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Monday, March 31, 2014

Merry Monday Mistletoe

It's Merry Monday time.

Can you believe it's the last day of March?

Time is flying by!  I'm so glad I've got a good start on my Christmas Cards.


Debbie chose our challenge this week.


I pulled out an old favorite stamp set, Cardinal Christmas.

This mistletoe was underused

I stamped the image in Sahara Sand and colored it by swiping markers on a plastic lid and picking up the ink with a blender pen.

The berries were colored with my White Gel Pen leaving a dot in the center of the berries and dotting with a Soft Suede marker.

The embossed label was in the snippet pile and so was the bow.

I swiped a Sahara Sand marker on my plastic lid and picked up color with the blender pen to lightly outline the design giving it more dimension.

The background card was stamped with the mistletoe stamp from the retired Easy Events.
I used VersaMark ink to stamp the background.

Be sure to go over to Merry Monday and check out the Design Team cards.
They are amazing!

So glad you stopped by.

Enjoy!


Card Recipe
Stamps:  Cardinal Christmas, Easy Events (retired)
Ink: Sahara Sand, VersaMark, SU Markers (Pear Pizzazz, Soft Suede, Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake)
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Dark Green (? snippet)
Other: White Gel Pen, Labels Collection Framelits, Lacy Brocade EF (Clearance Rack), Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

33 comments:

  1. I love this beautiful card, Bonnie. The stamped Crumb Cake is the perfect base for this wonderful image.

    I'm so happy to know tomorrow is the first of April. Yea!!! But, I haven't made a Christmas card yet, I don't believe...scary.

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  2. What a GORGEOUS card using mistletoe. So very Pretty :)

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  3. Your mistletoe turned out beautifully Bonnie! Love the soft white berries.

    Deanne :)

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  4. Beautiful coloring on the mistletoe and a beautiful card. I wish I could color that pretty with the blender. You're really getting a stash of the cards for Christmas now!

    Lynn

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  5. Bonnie, this card is beautiful! Love how you colored your mistletoe! Great design, too! Have a wonderful week! :)

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  6. Great card Bonnie. Nice coloring too.

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  7. Beautiful card, Bonnie! I love the stamping on the card base and the beautiful focal point! Stunning!

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  8. This is so soft and elegant...beautifully colored! Thank you for always giving us great inspiration!

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  9. This is gorgeous Bonnie and your so right the weeks seem to be flying by! huggles Sue xx

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  10. love your card ...so dainty looking ...awesome job. Thank you for sharing ...will have to try this challenge.

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  11. I love that mistletoe stamp, Bonnie, and the way you colored it is beautiful.

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  12. Another beauty, Bonnie :) I think my favorite part is your lovely and subtle mistletoe background, gorgeous!

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  13. Love this card, as always! Great coloring on this image - which is so very pretty. Great embossed die to show off your super coloring - so soft against the white. Great to pair this with the kraft cardbase. Very subtle. TFS & Hugs

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  14. Very elegant card Bonnie! I love how your mistletoe turned out! Gorgeous! xoxox

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  15. So pretty Bonnie. Love that mistletoe and the coloring. The dry embossed panel looks lovely.

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  16. Love this card Bonnie! I love the kraft base and love how you made it into pattern paper yourself. I also love the mistletoe stamp. You have colored it so pretty and soft, love the embossing-this card is just beautiful. Hugs

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  17. I love the way you stamped the mistletoe and added the red bow - a perfect take on the inspiration photo. I think that's the only mistletoe stamp I own so will have to come up with something creative with it for Merry Monday!

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  18. Your mistletoe image is so good. I thought you had used an old Christmas card! Beautiful colouring. Hugs Mrs A.
    Playing catch up as blogger is still being a right pain. Have no one in my readers list tonight and the trick I use to get it back not working. Grrgh!

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  19. So pretty. Love the framing and carrying the mistletoe onto the base card. x

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  20. I love the Mistletoe image, it's so soft and subtle. I like the repeated shapes in the background too. The embossing, the black frame and that gorgeous wee red bow finish it beautifully.

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  21. Bonnie, this is so beautiful. Love the design.

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  22. Awesome mistletoe, Bonnie! I love that you colored the berries with your white gel pen!! Hugs, Darnell

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  23. Your coloring on this card is superb, Bonnie. I am so impressed with your card - just stunning!

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  24. This is another gorgeous card! I've been pondering what mistletoe I may have so I can come and play too. I won't be able to make anything near as fancy pants as this though. Lovely card!!!! Great soft colors.

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  25. This is so pretty Bonnie. Love the embossing and the soft touch of the mistletoe!

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  26. Really striking card, Bonnie! The black mat & red bow are perfect elements for the pretty mistletoe image!

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  27. Beautiful card Bonnie, I love the stamped background.

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  28. Wow! A really beautiful cluster of mistletoe! I lilke your BG, embosed die cut and wonderful image with the red bow and sentiment. Perfect!

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  29. Gorgeous card! I love how your colored that beautiful mistletoe image...

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  30. Another gorgeous card, Bonnie! Your mistletoe is fabulous and I love the stamped background too!

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Enjoy! Bonnie