Merry & Bright...

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I know I should be making Thanksgiving cards, but I feel like I'm already in the Christmas spirit -- there's a little nip in the air that makes me think of twinkly lights and pretty packages. This week's Pals Paper Arts Challenge is a sketch, and it's a fun one! For this card, I decided to go simple and (hopefully) elegant. I posed a challenge to myself to use a color that I've never used before, in this case, Bravo Burgundy. I think it pairs quite nicely with Very Vanilla and I didn't want to muddy the waters with another color.

The sketch turned out to work wonderfully as a gate-fold card, complete with a ribbon tie. For the simple, elegant tree, I stamped with Very Vanilla Craft Ink before heat embossing with the same color. I created some designer background paper with the lovely snowflake image from the same set, stamping in Bravo Burgundy and adding a few tiny rose-colored pearls. The inside needed some embellishment, but again I kept it simple with the same tree image and an easy-peezy rub-on, leaving room for a handwritten note.
BEAN NOTES: (Unless otherwise noted, all materials are Stampin' Up): Patterned Pines Stamps; Chit-Chat Rub-On; Bravo Burgundy Classic Dye Ink; Very Vanilla Craft Ink; Stampin' Write Marker (Bravo Burgundy); Bravo Burgundy and Very Vanilla Cardstock; Spellbinders Classic Circles and Petite Scallop Circles Nestabilities; Foam Dimensional Squares (generic); Kate's Paperie Ivory Satin Ribbon; Slit Puncher (generic)
HAPPY BEANS: Kaiser Rose Pearls
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