A Plum Christmas

Hello friends!  I have a Christmas card that features untraditional colors.  I got my color scheme from Cupcake's Creations Color Challenge CR84FN4:

This is a clean and simple card, because I am entering it into the Splitcoast CAS Winter Design Team challenge.  

The good folks at Flourishes have an easy challenge in FTTC93:  "Just Do It!" - make those Christmas cards!  I know I don't have enough right now.  However, I won't be mass-producing this card.  Despite its simple design, the details all took quite a bit of time. 

I began by heat-embossing my sentiment on the Perfect Plum panel before adding any accessories.  (don't peek too closely; I can never seem to get a clean emboss without any 'freckles')

After securing this gorgeous pewter satin ribbon on the back of plum panel with Sticky Strip (on one end only at first), I tied gray sewing thread around the ribbon in two places to create gathers.  Then I secured the other ribbon end to the back of the panel.

The snowflakes were punched first out of Whisper White cardstock, then a rhinestone was adhered to the center of each one.  Using my Zig Two-Way Glue Pen, I lightly covered parts of each snowflake and sprinkled with Martha Stewart Coarse Glitter in 'Crystal'.  After they dried, a dimensional on the back helped attach them to the panel.

I'm also entering here:

• Pollycraft Monday Challenge - a Glitter Christmas
• Really Reasonable Ribbons Ramblings - Christmas
• Bring Back Beautiful #4 - Flourishes - use ribbon
• Stampin' B - use snowflakes
• Mark's Finest Papers - snowflakes

Thanks so much for joining me today!  Now go make some holiday cards.  :)

Colleen

Stamps:  Flourishes
Paper:  Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Whisper White
Ink:  Versamark
Punch:  Martha Stewart snowflake
Other:  Martha Stewart Coarse Glitter in Crystal, rhinestones from Queen & Co., white embossing powder (SU), pewter satin ribbon - Offray, gray sewing thread, dimensionals, Sticky Strip