Scrapping for Less ~ Christmas Color Challenge ~ A Vintage Christmas Card Kit

Hello there crafty friends!

It's time for a new challenge over at the Scrapping for Less: Show & Share group on Facebook and I've found a lovely combination of Christmas colors for a Christmas Color Challenge.

Now, the key to playing along is being a member of the Scrapping for Less: Show & Share Facebook group so if you aren't already a member ---> join here!! Also, please note that you don't need a blog to enter the challenge as you're adding a photo of your creation directly in the Challenge album in the group. You are welcome to include a link to your blog in the description of your creation if you'd like.

I just so happened to have the November 2019 Flavor of the Month card kit called A Vintage Christmas still on my desk while planning for this challenge so I thought I'd look through the collections and see what I could create! I completely fell in love with the papers in Collection Three: Santa... the colors and the wood grains are just gorgeous! And it worked perfectly for the color combo for this challenge!! Woohoo!

I trimmed down all of my layers and punched the corners with my corner rounder punch. I then adhered all my layers to a Chocolate Chip card front and wrapped it with a red ribbon from my stash. I then adhered the card front to a white card base. I tied a pretty little bow and set it aside while I stamped and colored the beautiful ornament from the Ornamental Christmas stamp set by Scrapping for Less. I masked the center of the ornament so that I could use the beautiful Be Merry sentiment in the center instead... I did this by stamping the ornament onto a post it note and then fussy cutting it. I then placed the stamp in my Stamp Platform and inked up the outer lines of the ornament with my Memento tuxedo black marker and stamped it. So now I would have an idea of where to place the mask and then I was able to stamp the ornament with my Memento tuxedo black ink pad and the mask protected the center of the ornament. I then stamped the Be Merry sentiment in the center of the ornament and colored the ornament with the following Copic markers ~ R000, R00, R14, R29, YG03, YG93, YG95, Y11, Y15, Y28.

I fussy cut the ornament, cleaned up the edges with my Memento tuxedo black marker, and then popped it up on the patterned paper mat with red card stock. I tied a little bow of gold cord (also from my stash) and adhered it with a tiny drop of Multi Media Matte.

Once that was dried, I adhered the smaller square with the ornament to the card. To finish off the card, I added a few of the enamel dots from the collection. I really love how this turned out!

This challenge will run from today, December 1st, and will end December 31st at 11:59pm EST.  The winner will be announced on Wednesday, January 1st in the challenge album... a fun way to start the New Year!! Please use #sflcolorchallenge2 in any social media posts when playing along with the challenge.

Lots of time to play along!! And I think it's perfect for those of you that purchased the November 2019 A Vintage Christmas card kit... not only can you play with your new kit, but you can also enter the challenge for a chance to win a prize!! I can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal