Welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop.  Please be sure to visit everyone’s blog to see the great projects they are sharing with you.  My card features the  Perfectly Plaid Stamp Set, the Magnolia Memory Dies and the Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper.  We are all working with a color challenge this week – here’s my card:

And here are the colors we are using:

These are such traditional colors for a Christmas card, so I decided to go for it.  I’ve seen this paper from the Toile Tidings DSP with red color added and decided to play with it.  I used a Real Red Stampin’ Write marker to color the berries and poinsettias.

Use the Magnolia Memory Dies to build a flower for the focal point – so easy and pretty, too!  The flower has four layers of Real Red card stock petals – two smaller and two larger.  Cut the larger stamen piece from Very Vanilla card stock and the smaller piece from Gold Foil paper.  All layers are adhered together with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  The Gold Foil leaf die cuts are glued to a panel of Garden Green card stock, then cut out by hand with Paper Snips.

Glue the hand colored DSP to a panel of Real Red card stock.  Then add a the Gold 3/8″ Metallic Ribbon trim, wrapping ends to the back and securing with tape.  The completed layer is adhered to the front of the Very Vanilla Thick card base with Liquid Glue.

Adhere the flower with Liquid Glue, then tuck the leaves under the bloom adhering with Mini Glue Dots.  Stamp the sentiment from the Perfectly Plaid stamp set with Real Red ink on a panel of Very Vanilla card stock.  Use the Timeless Label Punch to cut it out, then adhere the sentiment over the ribbon with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.  Add a Gold Faceted Gem to the flower center to complete.

Stamp the sentiment from the Perfectly Plaid stamp set on a panel of Very Vanilla card stock with Real Red ink.  Adhere a strip of  Toile Tidings DSP along the bottom edge of the stamped panel before adhering to a panel of Real Red card stock, then adhere the layer to the inside of the card base, using Liquid Glue for all.

*** You can find a complete list of supplies for this project, including card stock cuts, at the very bottom of this post.

Alright, on with the hop!  Click the button below to hop over to see what Karen Finkle has created:

And just in case you get lost along the way, here is a list of the team members participating in the hop:

1. Amy Koenders 
2. Mary Deatherage
3. Kristi Gray
4. Jaimie Babarczy
5. Sue Prather <– You are here!
6. Karen Finkle
7. Eva Dobilas

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*** Card Stock cuts for this project:

• Very Vanilla Thick CS – 4-1/4″ x 11″ panel scored at 5-1/2″ for card base, 3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″ panel, scrap for stamen, 2″ x 3″ panel for sentiment label
• Real Red CS – (cut 2) 4″ x 5-1/4″ panels for mats, 4″ x 6″ panel for flower die cuts
• Garden Green CS – 2-1/2″ x 3″ panel for leaves
• Gold Foil Paper – scrap for stamen, 2-1/2″ x 3″ panel for leaves
• Toile Christmas DSP – 3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″ panel for card front, 1/2″ x 3-7/8″ strip

Stampin’ Up! products used to create this project: