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Christmas in the Air

Hey everyone! Happy Thursday - wow, is it just me, or has this week been flying by? Mark comes home tonight, and I'm SOOOOOO excited to see him again. And tomorrow night is our release party! Today the Divas are peeking two new whimsical holiday sets called Christmas in the Air and Holly Jolly that will release this Friday night. Be sure to check out the Verve Blog today for their fantastic samples and a chance to win!


My card for today uses Christmas in the Air. I stamped the swirly line on a top note die cut, then the tree and one of the snowflakes at the end of the line to form a snowy hill.I paper pieced the tree with some Figgy Pudding DP and and randomly stamped the smallest snow flake in Versamark and embossed with clear. Next I colored the snowflakes with a Copic Marker, added some pearls to the center and some rhinestones to the tree, and sponged Soft Sky around the edges. I layered a Riding Hood Red top note dry embossed with Snowflakes behind it, and some coordinating DP behind that with a small scallop edge in Riding Hood Red. The base of the card is 5.5" square from Soft Sky cardstock that I embossed with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder.

The dashing through the snow sentiment is stamped onto a Petite Oval, sponged with soft sky ink and matted with riding hood red. I added a little trail of ribbon folds with some fabulous May Arts striped ribbon (doesn't it just scream Christmas? I love it!) Then I stamped a snowflake one more time, colored with Copics, cut out and embellished my sentiment piece with it. The final touch was a little frosted Lace Stickles for the snow.

What's In It?
Stamps: Christmas in the Air
Paper: Soft Sky, Riding Hood Red (SU!), Figgy Pudding (BasicGrey)
Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine, VersaMark, Soft Sky (SU!)
Accessories: Ribbon (May Arts), Top Note Die and scallop edge punch (SU!), Petite Ovals (Nestabilities), pearls (Zva Creative), Frosted Lace Stickles, rhinestones, Swiss Dots (Cuttlebug)

19 comments

Anonymous said...

Oh Girl, I am so glad you put a tree stamp set out, I just gave away my SU one!! This one looks amazing! Love the layout of the card too, you rock!

Heidi said...

Oh now, this is stunning. I can not wait till tomorrow night. You just have outdone yourself, of course it is Christmas and what better time of year.

Crestajune said...

Another amazing card. I love the look of all of the new stamp sets. So fabulous!

Renée said...

What an awesome card, Julee! Love hte images, love the colours!!

Anonymous said...

This card is STUNNING! i love the paper pieced tree :)

Maureen said...

love the patterned paper and how you pieced it onto the tree...yes! That ribbon is luscious!! What a fun card...so light and airy :)

carole said...

just absolutely gorgeous!!
this one is a super-wow!!!

Jodi Collins said...

Oh My WORD!!! I almost fell of my chair again Julee! This is STUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pam Varnell said...

Stunning Julee. Love this!!!

Linda Carson said...

Quite festive! Love it!

Jackie Pedro said...

Oh my word....is this ever fabulous, Julee! LOVE the DP and all of the bling!

Shauna K said...

simply gorgeous!! really love that ribbon :D

Jennie said...

This is fabulous! Love the images, can't wait to see the whole set!

Deborah Young said...

LOVE that ribbon! Can't wait till tomorrow!!!

SAMARA said...

Gorgeous colors. love the ribbon in contrast to the card. the creation of the hill with the swirly is SO neat and original and attractive!!

Mary Ashby said...

This is REALLY beautiful! Love the colors, the ribbon, the patterned papers... And the interesting stamped scene. Love it!

Vickie said...

Okay... I am luvin this card!! Trees on my list as well as those snowflakes!! Gorgeous!! Now... where did you get the May Arts ribbon???!!! It is gorgeous!!

Mia said...

This is such a beautiful card! I love the colors you used. Great job! TFS!!! :-)

Charmaine (CharmWarm) said...

I think this is my absolute FAVORITE card...I adore it! I love that paper pieced tree, that snowflake and the ribbon... oh my, the ribbon! Sigh!