.....yes, THAT season! I always feel a bit hesitant sharing my first Christmas card, but I received a couple of new stampsets in my order this week so, here goes.
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I am blog hopping with the Stamptastic Friends this weekend and we have the theme Colouring Technique. My favourite colouring medium by far is Stampin' Blends, on this card I've gone for a really simple colour palette of red, green and grey using light and dark blends for shading.
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The stampset I preordered (available to customers at the beginning of September) was Yuletide Village, I love this church as well as the cute little houses covered in snow. At some point I will create a street scene using several of the images side by side. There are no dies with this set but the images are quite easy to fussy cut as I did with the larger tree.
My other purchase was the (already available) online exclusive stampset/die bundle Iconic Imagery. The greenery and berries in the corners and the sentiment and stitched label die are all from this bundle. It also has a lovely large stitched label and some fantastic little images including a leaf and snowflake with corresponding dies.
I have used Silver & White ribbon to edge the white card layer with just the silver trim showing, my card base is Gray Granite.
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I wonder what the other Stamptastic Friends blog hoppers have created for this challenge. You can check them out by clicking on the links below.
Below you will find product links for the available items used, the links take you to my online Stampin' Up! store and to show my appreciation for your order, if you use the current month's host code, I will send you a thank you card and a small gift.
Thanks for looking,
Katie