Just popping in today with a holiday card made with non-holiday stamps! I love new stamps as much as the next person, but it's always nice to use what you have! For the mistletoe, I used flower stamps from Avery Elle's Blossoms & Blooms. The rounded petals work great as mistletoe leaves. The little bow from the Fanfare set is the perfect Christmas-sy touch. The "berries" are just glitter foam punched with a standard hole punch.
Before I sign out, I just want to send out "be safe" vibes to all those in the path of hurricane Sandy! Here in northern Virginia, the schools are closed and even my office is closed for the day! We're taking advantage of this free day and hoping for the best! Take care of yourselves folks!
Mahalo and Aloha,
jj
I love the clean look of this card JJ - it has so much clean space but doesn't look like it's missing a single thing - Gosh I wish I could do that!! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! I love the peekaboo window, and the berries you created from glitter foam!! So creative!
ReplyDeleteLovely mistletoe! Take good care and be safe, JJ!
ReplyDeleteJJ this is such a lovely Holiday card! I love how you used non holiday stamps for it, and how you didn't use red for the holly!
ReplyDeleteLove your card JJ and how clever those little berries are.
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful JJ, I love your mistletoe!
ReplyDeleteIt really looks like mistletoe and I love those glittery berries. Perfectly presented as always :0)
ReplyDeleteJenny x
Cute card. I love those hole punched glitter foam berries. You know an idea just ran through my mind. I have these round foam tapes. I'll have to play with them and see what I can come up with. Thanks for the inspiration. And please stay safe. Hugs.
ReplyDeleteI love the simplicity of this card, it looks fabulous. Hope you are safe from the storm.
ReplyDeleteBe safe, my friend. Hope Sandy doesn't mess with you too much.
ReplyDeleteI much prefer the idea of closing (and it turning out to be unnecessary) compared with canceling things partway through a nasty storm! I hope you're still doing OK!
ReplyDelete(And that card? Again, genius. That IS the perfect mistletoe!)
perfectly perfect!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant, JJ!!! I knew my Avery Elle stamps were an amazing investment and I love to see how you use them in such different ways. Awesome!
ReplyDeleteFab card, as always. :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome Chrismasy use of non-Christmas stamps! :) The glittery berries are perfect and the little bow is adorable!
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