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It’s my pleasure to host the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge this week & we’re headed to a lovely site that also has an awesome Pinterest Board..Mackenzie-Childs. For my card, I was inspired by THIS wreath.
I really loved the gorgeous wreath so I went for a totally silver & white combo. I wanted a bigger wreath circle than the one in the wreath set, so I used a couple of circle dies for my wreath base. I die cut all the ‘greenery’ & sm. snowflake out of metallic silver &/or silver glitter papers. The poinsettias were die cut out of white glitter paper & the 3 little cardinals out of silver mirror paper. I used some thin silver cord to twine around the wreath & made a loopy bow for the top of the wreath. The greeting is from a large frame greeting, but I didn’t ink the frame part. Since my wreath is good size, the card is also. It measures 6.5 x 5 so it fits in an A7 envelope. The white bg also is larger than the A2 sized rectangle die so I had to use my die resizing/extending technique to make it larger. I thought the sides looked a little bare so I added a couple of strips of silver mirror paper to each side.

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RN Wreath Set die 5217-03D	RN Poinsettia #1 die 5168D	RN Cardinals dies 5217-02D	RN Greenery #2 die 5217-04D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D
RN Seasons Greetings Frame 1063	RN Circle dies 5002D	RN Sm. Snowflake die 5100-04D	Metallic Silver Cord	Staples 110# White Card Stock
DCWV Glitter Matstack	Mirror Board	The Paper Cut Layering Swatches	Memento Inks

Welcome to December! I made this for 2 Splitcoast Challenges..the Splitcoaststampers Fan Club December Christmas Challenge & the Featured Stamper (FS669) where the FS is my friend Kia! I chose THIS card as my inspiration. I loved the layout & framing so I kept those, but I used different images/dies & opted to use an embossed & sponged frame instead of stenciling. As for the Christmas Challenge, you’ll need to be Fan Club member but that’s easy…just click the blue link to find out how. Bet you’re wondering what the challenge theme is..I’d love to tell you but you’ll have to go see for yourself.

For my card, I used some deckle rectangle dies to make 2 sizes of frames. On the white one, I sponged the inside & outside edges to give it some contrast & on the larger one, I ran it thru w/ an embossing folder then lightly sponged over the top of the embossing. The ornament branch was colored & die cut w/ its matching die & I used fun foam to pop it & the frame up a bit. A couple of die cut cardinals were added for a little pop of red.

The greeting was stamped & I used my out of the box die cutting technique on it. It works the same way as it does when using an image…just make your cuts right on the black lines where they go inside the die.
Here are the Copics I used.

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RN Ornament Branches 966	RN Ornament Branches die 966D	RN Cardinals dies 5217-02D	RN Joy to the World Lg 983-05	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D
RN Deckle Rectangle dies 5176D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	Distress Inks	Memento Inks
CB Palm Leaves embossing folders 2001267	Copic Sketch Markers

We have a fun Ornament Pinterest Board for the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC730) this week. I was inspired by THIS cute snowman ornament.

After coloring my snowman, I used my out of the box technique & a stitched square die to cut him out. After I added a piece of green dp, I attached the double stacked die cut J, Y & snowflake down the side. A white scallop frame & a pair of die cut cardinals were added along w/ a red crystal in the center of the snowflake.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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RN Snowman w/ Plaid Jacket 1249-02	RN Tis the Season 981-05	RN Cardinals dies 5217-02D	RN Alphabet Upper Case dies 5140-01D	RN Sm. Snowflake die 5100-04D
RN Square Stitch dies 5005D	RN Rectangle Combo #3 die 5218D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	Pebbles Welcome Christmas
Memento Inks	Rhinestones