE BELLES fun, more is sooooo totally MERRIER, lol! ♥♥♥

Lilian said...

Beautiful! Love all the details!
Lilian DT teamie
The Leaf Studio

Judy1223 said...

Laurie, I love this card! So much fun...I especially love the Nordic feel to the background, like a sweater. Thanks for your nice comment at my blog, too!

Jenny Alia said...

Gorgeous background. Love this card! Thanks so much for joining us at the dies R Us challenge and I hope you join in the new challenge beginning today.

Celeste Goff said...

Wow, this card is just stunning! So many beautiful details on it!