Oh good grief!
I went to finally post some cards I made and realized I never started a prompt for December!
Now that I think about it ... have some pretty good excuses. December 1st was the first day I drove without my boot, DH left for Alaska and my dad went in the hospital. There was a lot going on around here. Dad's out BTW, thank God!
December's challenge - just do it! Get more cards made, anything goes! Who needs another challenge? This time of year is challenging enough! Oh, wait, I thought of something ... which my card just happens to fit, haha! The privilege of being the challenge hostess!
If you need a prompt - use some
patterned paper. If it's left over from years past, even better! Most of my prompts this year have been using patterns, like stripes, chevrons, plaid ... pick any patterned paper, a lot or a little. Or don't! That's ok too!
Please post in the Christmas Cards All Year 2018 album in the gallery. Thanks for playing along with me!
I was so happy to use paper from the My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Christmas. It has lots of browns, some are glittered with a bit of red, kind of a distressed look, on antique linen background. I've had trouble using it. I've had it for many years!
Here is the card I put in the gallery.
Below is a picture of some more versions of the same card, depending on which section of the 12x12 patterned paper I used. If they didn't have glitter on the pp, I punched some stars from the same red glimmer paper that I used as a mat. They also use different brown inks.
From left to right : Memento Luxe Rich Cocoa, Versafine Smokey Gray and Archival Coffee. Feel free to pick your fave! I have 12 of these cards finished. I used Archival Coffee for the majority of my cards.
It took me forever to take decent photos! Ugh! I tried all over the house. If it was too bright the whites looked blue. The printed paper has a warm background that would get grayed out ... once the star on the bottom of the card didn't match those on the top corner, and they are most certainly punched from the same paper! Light! It's a mystery to me.
I hope you can stop for a moment and enjoy the Christmas Season. It's been a pleasure seeing what you make!