Thursday, September 20, 2012

A Christmas card set

Melissa Phillips posted an interesting Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink this week. She challenged us to shop in the greeting card aisle and choose a card there for inspiration for a home made card. I've been too busy to actually go shopping for a card, so I decided to browse some cards online for inspiraiton.

I knew that I wanted to make some sets of cards to sell at my church, in an attempt to raise funds for my upcoming mission trip to the DR Congo, and I thought that using my Nativity Silhouettes Additions set would be a great choice for a card set.

So here is the card I chose online (it's a Hallmark card):
I liked the fact that it didn't have too many colours, as I wanted my cards to be one layer for these sets. Here's what I made...






I used Papertrey Ink cardstock (rustic cream) and stamps (nativity silhouettes additions). To create the "sand", I cut some a curved edge from a thinner piece of cardstock and used my Tim Holtz blending tool and distress ink to colour it in, using the cardstock as a mask.

Thanks for looking!

8 comments:

carol (krillsister) said...

Leigh,
What a lovely set of CAS cards. I like the color you chose.

craftmates said...

Beautiful set of cards Leigh! I love the way you created the sand. Genius. - Irma

Nancy Penir said...

The cards say it all. Great colors.

Unknown said...

Hi Leigh, found you blog a few months ago from PTI. You do a wonderful job on everything and now this, how wonderful a Christmas card set. This would make a nice little gift for someone!!

The Paper Parade said...

What a beautiful set of Christmas cards, Leigh!

Sherri said...

These are lovely Leigh. They'd sell in a heartbeat I'm sure. Just wanted to pop by and say that I hope you have a fabulous crop tomorrow. You do such a font job that I think everyone will enjoy themselves. I'll be thinking of you this weekend.

Karen C. said...

Single layer cards are always a difficult one for me. Your card set is very soft and subtle ... great for mailing! Thanks for the inspiration!!

LEG Studios said...

What a great set of cards, Leigh! I love how you sponged on the "sand"!