Two occasions, same colours

I was intrigued by the colour challenge at the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown this week so I thought I'd have a go at a Christmas card (in May! I know!) I set myself a further challenge by making a non-festive card with the colours too! Come and have a look:

The Christmas card uses this lovely skater image from Winters Post. I stamped it in Basic Grey on watercolour paper and coloured it with markers and an aqua painter. The card is mounted onto a square of card stock that has had Wisteria Wonder bakers twine wound round and round it and tied into a bow decorated with a Perfect Plum brad.

For the thank you card I used the sketch at Clean and Simple Stamping. I started by masking off the middle section with post it notes and sponging a border with Wisteria Wonder ink.

The central strip is made with Concord Crush card stock attached to a Concord Crush circle. these are topped with a white card stock sentiment strip with a ribbon tail end punched into it with a square punch. The circle is decorated with a watercoloured flower spray from Bordering on Romance.

Here's what you'll need to make these cards:

CHRISTMAS CARD

Stamps: Winter Post, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Markers

Card stock: Whisper White, Naturals Ivory, watercolour paper

Other: Perfect Plum brad, Wisteria Wonder bakers twine, white gel pen, stamp-a-majig, 

THANK YOU CARD

Stamps: Bordering on Romance, Thank You Kindly

Ink: Basic Grey, Wisteria Wonder, Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz

Card stock: Whisper White, Concord Crush

Other: Markers, paper snips, square punch, 1 3/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches, stamp-a-majig 

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My daughter might be deep into her exams but she's not too busy to organise an outfit for her prom party! She has The Dress, a beautiful bronze silk that looks beautiful with her colouring, and found a waterfall style necklace to wear with it. I found her fiddling with her necklace the other day. She looked up as I came in. "Look Mummy," she said. "I can play Jingle Bells on my necklace!" Hmmm. I'm sure that'll be in great demand as a bit of light entertainment at the prom!

Thank you for visiting me today. I shall be back tomorrow with a  quick design for Three Minute Thursday so do pop back if you have a minute!