Keeping Christmas-November 25

It's time for the November installment of Keeping Christmas with The Challenge design team!  For this month, I used stamps, dies, and papers from Reverse Confetti for a bold, cheerful holiday design.

My focal image is a green panel cut with the Happy Pretty Panels die.  I filled in the die cut's negative space by backing the panel with a piece of contrasting red cardstock and adhered it to a green and blue patterned paper panel, angled for interest.  The top of the die cut panel was dressed up with a red seam binding bow.  I stamped the word "holidays" from the coordinating Whole Lotta Happy stamp set beneath the word "happy," then added a kraft Swirlies die cut circling the words.  When the swirl shape is cut from kraft cardstock, it resembles a wreath, which works perfectly with the holiday theme!  I accented the swirl shape with a gold glitter snowflake, then added two more smaller flakes around the panel.  The finished panel was adhered to a coordinating green card base.  I may go back and dot the centers of the snowflakes with clear crystals for even more sparkle...What do you think?

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

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler--you're here!

Nance Salkeld

Nancy Guse 

Nina Forsyth

Vicki Finger

Materials Used:
Whole Lotta Happy stamp set, Avocado cardstock, Winter Solstice 6x6 paper pad, Happy Pretty Panels, Swirlies, and Let It Snow dies (Reverse Confetti); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Red Punch and gold glitter cardstock (Recollections); red seam binding (Martha Stewart); Bow Easy; foam tape