Thursday, July 28, 2016

Bells and Boughs for Rudolph Days


Rudolph Days runs from the 25th of each month until the end.
Thanks Maureen for hosting this challenge to help us
get those Christmas cards done on time!
The Design Team has some very lovely inspiration pieces.
Hope you'll check it out.

The Merry Monday team is taking a summer break,
but Lori has opened up a linky so we can keep the
momentum going on our Christmas cards.  You can post any Christmas card
using a previous challenge.  Challenge 193 was bells.  I had made 2 cards and used
this one for the Design Team and saved today's card for later.

Christmas Card Challenges is running 2 weeks this time.

Addicted to Stamps this week is ANYTHING GOES.


The bells were stamped twice with one cut out and placed on top with dimensionals.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Bells and Boughs (retired SU)
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Solar White (Neena 110 lb.), Whisper White, Real Red, Gold Foil (SU)
Other:  Copic Markers, Blendabilities (retired SU), Clear Wink of Stella, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch (both retired SU), Holiday Words Script Die (Tim Holtz), Kars Snowflake EF (retired Cuttlebug)



32 comments:

Greta said...

Beautiful, classic card, Bonnie! Wish I had that ef & I love the gold joy!

jimlynn said...

The gold on the sentiment just shines! So pretty and beautiful coloring (and dimension) on the bells. A lovely card for Christmas!
Lynn

Mac Mable said...

The prettiest of card, traditional colours and just love it x

My Card Attic: Hazel said...

So pretty Bonnie! LOVE it! Have a lovely evening! Hazel xx
My Card Attic

Marianne said...

So pretty and how fun that it happens to be in the traditonal colours that the Rudolph DT all have been using. Thanks for the reminder about the Merry Monday linky. And I wish I had bought that EF when it was still available.

Heidi MyLittleStampingBlog said...

What a great Christmas card! I love those bells and how you colored them!

Kathleen said...

Fantastic CAS card, love the embossed background and the lovely bells image. Nice to see cream for a change.

Kath x

kiwimeskreations said...

What a stunner Bonnie - love the hint of dimension with the layered bells and the subtle texture on the background.
Blessings
Maxine

Linda said...

So beautiful and elegant, Bonnie.

Mrs A. said...

Thats an elegant looking embossing folder and suits the bell image perfectly.
another stunner. Hugs Mrs A.

MaryH said...

Lovely golden bells, love the dimension and the presentation with the scallops and Christmas reds. Perfect embossing with the falling 'snow' and the glowing gleam of the joy sentiment. TFS & Hugs

Rema DeLeeuw said...

Beautiful CAS card! Love it.Thanks for playing along at ATSM.

scrappymo! said...

Lovely CAS card. That bell image is really pretty...and of course I love the EF.

Thanks for taking part in the July Rudolph Days Challenge.

Jenny L said...

Hi Bonnie,
what a very lovely design card.
Love the wonderful clean and crrisp design of this.
Super image, and wonderful embossing.
Thank you for joining the Rudolf Challenge.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L. GD

KandA said...

Beautiful card Bonnie, love the cas design with the traditional feel xx

Sandy said...

Wonderful Bonnie!
sandy xx

Loll said...

So sweet Bonnie. LOVE that embossed background. The reverse scallop frame in red really pops of the white. Great dimension with the popped up bell. So pretty! xx

nancy littrell said...

Simply beautiful bells and CAS Design my friend. Love how you cut out the one bell for dimension. TFS Bonnie. Hugs, Nancy

Donna said...

Simply lovely, Bonnie. I, too, have that Cuttlebug EF. My absolute favourite dry snow background 😃

Sue's Crafty Corner said...

A beautiful card Bonnie, love the decoupage.

Sue xx

Viv said...

Home for a few days so having a blogland catch up Bonnie. This is a great Christmas card - you have used one of my all time fave EF's too!

Princess Judy Palmer said...

What a simple and sweet card! I like that popped up bell and that gold foil JOY. Very nice! I had great plans to catch up on Merry Monday cards but I got distracted by all sorts of old kits instead. For now, that's probably better. They've been around a lot longer.

Nstiz said...

Bonnie, your coloring is just gorgeous on this! It was many years ago I first saw you use that folder and have hunted it ever since. LOVE that one! Gorgeous card!

Brenda said...

Wow, this is a beautiful card Bonnie! I love how you colored your bells. I have this SU set and need to get it out and practice coloring my bells. lol Hugs, Brenda

Susan Powell said...

Hi Bonnie - what a gorgeous CAS card - LOVE it! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Christmas Card Challenges.

AO Creations said...

Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at ATSM, good luck!!! Amy DT

Susan said...

Love the dimension you got on the bells with your colouring and stacking of one on top! A perfect classic Christmas card!

La Papera Gialla said...

Lovely card!
Thanks for entering our Christmas Card Challenge!
Monica - CCC DT

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

A really lovely card, great image.
Faith
x

Sue - said...

Another beautiful card Bonnie, very traditional design I think.

Mandy LaCroix said...

LOVE your card design and the coloring of that image! :)
Thanks for sharing it over at Christmas Card Challenges!

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Fabulous shading on your pretty bell image, Bonnie!! I love the gold foil joy too!!