I thought I might dabble in the Virtual Stamp Night Challenge on Splitcoasterstampers. They started a pre-mini challenge in early November. . .the actual event takes place December 2 & December 3. The first pre-challenge was all about trees, even scraggly ones like Charlie Brown's Christmas tree!
I decided to use my Sizzix tree dies that I bought last year and did not get to use due to some hand issues that cut my crafting time down to zip! I checked out the Christmas Central website for the Inspiration challenge to see if it could give some ideas of what to do with a tree or trees. I spotted some pretty black and white items, which got my creative mojo going, and I decided a night scene with snowy forest trees would be really pretty.
I had to be clever about this as the Virtual Stamp Night requires you to spend only one hour putting your card together. Your planning, designing, gather papers, and tools don't count against you, plus you may have pre-fold card bases available, and even some mat layers stashed. It took me 35 minutes to die-cut and assemble my card parts. I used a timer, and was able to pause and "punch out" when my brain went into a re-designing mode with changes to my original thoughts, which required more tool gathering time. I "punched" back in and went to work with more die-cutting and assembling. I am pretty happy with the end result; take a peek below:
Ingredients: Paper: Stampin' Up--Whisper White (cardbase); Recollections Signature Glitter Paper/ white; Core'dinations--Black Tie; DCWV--Silver Stag Star dsp. Dies: Spellbinders--Tear Drop Circles; My Favorite Things--Stitched Circle STAX, Stitched Snow Drifts; Sizzix TH-Alternations--Woodlands; Cottage Cutz Expressions--Merry Christmas. Stampin' Up: Metallic Stars (retired). Size: 4-3/4 x 6 inches.
Carlene, this is a beautiful card! I love black and white card but rarely make them. I cannot imagine making a card in 35 minutes. That would never happen to me!! You're good!
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