Festive Friday Challenge #14 - Element Challenge

Good morning friends.  I'm back after a week of re-charging myself...sometimes you just need to take a break to get the juices flowing again!  The beginning of last week all I wanted to do was sit and read (my other love!), but towards the end of the week I was stamping like a crazy woman and as a result, have LOTS of cards to share with you this week! :0)  Lots more cards from the "Meadow Greens" stamp set that my cousin Sue has so generously let me borrow, some Fall cards, a wedding card, and up today for Festive Friday's latest challenge, a Christmas card!

  
This was an element challenge - to use a candy cane on your card.  Red and white is one of my favorite color combos, so I had fun with this one!  Take a look:

I love how this card turned out...it just looks so "festive"!! :0)  I used a brayer and red ink on my striped embossing folder to make my red & white (like a candy cane!) background, and then die cut the "merry" (PTI die) in red & white 3 times, to also mimic a candy cane.  I attached this layer to a red card base and then added a white satin bow.  I also tied in some red & white twine (The Twinery), and some silver cording to tie on the little glittered candy cane (Hobby Lobby).  As a finishing touch, I also added a few iridescent sequins.  When I showed it to my youngest daughter, she said, "boy, can't you just smell the peppermint?!!"  I took that as a very high compliment! :0)

It is a VERY rainy Monday in my "neck of the woods", so I think I'll take that as an excuse to stay in my playroom today! :0)  Thanks so much for stopping by and being patient last week while I took time to re-charge...stampers and card lovers are simply just all the BEST people out there!  Have a wonderful Monday! :0)