Friday, August 27, 2010

Holly Peace...

Green, slender, leaf-clad holly boughs Were twisted gracefu' round her brows, I took her for some Scottish Muse, By that same token, An' come to stop those reckless vows, Would soon be broken. -Robert Burns
This week's Blogger's Challenge was to use Red, Green and Yellow...Ummmmmmmm, Yikes, So not my colors. I don't know when the last time I used Yellow was. So I sat and I thought and pulled colors from here and there and stared at my stamps. Then I gave up. Then I saw my pre-stamped image stack and right on top was a Papertrey Ink Holiday Button Bits holly image in Ripe Avocado and a bell went off in my head. After a little Basic Grey Wassail paper and some buttons, this is what I ended up with...
Supplies:
Stamps: Holiday Button Bits, Text Boxed (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Wassail (Basic Grey,) Kraft, White, Ripe Avocado (PTI)
Ink: Vanilla Cupcake Pigment Ink (Elzybells,) Ruby Red (SU,) Ripe Avocado (PTI)
Misc: Vintage Buttons, Taffeta Ribbon, Scrapper's Floss

Challenges:
Blogger's Challenge: Red, Green & Yellow
Card Patterns:
Stamptacular Sunday: Buttons & Bows
Incy Wincy: Buttons & Bows
Cards Mag Challenge: One Word Sentiment

Thanks for stopping by!

18 comments:

  1. Lovely holiday card!

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  2. I love yellow. Get over it!

    Just kidding. This is cute and you used the yellow perfectly! Hugs,

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  3. Cute holiday card, great use of the buttons!

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  4. This is a beautiful card, Rachel. So bright and cheery! Nice to see you have used a holiday theme.

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  5. Cute holiday card, love the use of the buttons.

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  6. Love how you worked the yellow into this fabulous holiday card! Great job.

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  7. This is a darling sketch and I love that this is so clean and simple. It's a perfect card in my book!

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  8. Beautiful holiday card Rachel! Love those PTI button sets! :D

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  9. Very festive! The yellow frames the holly perfectly.

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  10. very nice. I'm so glad you didn't give up. That is a fabulous stamp set and the colors are great.

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  11. Great card-perfect start to those Holiday cards!

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  12. What a beautiful Christmas card! Great job with the challenge!

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  13. I love this card Rach! Simple and stunning!

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  14. Great holiday card! Love it! My all-time favorite ribbon was that RHR taffeta, and unfortunately the second fave was the kiwi kiss/vanilla -- I was hoping they'd bring this ribbon back! Love it! TFS!

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  15. Cool holiday card. Love the buttons. The yellow edging was perfect.

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  16. I love it, even the yellow! :) Hey, I see we picked the same guy in FS, let's hope he goes all the way!

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  17. Great use of the colors in this challenge!! Beautiful card!

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