Keeping Christmas Inspiration Hop - Sending Joy for the Holidays

It's time for this month's installment of Keeping Christmas with The Challenge design team!  I let dies do most of the work on this card using a holiday sentiment from Lawn Fawn.

I stamped the "sending joy for the holidays" sentiment from the Merry Messages set on a long silver fishtail flag strips.  The strip was layered on to a knit patterned paper panel over a contrasting red circle.  I covered the straight edge of the fishtail flag strip with a pair of teeny, tiny envelopes die cut with rone of the dies from Lawn Fawn's Happy Mail die set.  Each envelope was dressed up with a star-shaped brad that looks a little snowflake-like.  I cut a pair of snowflakes from shimmery white cardstock using a pair of dies from Lil' Inker Designs and tucked each flake underneath one of the envelopes for a festive, seasonal touch.  The patterned paper panel was matted on silver cardstock, then adhered to a red card base.

Don't miss what the rest of our team has created to inspire you to get a head start on your holiday card making!  There is a lot of inspiration and ideas to get your creative juices flowing.  Here's where to find the team members:

Kelly Lunceford

Lesley Croghan

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler--you're here!

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

Vicki Finger

Materials Used:
Merry Messages stamp set, Knit Picky 6x6 paper pad, Happy Mail dies (Lawn Fawn); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Real Red cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Recollections Silver and White Shimmer cardstock (Michaels); circle dies (Spellbinders); Snowflake dies (Lil' Inker Designs); Fishtail Flag STAX dies (My Favorite Things); The Paper Studio star brads (Hobby Lobby); foam tape