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Showing posts with label OCC challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label OCC challenge. Show all posts

Saturday, May 26, 2012

OCC......Shabby Thanks



Happy Saturday Peeps!!
It is time for another new challenge at Our Creative Corner.
Our hostess this week is the uber talented Susan Butler and she has a fun challenge for us this week.
Here it is in Susan's own words:

 The theme this week is unequivocally 'Shabby Chic'.This means the shabby part of Vintage! The challenge requires you to pull elements together, the more old/worn and distressed the elements/images the better; think of muted colours, layers, roses, burlap and pearls. 
You do not have to use all of these elements. 
The effect you are aiming for is a soft warm palette. 


Shabby chic is not my usual style and I put off tackling this challenge all week until down to crunch time and I had to put something together. Not sure my card is completely what one would call shabby chic but it does have a few of it's elements.
I keep my colors muted and I added some pearls and a scrunchy bow with and antique brad.


I have a few of these decorative pins in my stash and added them to the bow. 
The flowers are from the retired hostess set called "Love & Care" and I stamped them onto my whisper white top note die cut piece with Pink Pirouette ink and the stems are Pear Pizzazz. 
The sentiment is from the "Kindness Matters" stamp set and I stamped with soft Suede ink.  
The DSP on my card is from the Beau Chateau paper pack. 


I decorated the inside to match:




Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog 
to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun challenge. 
I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Saturday, May 19, 2012

OCC Inspiration Challenge.....Birthday Wishes


Happy Saturday Peeps!!

It is time for another new challenge at Our Creative Corner.
Our hostess this week is the uber talented Meihsia Liu and she has a great photo inspiration challenge for us this week:

I am showing you some new goodies I got this week, a little sneak peek of some stamps and DSP that will be availabe June 1st when the new Stampin Up catalog goes live.
This stamp set is called "Betsy's Blossoms and the DSP is from the Floral District pack.
I used pumpkin pie ink to stamp the flower and Baja for the Bird.
I keep my card fairly Clean & Simple to mimic the crisp &clean feel of the inspiration photo. Love that quilt, don't you? It is gorgeous and really pops in the photo, it is certainly what I am drawn to in the photo.
I hope my card reflects the feel of the photo.


Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog 
to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun challenge. 
I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Saturday, April 21, 2012

OCC....Inspirational Photo Challenge


Happy Saturday peeps!!!
It is time for another new challenge at  Our Creative Corner
This week out hostess is Rudlis from Love Life and Craft and she has a pretty inspiration challenge for us.

Make a project, card or tag inspired by the photo.

I pulled out the Stampin Up "Kindness Matters" stamp set to use.
Love the pretty butterflies in this set. I stamped them with brown stazon onto some confetti card stock and then used my French Script BG stamp with the brown stazon to stamp over the butterfly piece. 
I used my aqua painter and ink pads to color the butterflies.


I used some Crumb cake card stock for the base and then followed that with some Soft suede card stock. The DSP is from a retired pack and I cut a pretty doily out of crumb cake for the next layer.
I added some twill ribbon and some basic pearls.



Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog 
to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun challenge. 
I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Saturday, April 7, 2012

OCC....In Your Easter Bonnet




Happy Saturday Peeps!!
It is time for another new challenge over at Our Creative Corner.
This week our hostess is the fabulous Marcy Kimiski.
Here is her challenge for us:

"In Your Easter Bonnet" challenge for you this week, 
is to design a card/project that is inspired by a frilly Easter bonnet.  
Use elements that you would put onto your own bonnet, such as lace, flowers, pearls, etc. 


I pulled out a retired  Stampin Up set, that I love,  called "Abundant Hope". You all know I love to watercolor and these daffodils are so pretty, I used daffodil delight and a bit of pumpkin pie for the flower heads, the leaves are colored with wild wasabi.
I stamped the flower images again on another piece of card stock and colored and cut out and added to the image with some dimesionals.
My "Easter Bonnet" elements are the lace doily, daffodil ribbon and the pretty pearls.

Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog 
to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun challenge. 
I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Saturday, March 31, 2012

OCC...How green is your Spring


Happy Saturday Peeps!!
It is time for another new challenge over at Our Creative Corner.
This week our hostess is the fabulous Marcy Kimiski. Here is her challenge for us:

How Green is Your Spring" Inspiration Photo. 
I LOVE this montage - it's chock full of inspiration. 
 Show us Spring in its full splendor, using GREEN as your main color! 


Green is not a favorite color of mine, but heck I'll give it a whirl!! :)
I was inspired by the flowers and decided to pull out the retired Stampin Up set called "Because I Care" stamp set.
I stamped the hydrangea with black stazon twice onto some confetti cream card stock and colored up the flower with lucky limeade and baja blue ink using my aqua painter. I cut out just the head of the flower and added it over the first one with a few dimensionals. 
I used the French foliage stamp set on the BG and sponged it with crumb cake and early espresso ink.


I used some pear pizzazz seam binding ribbon along with some ruffled baja ribbon across the bottom. I punched a couple of sections of baja card stock with the pinking hearts border punch and added them to the main image piece. The sentiment comes from the retired "Something to Celebrate" stamp set. I added a few basic pearls at the top and bottom, I sponged them a bit with some early espresso ink. 

Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog 
to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun challenge. 
I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Saturday, March 24, 2012

OCC....Spring Break Challenge


Happy Saturday Peeps, It is time for another new challenge on Our Creative Corner.
This week Anita Houston has a fun "Spring Break" Challenge for us:
Spring has sprung yet again!
 It's time to take that annual well deserved vacation. 
Where would your postcard come from? 
Make whatever you like and show us your "spring break vacation destination". 
Remember to include the name of your destination somewhere on your project.

I didn't have any stamps I thought would work for this until I went rummaging around into some of my non SU stamps and came across this Eiffel Tower stamp and it had "Paris" on it so it was perfect for this.
Altho I will probably will never go to Paris, cos I can't even bring myself to get on an airplane, in a "perfect"  world I would have already been there. :)
I decided to make a vintage tag, keep it simple.
I did use a few Stampin Up stamps, the BG uses French Foliage, Creative Elements and Elementary Elegance.
I stamped and sponged with Crumb Cake ink.
 I sponged in a splash of color using some Baja Breeze.
The Eiffel Tower element was stamped onto a scrap and cut out and added to the tag with some dimesionals.


I stamped the birds from the Elementary Elegance stamp set with Soft Suede ink and added just a hint of blushing bride by stamping a couple of flowers from the Creative Elements stamp set, can you see them?
The sentiment is from the same set and is stamped onto a scrap piece of confetti cream with soft suede ink.
I added a bit of baja ruffled ribbon under the sentiment flag. The bow at the top is made with baja breeze seam binding ribbon and I used an antique brad in the center.
I distressed the edges of the tag with my distressing tool.

Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog 
to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun challenge. 
I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Saturday, March 17, 2012

OCC....BINGO


Top of the morning to ya and Happy St. Patty's Day!!!
It is Saturday so that means a new challenge at Our Creative Corner. Our hostess this week is the fabulous Anita Houston from the The Artful Maven Haven and she has a fun challenge for us this week. Here it is in her own words:
 As luck would have it today's challenge falls on St. Patrick's Day! Ah, the luck of the Irish, or so some say. Make a card or tag with some sort of bingo card on it, and use the color green somewhere on the project. 

 I searched online a bit and found a Bingo card that I could print out and went from there. 
I thought since it was St. Patrick's Day I would just make a card with that theme.
I made my shamrock using the Fashionable Hearts Embosslits Die and the clover flowers are made using the bird punch.

I added some rhinestones to the flower and shamrock centers and used some white satin ribbon across the bottom. The DSP is wild wasabi and from the patterns pack. the sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.

Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog 
to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun challenge. 
I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Saturday, March 10, 2012

OCC.....Tic Tac Toe Challenge



Happy Saturday Peeps!!! 
It is time for another Our Creative Corner Challenge. 
This week our hostess with the mostest is the fabulous Holly Kean and she has a fun challenge for us:

"Tic Tac Toe Challenge"
Play along with us in a game of papercrafting tic-tac-toe. Choose "three in a row" on the Tic-Tac-Toe board and make sure you work those elements into your papercraft project.



I know you can guess what "three in a row" I choose.
I love flowers and pink and brads!
I decided I wanted to make one of these bags I have seen around that uses two die cuts from the Fancy Favor Box die.
I used Pretty in Pink for the bottom and the top die cut is made using some DSP from the Attic Boutique pack.
I used some pretty flower roses from the Stampin Up "Flower Fest" stamp set. I stamped with versamark onto some pretty in pink card stock and used white embossing powder on them. The leaves are done the same way onto wild wasabi card stock.
The sentiment comes from the SAB set Elementary Elegance stamp set and I used Early Espresso ink to stamp it into the oval. I added some silver brads to the corners of the main element.



Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog 
to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun challenge. 
I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Saturday, March 3, 2012

OCC....Making Melody




Happy Saturday Peeps!!! 
It is time for another Our Creative Corner Challenge. 
This week our hostess with the mostest is the fabulous Holly Kean and she has a fun challenge for us:

Making Melody" -  Music can be such a motivating thing in life, why not in your papercrafting too? Take inspiration from a song and work it into any papercraft project you'd like. Just make sure your post includes the song title (and if possible the artist) that inspired you!


I wasn't sure what to do with this one, I went looking through my stamp sets to try and find some "song" inspiration when I came across the sentiment from the Stampin Up "Word Play". It made me think of a song I really like by Alan Jackson with this title "Remember When". So I decided to use it since I really had no other idea. I stamped the sentiment with black stazon onto some confetti white card stock. I then decided since the song was about looking back to the past and remembering good and bad times I would  use this vintage looking flower stamp from "Elements of Style". It is a stretch I know but hey I was kinda stumped by this challenge  :)!




I used some rich razzleberry ink and my aqua painter to color my flowers along with some old olive for the leavesd and a bit of daffodil delight for the flower centers. I shaded around the flower with some crumb cake to add to the vintage feel. I added some rich razzleberry satin ribbon to the top corner at an angle and tied a bow. I matted this whole piece onto some razzleberry card stock and then mounted it to the card base.

Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog 
to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun challenge. I am sure you will find their ideas a bit more "inspired" than mine!!
I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Saturday, February 25, 2012

OCC....Over the Edge



Happy Saturday Peeps!!! 
It is time for another Our Creative Corner Challenge. 
This week our hostess with the mostest is the fabulous Tui Nathan and she has another fun challenge for us:

This week the challenge I have for you is "Over the Edge" - create a card, or paper craft item with a design element that is not restricted to the boundaries of the card edges, and continues to flow off the edge of the card, for instance this could be a die cut element, a sentiment banner, a fussy cut image, ribbon etc. Push your design to the edge .... and have fun!


I wasn't sure about this one until I got a bit of direction from Tui,  just extend something over the edge, I can do that!!
I used some new goodies, the Stampin Up Mixed Bunch and matching punch!  I also used the lattice die. I choose to use Crumb Cake and Cherry Cobbler card stock along with some Whisper White. I originally was making a square card but decided to make it a standard size so I added on the bottom piece, it is hidden by the ribbon. It is 4-1/2 inches wide tho so I guess not really standard but with the leaves and sentiment flag off the edges it wouldn't fit in a regular envelope anyway.

Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog 
to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun challenge.
I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Saturday, February 11, 2012

OCC...Best Friend Challenge



Happy Saturday Peeps!!! 
It is time for another Our Creative Corner Challenge. 
This week our hostess with the mostest is the fabulous Sharon Wheet and she has another fun challenge for us:
Make a paper craft item (card, scrapbook page layout, a 3-D item, an altered item) for a Best Friend! It can be for a birthday, a thank you, or to just let her know she is your best friend!  The only other requirement, is to include a flower!  The flower can be hand-made, an embellishment, or a stamp.
I have a slight obsession with this flower stamp from the Stampin Up Bordering on Romance stamp set.
I stamped it onto some confetti card stock twice and colored with my aqua painter and ink pads. I used Peach Parfait, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade and Pool Party. I used some Crumb Cake ink around the edges.
The DSP used here is the Everyday Enchantment paper that is available during SAB. I added some basic pearls to the image, for the flower centers and around the spray.




The sentiment on here is from the Friendly Words wheel, I had unmounted this wheel a long time ago and had not done anything else with it. I decided it was time so I got it out to use on this card. I cut out the section I wanted to use and mounted it to some cling mount foam. Easy Peasy, don't know why I waited!!!  
I added a small pool party butterfly to the main image piece which is cut and matted with my circle and scallop circle nesties. I used the confetti card stock for my base and some peach parfait for the mats. I finished this off with a couple of pearls in the top corners and a strip of peach parfait ribbon across the DSP.

Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog 
to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun challenge.
I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Saturday, February 4, 2012

OCC...Love Is In The Air


Happy Saturday Peeps!!! 
It is time for another Our Creative Corner Challenge. 
This week our hostess with the mostest is the fabulous Sharon Wheet and she has a fun challenge for us:

Make a St. Valentine's Day paper craft item (card, scrapbook page layout, 3-D item, or an altered item) using the colors: Pink, Grey, & Kraft.  Now add some sparkle, (rhinestones, glittle, metal) anything that shines!  And don't forget to include a heart shape.


I decided to make a couple of these fun little treat holders using the two tag die. HERE is a link to a tutorial for making this box. For mine I made one with basic gray and one with crumb cake card stock. the DSP I used is from the retired Love Impressions paper pack. I used the pinking hearts edge punch to make the trim along the edge of the designer paper.




I did sneak in a bit of red in the way of the wings one the birds which is made punched with the red glimmer paper. Of course you can see I used the bird punch  to make the decorations for front of my boxes. The sweet little music notes is from a tiny punch I found recently at a local store. Toooo Cute!!!
The sentiment is for the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. I matted those with some pink pirouette card stock. I added a small heart with a silver brad to the handle.
I filled a couple of cello bags with some kisses and tied them up with some pink ribbon. I think my sweet little neighbor ladies will get these for Valentine's!
Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog 
to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun challenge.
I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Saturday, January 21, 2012

OCC....Inspiration Challenge


Happy Saturday Peeps!!! 
It is time for another Our Creative Corner Challenge. 
This week our hostess with the mostest is Lori Rider and she has a fun inspiration challenge for us.


Her is the challenge in her own words:
Please choose at least two elements from the photo and describe how they inspired your card or project.
 Optional: since this is a baby shower dessert table, make something with a baby theme!

Isn't that photo scrumptious?
 I was inspired to use the colors in the piece, I choose, very vanilla, calypso coral, pool party and soft suede and I used some of the Everyday Enchantment  DSP. I was in need of a baby card so this was a great inspiration to get it done. 
The bunny on here is from a retired Stampin Up set called  "A New Little Someone", I stamped the bunny onto some very vanilla card stock with black stazon. I colored the bunny in with soft suede, pool party and calypso coral. The intended receiver of this card is adopting a baby boy so I wanted to make sure this card said "Boy" more than girl, so I colored the bunnies bow and feet pads with the pool party and added just a bit of coral on the inside of the ears and on his cheeks.
I also took inspiration from the photo to put my bunny inside a circle to mimic all the circular elements in the photo, the cakes, the bowls and glasses. I brought in a bit of bling with silver brads on the top corners of the card and mini silver brads on the sentiment piece. 

The sentiment is from the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" stamp set and I used my word window punch and modern label to make the sentiment tag.
I added some very vanilla satin ribbon across the bottom as well.

Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog 
to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun challenge.
I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Saturday, January 14, 2012

OCC...Paper Piecing Challenge



Happy Saturday Peeps!!! 
It is time for another Our Creative Corner Challenge. 
This week I am again your  hostess challenge and my challenge to you is:

Paper Piecing, Use some kind of paper piecing on your card or project this week. Stamp something and use DSP to piece an element of the stamp or paper piece you Background. In addition NO ribbon and only one embellishment is allowed.


I decide to "piece" my card. I had been making some quilt cards the last couple of weeks and thought a set would be nice for Valentine's Day.
These cards are 4-1/4 inch squares. I uses some retired Stampin Up paper. I wanted to keep them simple to highlight the "pieced quilt block" which fit the challenge to only use 1 embellishment and NO ribbon.




Each pieced block was embossed using the Vintage Wall Embossing Folder. I used Pretty in Pink, Real Red and Chocolate Chip Card stock. 


The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. 
The brads are also some Stampin Up retired items.



Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog 
to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun challenge.
I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Saturday, January 7, 2012

OCC.....Shape Card Challenge


EDITED TO ADD: This would fit in a standard A2 envelope, the finished size is  4-1/4 x 5-1/2 inches and the link to the template I found online:
SCOTTIE DOG


Happy Saturday Peeps!!! 
It is time for another Our Creative Corner Challenge. 
This week I am the hostess challenge and my challenge to you is:

"Show Us your Shape"~Shaped cards. 
Anything but a square or rectangle. 
You can find so many cute templates on the internet or use a die or cut file and your imagination and show us your shapes!!


A while back I found this cute little Scottie Dog Pattern, It is by Kim Hughes and was in the Card Creations magazine. It was my inspiration for this challenge.
I used some basic black card stock folded in half to make the Scottie dog. He folds at the ear and the tail.
I made a couple of the dogs to try out the pattern just plain, but decided after making the initial two that he might look nice embossed and so I gave it a try. I used the Stampin Up square lattice EF on just the front of the card pattern. I really like the look of the puppy embossed, it adds alot, I think.
 I hand drew out his "scarf"  and then used some punches to make the "knot". I used a 3/4" circle punch for the middle of the knot and the two side pieces are from the Build a Blossom punch. I used some plaid paper from the Stampin Up Frost wood Lodge paper pack. To make his nose I used the small oval punch and trimmed it down by about half.  I added a small black rhinestone for his eye and the sentiment is from the Stampin Up "Friends Fur-ever" stamp set. I added a couple more black rhinestones to the sentiment piece. 
I think they turned out very cute and they are really easy to do.

Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog 
to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun challenge.
I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Saturday, December 31, 2011

OCC...Bright and Happy New Year Challenge




This week our hostess is the fabulous Anne Marie Hile and she has a fun color challenge for us. Here is the challenge in her own words:

It's time to ring in 2012! Create a card for a celebration using this color combo. There are so many occasions that call for a celebration ...New Year's, birthdays, congratulations. Have some fun with these bright and happy colors!


These are some really fun colors to work with and a bit intimidating, I first went looking around through my DSP to see what I could match up with these colors. I found something close in the Stampin Up Cheerful Treat paper pack.  So I went with them, I used Melon Mambo, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight and I used two colors of purple, Concord Crush and the retired stampin up pale plum.
I thought after choosing my colors that I could make something with flowers, these colors could all be floral. So after making those decisions I felt better about this color challenge that at first glance could be terrifying.
I pulled out a set that I haven't used in awhile, Flower Fest, I then decided to emboss my flowers onto the colors I choose going mainly with the purple and yellows, since I knew the leaves would be green and I used the Melon mostly on the base. I stamped the flowers several time with versamark onto the daffodil delight, the concord and the plum card stock and used my white embossing powder. I then cut them out and layered them up. I used my aqua painter and some ink to add some more depth to the flowers.
I cut out a circle with white cardstock and the sentiment is from a retired word set that I really like called "Something to Celebrate". I arranged the flowers around the outer edges and then tucked in alot of leaves all around.


I mounted my circle on a piece of embossed Concord Crush, I used the square lattice embossing folder. The flowers are on dimesionals, the white circle is added to the concord crush piece with dimesionals  and the embossed piece is on dimesionals too so this card has alot of depth to it. The DSP is two side of some paper from the paper pack. I added some whisper white satin ribbon and silver pearls to finish it off.

Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog 
to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun challenge.
I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Saturday, December 24, 2011

OCC....Home for the Holidays



Happy Saturday Peeps!!! 
It is time for another Our Creative Corner Challenge. 
This week our hostess is the fabulous Sharon Wheet and she has a fun Christmas challenge for us. Here it is in her own words:

'Home for the Holidays' - use the scenes in your own home for your inspiration.  You can use the decorations on your Christmas tree, a center piece from your dining table, the winter wonderland seen from your front door, or the wreath on your front door.  What ever your inspiration, please share that with us, in your paper craft item.  You can create a card, a layout, a 3-D item, an altered item, whatever your paper crafting heart desires.  The only other requirement - show us some glimmer/sparkle!

Now that I see the challenge theme, I think I forgot the sparkle!  But let's just say my sparkle is the gold pearls. 
I took inspiration for my card from our Christmas tree. Each year our tree is a bit different, we like to change it up and do themes occasionally. This year we used burlap to make garland and added pine cones and red wood bead garland along with other rustic decorations of stars, sleds, snowmen and bells.
I thought I would incorporate some of the burlap that was left over from the homemade garland. I like the rustic feel of this card. 

The base of the card is Early Espresso and then I used some crumb cake and the DSP is from the Letters to Santa paper pack. I added the strip of burlap down the side and then some cherry cobbler seam binding on top of it. I made a double loop bow and added a antique brad to the center.
The main image is from my favorite Christmas set this year, the Stampin Up Beautiful Season. I stamped this image onto some confetti cream card stock and colored with my aqua painter and ink pads. the sentiment is from the Petite Pairs stamp set. 
I added the panel to the card on a slight angle with some dimesionals. 

Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog 
to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun challenge.
I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki
Edited to add: My card is so very similar to THIS card by the fabulously talented Tenaele Williams, I don't recall seeing her card before making mine but I might have and it sunk into my sub-conscious, either way, Thanks so much Tenaele for sharing your beautiful work and inspiring so many!