Hello everyone!
Welcome to Day 2 of the Verve November Spotlight hops!
First a quick orientation check. You should have come here from Laurie‘s blog. You can also begin at Julee‘s blog if you want to start the hop at the beginning!
Today is another set I illustrated – Pinecone Christmas!
I LOVE the smell of pinecones and the crisp wintry look and feel you get from the woods. We go to Mt. Rainier every year around Dec/Jan just to see the snow and pinecones! And ofcourse it isn’t Christmas without Poinsettia! So in this set I illustrated some of my (and yours!) favorite Christmas decorations.
My card today isn’t photographed well so bear with me. I promise its not as blurry as it looks! Things got a bit hectic yesterday and I photographed this late at night before crashing into bed. That’ll teach me to keep photo-taking to the last minute!
Here is the card…
I used the pinecones image (which is a multi-stamp image) and added the cones themselves after cutting with the co-ordinating die. The die-cutting came out PERFECT thanks to this great tip from Catherine!
I sprinkled some embossing powder lightly on the black cardstock to try and create a snow effect. If you plan to do this, don’t use an embossing buddy on the cardstock. The powder will naturally stick to the cardstock in small spots. Quickly heat it and melt it to create light snow.
The sentiment is actually crispier on the card. Its blurry in photo. Finished it off with a few sequins from the Verve Holiday sequin mix. Know what I love about this mix? It comes with sequins in so many sizes!
Hope you liked the card! Do you have a favorite holiday decoration? Tell me about it in comments!
Now for some hop details…
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Cuts, Crops & Creativity 
Great card!!
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Gorgeous set that is calling me 🙂 and a lovely card
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Awesome card, I really love this set.
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Very pretty card. I love this set!
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Great card done in black & white. Love this new stamp & die set.
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That’s a really neat effect with the embossing “snow”. I’m going to have to try it. Love all the sparkles you’ve added!
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Cute card. Thanks for the embossing snow tip.
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I really like the white against the black – very striking.
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Beautiful stamp set! I admire your skills so much!
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Love the white embossed image and scatter of sequins
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Love the pinecones and the sequins.
isoscia at aol dot com
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Lovely! And don’t you just love Catherine’s tip? I do too.
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beautiful card… love the new stamp set..
-Berina
Moxie Craftie
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and I love that the branch, pine cone and the leaves are different stamps that work together.. congrats on your new stamp set 🙂
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I like how the pinecones look on the black…great card.
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Very pretty. I love the white embossing against the black. What a pretty new set and dies.
I love to decorate with snowman figures of all sorts, plus garland, nativity sets……….guess I don’t really have a favourite;)
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What a fun looking card. Like your papers behind.
Sue
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This stamp is beautiful against the black.
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thanks for the technique tips, nice card
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I love the dark background with the white of the pine cone branch, and finished with the pretty sequins. x
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Love the pine ones.
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Great card.
craftymom205 at yahoo dot com
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Thanks for sharing your pretty card! I love that the pinecones are multi-stamping images. Thanks for the tip on creating the snow effect. My favorite Christmas decoration is a homemade ornament that my son made in school when he was about 6. He is now 33. I still put those homemade ornaments on my tree.
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I love the layout and colors.
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Another fabulous set! Love the multi-stamping aspect you put into this one. And I love the chalkboard look you created.
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I really am going to need to get that set…Love those details of the pinecones…really nice card!
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Oh I LOVE your BEAUTIFUL card. I LOVE the white on black combo.Thanks for sharing.
LOVE the two-step stamping in this set AND that there are some to color in, too.
Crafty hugs,
D~
DesignsByDragonfly.blogspot
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Very nice!
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Wonderful Christmas card and design!
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The pinecones are my favorite. Great card.
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Pine cones and poinsettias…always a winning combination! Your card: eye-catching beautiful!
Hugs~c
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The white embossed main image looks great. I like the layout you created.
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pine cones with the snow effect – great combo
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Very eye-catching!
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is a perfect card for a party!
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Love the pinecone branch done in the white! Lovely.
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I like the white embossing and sequins.
I like to decorate with pine cones and branches.
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love the sequins – great card!
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I just love little pine cones and I like how you embossed in white on black paper. Really shows well even though some of the card is a bit blurry.
Thanks for sharing.
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