Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Be Merry and Bright

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Good Morning.. I am so excited I was going threw Blog Land and visited The Waltzing Mouse and what did I see ..I saw "My Name" Yippee I won a set of stamps of my choice. (Doing the Happy Dance) Thanks you so much Claire. The next waltz will be on Oct 17 and the theme is Autumn / Harvest . Make sure to jot that down on your calender and come and join in on the fun. Today I have a card that I am entering in two challenges the first is a Sketch Challenge at Waltzing Mouse and the second is a color challenge at Just Us Girls . The colors are Black, Red and Green. Here is my take on the Challenges.. Be sure to stop by on Thursday I have some exciting news to share with you. Thank you for stopping by today...Monique

Materials

Stamps: Walting Mouse Seasons of Love & Very vintage Label 5
Paper: Black, Red and Vanilla Cs Kaiser craft Dear Santa Collection
Ink: Memento Black
Green embossing powder, Poinsettias, Border punch Silver elastic . Scoring tool

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great card. Love teh flowers and "vintage feel". I just bought a set of Waltzing mouse stamps. Can't wait to get them.

Artesania said...

A stunning card ,full of old fashion chrismas feeling and what beauty embossed lace !The Pointsettia is so gorgeous ,i love the colours and the image.this card is an inspiration for me.
Congrats to your new stamp!
hugs Gudrun

dolcreations said...

This has such a beautiful vintage feel to it! I love the old look! Absolutely beautiful! Congrats on your win! Looking forward to hearing your news!!!

Crystal said...

This is soooooo PRETTY!!!!!! So festive and beautiful!

Julia Aston said...

Big congrats on winning the WMS stamp set Monique! I'm SO happy for you!! love the deep red on this bautiful Christmas card - love the panels and bg stamping! Thanks for playing with the WMS sketch again this week GF!!

Clare said...

such a beautiful card, love the rich colors, thanks for playing along this week at WMSC!

Alice said...

this is so beautiful, Monique! i love it!

Lynn said...

Monique...I love your card...so many wonderful elements! Thanks for playing along with Just Us Girls!

Cindy Haffner said...

BEAUTIFULLY done~

Davi said...

CONGRATS Monique! Love this beautiful card. All the wonderful details, dps and the colors are rather vintage!!

Mona Pendleton said...

So pretty Monique! Love the Vintage Vibe! Those Poinsettias look divine with that gorgeous sentiment! Thanks for playing along with the WMSC again :)

Michelle said...

What a beautiful Christmas card, so warm and traditional. Just gorgeous.

Michelle :-)

Lynn Mercurio said...

Beautiful job Monique. I just love the rich Christmas colors and your awesome papers. Well done!!!

Louise said...

Beautiful card, love the vintage feel

Joycelyn Pelkey said...

So pretty, Monique...and as usual, your staging is FANTASTIC!!!!

B said...

Oh wow, lovely rich colors! And the poinsettias look fab with the sentiment! Yay for playing with the WMS sketch again!

Lenet said...

Absolutely fantastic!! Love your take on the sketch, The colors are so rich. Thanks for playing with us at WMSC!

Heather Rogers said...

Love the vintage feel. Congrats on winning that stamp set. I am totally jealous. :)

Andrea M said...

Monique! This is truly GORGEOUS!!! Love the poinsettias and the beautiful vintage DP!!! The glitter in the background fabby!!! Wonderful take on the color challenge. Thanks so much for playing along with Just Us Girls this week! Thanks for being such a faithful follower :)

Lavender Rose said...

I love this vintage Christmas card, there are so many pretty details, stunning!

Lisa Kind said...

Gorgeous! These colors are so perfect for a Christmas card and I love what you did with them! thanks so much for playing with Just Us Girls! I'm off to check out your good news!

Sarah Martina said...

Oh my GOODNESS! I just adore this! :) So glad you played along with us for the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge! :)

Unknown said...

This is gorgeous! Have you heard of Papercraft Star yet? We'd love for you enter some of your pretty projects into our challenges, we have a DT call coming soon and you can enter to win a gift certificate right now! http://papercraftstar.blogspot.com/2010/09/another-gift-certificate-give-away-at.html