What an interesting site for today's Inspiration Challenge! I spent way too long there last night! Since I wanted to do a Christmas card, I chose Stella Illuminated Christmas Tree. The contrast of the green boughs against the bright red really appeals to me.
For my long, tall red door, I colored it w/ markers and a water brush then used a Spellbinders square die and resized it to fit around my door. Since it's not a standard or long rectangle size, this was the only way I could work it. I added a narrow dk red mat and some stickles on the pine boughs and wreath.
The sentiment was stamped twice and I die cut them w/ a Ribbon Tag Trio 3, but turned and cut them in opposite directions. I used the one w/ the top curve above the door and the bottom curve below the door. The three little dots were leftovers after I used the Banners 2 for the trim and tassels. The scallop edge at the bottom is also a leftover from the same cutting. The finished card measures 4.25 x 9 and will fit nicely in a #10 business size envelope. The hardest part of this card was finding a layout for this long, tall card that would work w/ this dp! I only had this dp in a 6x6 pad so nothing was long enough. So this was my attempt to get the much shorter paper to fit a longer card! I think the little border strips really helped it out.
Thanks so much for looking! Closeups and info on today's ODBD Blog Hop are on my blog: The Write Stuff so I hope you'll come check it out.
Date: Saturday, October 1, 2011 GMT Views: 1587
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Sat, Oct 01, 2011 @ 8:26 AM
This card is stunning! The door reminds me of the one I used to use to enter my Grandmother's home (and it is in my garage now). Beautiful, beautiful card!
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Sat, Oct 01, 2011 @ 9:12 AM
Total gorgeousness, Julie. You've really captured the greens and reds of your inspiration piece and I just LOVE those wonderful "tassels" down at the bottom.
------------------------------ Michele
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