Monday 12 March 2018

Deck the halls with just one bough of holly!

Boughs of holly are very festive, aren't they? But a whole hall decked out with them is hardly clean and simple, and I wanted to go CAS with this card so that I could enter the brand new challenge called CAS Christmas which promises to be right up my street.


I've used stitched square and rectangle dies and a holly die, which doesn't have any embossed details, so I added a few strokes of gel pen, and a sentiment stamped with Altenew stamps that I won in the Playground recently.

I am sharing this with

C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas 
The Holly and Ivy Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Santa or Anything Goes
Winter Wonderland - Stitching Real or Faux
and of course
CAS Christmas - Holly

10 comments:

Loll said...

Love that pretty holly paper background Jane. Great idea to add some white to your holly leaves - gives them great dimension. Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Christmas!

Bonnie said...

Beautiful layers while still maintaining a CAS look, Jane! Love the little holly background and your beautiful die cut holly! Thanks for sharing this with us at CAS Christmas!

Christine Alexander said...

I love your DP background, just enough to make a statement but not overwhelm. Perfect for that little holly die cut. thanks for joining us at CAS Christmas :)

ingunnsinekort said...

Beautiful creation!
Ingunn GDT CRAFT Challenge

Sheryl said...

A super CAS card. Love those stitching dies.
Thanks for joining our Christmas challenge at CRAFT this week.
Hugs Sheryl DT member xx

Hazel (Didos) said...

Oh this is beautiful, what a stunning card, Off to look at that challenge too as I love CAS. Thanks for sharing with us on Winter Wonderland this fortnight, Love Hazelx

Papercraft Boutique said...

I love that you placed the holly leaves and berries at the bottom-left corner of the pretty holly DP background. The white gel pen lines turn a flat paper holly into a lively holly. Thanks so much for sharing with us at CAS Mix Up. Hideko :-)

MagsB said...

This is so classy, Jane! I love the CAS design! Thanks for joining in at The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge.

love Mags B x

PS Fa la la la la, la la la laa!

Trina P. said...

This is so pretty, Jane. Great design and the white gel pen details gives your die cut holly the needed dimension. Thank you for joining us at CAS Christmas. x

LOU said...

Beautiful card Jane. Love the simplicity.
Thanks so much for joining us at Winter Wonderland. Hope to see you again soon.
Lou DT xo