More Christmas cards to do!! This card's original design idea came from my Stampin' Up hostess duo's 2020 Covid Christmas Card Make-It @ Home Kits, by Dar Peterson. It was time to get the last card finished and posted. I tweaked the card to fit the ideas circulating in my head: enlarged the card, tweaked the dove placement, added more gems, more silver foil, and changed-up color layers... explanations below:
I scrapped the white cardbase, changing to the dove's Roccoco Rose and enlarging the card to 4-3/4" x 6", which I prefer. I enlarged my border layers to 1/4" on the bottom two color layers. I added a silver foil sentiment backing to coordinate with the silver olive branch in the dove's beak. I added three vertical rhinestones to the upper left corner, coordinating with those in the sentiment.
As I "tweaked and built" this card, its color scheme grew on me. At first, I wasn't sure I even like it, though I loved the card design. Now, several months later, I actually really liked it! Thanks Dar for the original card design and always encouraging us to change-up, tweak, and "build" our cards to fit our own creativity! See my finished card below:
Ingredients: Stampin' Up products: Cardstocks--Roccoco Rose, Gray Granite, Whisper White. Ink--Gray Granite. Patterned Paper--In Good Taste dsp. Stamps/ Dies--Dove of Hope (sentiment)/ Detailed Dove, Wreath Builder, Ornate Frames (sentiment shape). Basic Rhinestones. Recycle: Silver Foil (from package backing).
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