Pages

Friday, 13 December 2024

French Braid and Holly

Hi everyone.  I'm sure you must be getting a bit bored with my French Braid die, very similarly used as here and here, but I did decide to turn it to a landscape format to give it a slightly different look and I used a holly stamp from a Creative Stamping Magazine with stamps from Highlight Crafts and this is being used for the first time here, and it did have a little robin too, but in this instance I decided to lose the bird and just have the holly branch.   I don't have many Christmas papers and for this I decided to use a couple from a freebie set found at Craftworld which may originally have been downloadable with a Die Cutting Essentials Magazine I think quite a while ago, and I haven't used any of the material until now.  I also used a holly embossing folder which came with a recent kit from John Next Door and used on this card here.


I started with the embossing folder using a piece of white card and I managed to extend it to fit a 5" x 7" base card, and I decided to leave it white.  I then cut the French Braid die using a snippet of dark green card for the backing for the braid and then cut the braid frame from another green snippet and stuck it together, and then cut the two different papers using the frame die.  I changed the configuration a little from previous card alternating the green and white spot with the patterned holly.  I then moved on to the holly and stamped it onto a snippet of white card using Versafine Olympia Green ink and coloured with alcohol markers, and I managed to fussy cut it out...a bit time consuming and in the process a couple of leaf stems were cut accidentally but I managed to stick them back in the right places afterwards...lol.  The tiny little bits of the bird that remained I covered with Tipp-Ex and then put some lines back in with a fine Micron Pen.  Luckily I did manage to fairly well cover the two little white areas with the alcohol pens.  I finished by adhering the holly onto the French Braid and added the embossed background and this to the card base, and finished with a sentiment stamped onto another snippet of white card using Versafine Satin Red ink and heat embossed with WOW Clear Gloss Embossing Powder and cut into a fishtail banner shape.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and I'll see you again soon.






I am entering the following challenges:

Snippets Playground Challenge - Where we use our snippets of paper and card etc.
We Love Stamping Challenge - Dec. '24 Winter/Anything Goes.
Stamping Sensations Challenge - Dec. '24 Anything Goes/Winter.
Allsorts Challenge - Week 810 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas/Anything Goes.
ABC Christmas Challenge Dec. '24 'Y' and 'Z' Your Favourite Colours/Zoo Animals (my favourite colours for Christmas cards are green and red).
Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge - No. 77 Anything Christmas Goes.
NBUS Challenge - No. 69 Where we use our Never Before Used Schtuff.

15 comments:

Christine Alexander said...

Beautiful combination with the paper and the stamped holly. I love that die so never tire of seeing your French braid cards ♥

brenda said...

Such a striking seasonal card Pat, the lattice is so effective and overlaid with Holly, perfect for our themes at Allsorts, Stamping Sensations and We Love Stamping, many thanks for joining in.

B x

Hannelie said...

I LOVE this!

Sarn said...

Not bored of that die AT ALL Pat! You've made a super festive card with it and used of lots of snippets in the process.

Thanks for coming to play in the Snippets Playground. See you up in the treehouse for Breakfast Club shortly. xxx

Marjolijn van Elsberg said...

What a beautiful card you mad Pat. Love the embossing.

Aquarius said...

I do love this die and it is effective used in landscape format. Not surprised the fussy cutting of the holly took you a while but it is beautifully done - such patience.

Linby said...

Another great use of the die, the added holly is so pretty. Thank you for sharing with us at Allsorts.

Ellibelle said...

It's beautiful Pat and such pretty papers! Perfect for Christmas. Thanks so much for sharing at Allsorts challenge!

Kath said...

A lovely card Pat and great use of your french braid die, which is perfect with the holly.
Kath x

Liz said...

Gorgeous card, Pat. Each time you use this die, the card looks so different.
Liz xx

Mervi said...

Very unique and fabulous card, love it!
Thank you for sharing at We Love Stamping;-))m

Susan said...

Beautiful! Definitely not getting tired of seeing that die. It is a wonderful way to use patterned paper. You chose lovely papers for this one, and it looks great with the holly sprig on it.

Darnell said...

You've given this a fresh look by turning it, Pat, and you've created a striking and beautiful Christmas design! I love the holly e/f background, too! Thank you for inspiring everyone to use their NBUS! Happy Holiday Hugs, Darnell

AlisonC said...

Very effective. It looks like a lot of work but was worth it. I do like the holly.

Loll said...

This card is so beautiful Pat! Love your french braid die and it always looks unique with the different papers you've used. The holly is so pretty on top! xx