Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Merry Monday on Wednesday & CCCB Christmas!


Good morning!
I made a card yesterday for the Merry Monday challenge #118 blog (another Christmas card in the stash-yay!) and will also be submitting to the City Crafter Challenge Blog where Christmas in July is the theme.
I have a little stash of buttons, so selecting the button for my flower center was the most difficult decision  in creating this card!  
I have been organizing and tidying in the craft room, just 15 minutes a day, and came across a little pile of these Just Rite quilted circles that I had paper pieced.  With my Memory Box stem, Straight Stalks, I decided to layer the small version onto the larger version for my flower stem and have the quilted circle as my flower.  I added this ruby looking glass button with a teeny strand of silk ribbon threaded thru the center.  Easy Peasy.  This simple Christmas card style is not my usual fashion.  I usually have layers and layers, but I do like how this came out.  A sentiment from PTI is a good pairing for this homespun crafty card and I adhered with a little black stitching and left the front bits a little long for another little detail.
Thanks for taking a peek!

Have a great day!
Chriss


12 comments:

  1. Such a cute flower. Lovely card.

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  2. This is a lovely flower for Christmas and beautiful button in the centre. Great card.
    hugs
    Margaret M

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  3. Terrific card! Love that flower with the beautiful gemstone ...Thanks so much for playing along at CCCB!!

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  4. So striking and pretty, Chriss ... love how you've kept the sweet layered bloom crisp and fresh on the red bordered white background ... and how festive is than amazing button! Anita :)

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  5. Such a cute Christmas card, Chriss....love the pretty flower and what a great idea to do a little sewing on the sentiment!!!

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  6. This is really pretty, Chriss! It has lots of texture and dimension without all the layering! I think it should be framed!! Hugs, Darnell

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  7. What a beautiful card!! Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us this week at CCCB :-)

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  8. Very pretty card, your flower is lovely. Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday.

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  9. Oooh, so pretty!!! Love that button! Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday!

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  10. This is such a pretty Christmas card and that button is wonderful! Thanks so much for joining us at Merry Monday.

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  11. super cute card...luv the flower!

    sparkle & shine *~*

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  12. Wow this is neat! Thanks for joining us at CCCB this week!

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Thanks for taking a peek and leaving a comment :)