Saturday, 23 March 2013

Pattern Play day 1 - Neutral Noel

This week I learned a lot about using patterned papers on my cards. The first day of the Pattern Play online card class focused on how to balance different patterned papers. I decided to combine my card for day one with this fortnight's prompt over at Jingle Belles, namely to use only neutral colours for a Neutral Noel. I also challenged myself to use non-Christmas papers for this one, since I bought a Kaisercraft 6x6 pad quite some time ago that has lots of gorgeous patterns in neutral colours (After Five Collection).


Because the middle PP pane has a rather bold and busy pattern in black, taupe and bits of white, I kept the rest of my card very simple and white. The sentiment (Merry Everything by Simon Says Stamp) was heat-embossed in white Artemio embossing powder, while the angel (set of Christmas clear stamps by Inkadinkado) was heat-embossed in white twinkle embossing powder (Crafter's Companion) onto vellum (Crafter's Companion) and then cut out with a small border and adhered onto the card with foam pads. I finished the card off with some twine from the supermarket and a few Kaisercraft pearls and rounded two of the corners.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
CHNC - 117 Use 3 of something (3 PPs)
CHNC Extra - Always Anything Christmas goes
CSAYL - 8 Anything goes
Crafty Catz - 175 Sparkle with a bow
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - 4 No red & no green
One Stop Craft - 221 Recipe: 1 image, 2 or more embellishments, 3 PPs
ABC Challenge - J for Just as you like
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19 comments:

  1. brenda23 March 2013 at 22:31

    And this one is so elegant Marianne.

    I imagine you are a bit warmer that we are here today, it's snowed all day, can't wait till July when we visit your Country.

    B x

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  2. Gail L23 March 2013 at 22:46

    I really like this!
    And the papers play nice together too!

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  3. Jac’s Playground24 March 2013 at 01:10

    Beautiful and so elegant, love the placement of the pearls too, thanks for joining us at Crafty Catz this week, Jac x

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  4. Heather24 March 2013 at 01:48

    This is beautiful! People who can combine patterned papers amaze me as I have a hard time with it. Maybe I should take that class. Your papers are gorgeous together and the neutrals make a beautiful card.

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  5. Heather24 March 2013 at 01:51

    Hmmm . . . I think I forgot to add "Thanks for playing with CSAYL." Oops.

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  6. Jenny24 March 2013 at 09:53

    Wow, deine Karte gefällt mir richtig gut.
    Danke für deine Teilnahme bei CSAYL. Liebe Grüße Jenny

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  7. chrissy xx24 March 2013 at 21:18

    JUst GOrgeous! FABulous colours and a beautiful design. Thank you soooo much for joining us this week at
    C.S.A.Y.L.
    Chrissyxx

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  8. CRAZYCRAFTSHED25 March 2013 at 10:00

    Beautiful card Marianne thank you for joining us this week at Crafty Catz
    Hugs Dianne xx

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  9. Hazel25 March 2013 at 12:15

    This is such a serene and peaceful card - I love it - thanks for sharing it for both of my CHNC challenges x

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  10. mixamatoasties25 March 2013 at 18:41

    Oh that's lovely. Love the colours.

    Thanks for sharing at CASS this time.

    Susan

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  11. Sarahshandmadecardsx26 March 2013 at 00:53

    A gorgeous card. I love the papers you have used and your great design.

    Thanks for joining us this week at the One Stop Crafts challenge and good luck.

    Hugs Sarahxx

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  12. lauren bergold26 March 2013 at 02:43

    well you have *DEFINITELY* mastered the art of combining patterns to perfection... perhaps you should be TEACHING that class?! :) in the meantime, this gorgeous card totally PROVES that neutral can be amazingly lovely and definitely NOT dull in anyway! love it! ♥♥♥

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  13. Cheryl26 March 2013 at 02:54

    So gorgeous and elegant!

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  14. SmilynStef27 March 2013 at 04:06

    Absolutely fantastic combination of neutral tones ... I really love the white sentiment ... so glad you joined us at jingle belles.

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  15. NickScrapShack27 March 2013 at 07:34

    This is very beautiful. A perfect CAS card. Well done.

    Thank you for joining us at Crafty Catz this week. Good luck!
    Nick

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  16. Grenouille Greetings28 March 2013 at 23:37

    A lovely elegant card. Perfect in the grey and silver combo - just right for our challenge at Christmas at Sweet Stampin this month. It's great to see you joining in with us. Hugs, Lesley

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  17. scrapperjulia29 March 2013 at 12:52

    Beautiful Christmas card! Love the pearls! Thanks for joining us at The One Stop Craft CHallenge!

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  18. Gail29 March 2013 at 19:34

    Awesome, elegant and very beautiful. Thanks for joining us at the Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge! --Gail

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  19. Unknown1 April 2013 at 18:22

    This is lovely! I love all the interest you've added with texture and glitz! Thanks so much for playing my prompt at Jingle Belles! :)

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