I love today's colors for a Christmas card! Though I ended up using only a tiny amount of the blue (on the string of lights). And this is definitely fussy...I'll give the no fuss a try, but that's usually harder for me than fussy.
After I stamped, colored, over stamped & fussy cut the Cactus Lights image, I kept picturing a little window scene so that's what I tried to recreate. I wanted a rounded window but the die I have was too long. So I used a resizingtrick I came up with a long time ago, but instead of making it bigger, I made the window smaller by cutting just the top part down to the middle of the first set of square panes, turning the die around & moving the bottom up. Then I cut the bottom part only & there you go..a window that is shorter by one set of square panes.
I added 4 die cut shutters (for blinds) from another window die & a piece of dp behind it that is Christmasy but still has a SW look to it. On the white layer, I stamped the greeting at the bottom & used a SW border folder to emboss just under the dp. I used the O from the Joy image as a wreath for the window.
Thanks so much for looking! Closeups & the inside are on my blog: The Write Stuff
Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 GMT Views: 2014
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Registered: March 20, 2005 Location: Butler, PA Posts: 77633
Tue, Nov 17, 2015 @ 7:55 AM
Julie, this card is soooo cool. I lived in Arizona for a year and that cacti is exactly what they do....thanks for some mighty good memories! Love SW EF! Your colors and layout are prefection!!
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Registered: October 19, 2007 Location: Packer Country, WI Posts: 71901
Tue, Nov 17, 2015 @ 8:51 AM
Julie, thanks for the detailed deets on this cool card....love the idea of a card that details a certain area. Thanks for the tip on the window cutting. Everything is amazing on this card....love the SW border below the window. TFS Fav'd
Awesome card, Julie! I LOVE the lighted cactus and the window style is perfect! The embossed border gives a definite SW feel! They just had a lighting ceremony at one of the cactus gardens here in NV.
Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28818
Tue, Nov 17, 2015 @ 11:12 AM
You must be in the desert of Texas -- ha ha... I was thinking of Arizona or New Mexico ... very Christmasy for the desert!
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