Traditional Christmas inspiration CI#199

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

Tonight I'm joining in with the Colour INKspiration crew and our awesome colour combination!!

I love these rustic tradtional colours - and I really love that gorgeous wreath on the dresser.

Soooooo, I started with the wreath idea and then I wanted to make a Christmas Swag, and then I wanted to add sparkle and texture!!!  

I've used All the Velvet - white for the background, and the bow and leaves are also die cut using the gorgeous Velvet Specialty paper.  

The process:

I added some Shimmery White Embossing Paste to the top of my Pressed Flowers embossing folder and then embossed the front panel of White Velvet specialty paper.

THEN, I die cut the gorgeous Velvet bow using the Christmas Greenery dies;

the two Pecan Pie pinecones using the Delicate Pines dies;

and all the leafery using the Delicate Pines dies and the Velvet specialty paper.  I created the leaves going in both directions by die cutting 2 on the velvet side, and then 2 onto the back of the paper so then they went in both directions to create the swag. 

The greeting is stamped from the Jolly Holly stamp set and punched using the NEW Three Banner Punch.

And my final touch was some totally gorgeous Faceted Snowflake gems.

Inside the card is a similar layout stamped using the Delicate Pines set for the swag, and the words comes from the Jolly Holly stamp set.  

I tried really hard to photograph all the shimmer with the embossing paste on the embossed background - hopefully you can see how gorgeous it all looks!!  

INKspired to join the challenge? It's so easy. Firstly, get some INKspiration by checking out all of the creations of the Colour INKspiration Crew in the challenge album on our Facebook page. Then you have 12 days from today to make and upload your creation to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group. You don't have to have a blog to participate but if you do you can link back to your post. Make sure you use all of the challenge colours. You can also use neutrals such as Basic White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige and Basic Black as well as Metallics.

Not a member of the Colour INKspiration Facebook group yet? Just click here and ask to join Colour INKspiration, add the group to your favourites and share it with your crafty friends so they can join in the fun too. We can't wait to see what you create with these gorgeous colours.

Christmas Swag Tutorial

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!) 

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in joining my Stampin' Up! family - contact me to find out how.