Hello! I am loving the explosion of Christmas cards I see in my social media. I find so many that I am inspired by but the downside is that sometimes I forget to "save" or tag somehow and I can't find it again. This happened to me with a gorgeous card from the Facebook group Slimline Card Addicts. It was a card with a holly stencil in the background and fat black lines stenciled over it. I remember it being striking and so I attempted my own version of it.
I don't have the stencils but I do have a lot of dies so I made my own background with the holly dies by Suzanne Cannon in the set Create A Wreath. Using my Copic Markers, I colored half of each the holly leaves a darker green. I drew 3 lines across a base layer so I could arrange my dies for maximum effect. I knew I would use some black satin ribbon over those lines so it was okay if that area was a little empty.
After gluing the pieces down, I wrapped 3 rows of black ribbon around it and then matted it down on a sheet of red cardstock. I then die cut my Peace on gold foil and black cardstock. To repeat the holly theme (more of the holly got "lost" than I anticipated) I added two white die cuts of the Flourished Holly.
Though it ended up looking quite different than the card I was inspired by, I think it is still striking and I love the bold black. That is not something that is naturally my style. Hope this inspires you to do your own take on a card that you've spotted. Thanks for looking!
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