Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Merry Wishes

Does "Merry Wishes" sound cute to you?  It certainly does to me!  I think it makes it cuter on a card with baubles, or ornaments.  That's the card I'm sharing today:


I've combined a couple of requirements for this card.  First off is the one from Bitten by the Bug - overlay.  With my Artbooking cartridge where there are a lot of overlays, the hardest part was actually picking one to use.  As I wanted to make a Christmas card, I naturally picked this one with a lot of hanging ornaments.  Using just one color is too plain, so I cut it out in New England Ivy and Cranberry cardstock then with a simple surgery I've combined the two making it more Christmas-sy.

Next up I saw the color requirements at Merry Monday challenge:


Out of the five colors I've already used Red, Dark Green and White, the remaining ones are Pink and Light Green.  How should I incorporate those to the existing overlay?  I decided to use a lighter green as a background, then used pink to stamp a snowflake in one of the outline ornaments and the sentiment.  There it is!  I tried a couple versions for the background but I liked this one the best.  I have used different background stamps including one that has the word "Merry" in various fonts.  I thought it would be very cute and conform to the Christmas theme but I was wrong.  In this case, less is more and I think having a plain background would make the center panel even more outstanding.

My card is entering the following challenges:
613 Avenue - Anything Goes
Challenges 4 everybody - Anything Goes
Craftin Desert Divas - Celebration
Make it Monday
The Glory of Christmas - ornaments

Thanks for stopping by!

21 comments:

  1. Merry Wishes sounds great to me! Your card is very nice. Cute design.
    Thanks for joining Challenges 4 Everybody and hope to see more of your creations here.

    Hugs
    Joanie

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  2. So festive love the ornaments great design!
    Thanks for joining BBTB2!

    Stamperatheart.blogspot.com

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  3. Love how you used the colours. Beautiful card!

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  4. Super cute card Joyce! Love the layers of ornaments in different colours.

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  5. Love the bright colours - thanks for entering The Glory of Christmas 'Christmas baubles' challenge, Hazel, Glory of Christmas DT - you could also enter this into my CHNC challenge extra for October - I'd love to see it there too. x

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  6. What a super cute card! I love the overlay of course-love how you have made it green and red, but it is that cute sentiment that is just perfect that caught my eye! lol Thanks for joining us at BBTB2;-)

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  7. Oh so pretty!! Love all of the hanging ornaments. Great sentiment, too. Thank you so very much for joining our 'Use an Overlay' challenge at BBTB2!!!! :)

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  8. Wonderful card with these colors, Joyce! I love all these hanging ornaments! Thanks for sharing this with us at Merry Monday!

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  9. What fun and festive card Joyce..love the "Merry Wishes"..
    Thanks for sharing with us at Make it Monday..

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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  10. What a fun and festive card ! Thank you so much for joining us at BBTB2 !

    Mayra DTM
    Mayrasdesigns.blogspot.com

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  11. Now I think that I NEED the artbooking cart! Great job! And thanks for playing with BBTB2 for the overlay chall!
    ~Laura
    craftychickscreating.blogspot.com

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  12. Great Christmas Card! LOVE the ornaments!!! Thanks for linking up over at Craftin' Desert Divas!!!

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  13. This is such a wonderful card Joyce and I love your colourful ornaments. Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday.

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  14. Merry Wishes sounds nice to me! I like it...and I like your card, too! It is so sweet. :)

    Thanks for sharing at Craftin Desert Divas!

    Kathy Jo
    http://daisysanddaffodils.blogspot.ca/

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  15. BTW, your card also fits challenges for my other two design teams: Totally Gorjuss (traditional Christmas colors) and Crafting Musketeers (Christmas in October). :)

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  16. what a lovely festive card thanks for sharing with613 avenue create this week
    Rachel DT

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  17. I love the colors of your card. So stunning. You did a great job performing surgery!! Thanks for joining us at BBTB2.

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  18. Wow... i love your card, i love these colours at Christmas !!Tthanks for entering The Glory of Christmas
    xx Tanja

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  19. I like the two color mix for the overlay! I can't wait to try using this overlay for a christmas card and I think I will have to follow your example! Thanks for joining our BBTB2 challenge this week.
    :)
    Michelle

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  20. Lovely collection of ornaments. Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday this week.

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  21. What a wonderful card, Joyce! Your ornaments look fabulous and really pop against the white and light green! Great job with the challenge colors!

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