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Monday, December 12, 2011

Doing the Mojo with CCMC in Basic Poppy Limeade

Confusing enough for you? LOL! Well, it's MONDAY and I actually got to DO the MOJO Monday ON the actual Monday...which I can assure you is NO small feat!

I also decided to use the CCMC colour challenge, which is kind of Christmas-y, but sort of not. I mean...it's red and green, but I can't wrap my brain around how bright the colours are. KWIM?

Anyway, here's the card:


The CCMC colour challenge this week was Basic Grey, Poppy Parade and Lucky Limeade...which are KIND OF Christmas-y, but not really what I would call traditional Christmas colours. Maybe that's just me. You can let me know what you think in the comments section below.

The only Basic Grey I had was 12 x 12" textured cardstock, so I started off with that, trimming it to 8 1/2 x 11" and then in half to 4 1/4 x 11". I then added a piece of Basic Grey Designer Series Paper from the Neutral paper pack. It's cut to 4 x 5 1/4". I added some more Designer Series Paper from both of the In Colour packs.

I stamped the ornament in Poppy Parade and the little string in Lucky Limeade. I punched out the circle using the 1 3/4" circle punch and then sponged the edges using Poppy Parade. I adhered the punched circle to a piece of Lucky Limeade which was punched with the 2 3/8" Scalloped Circle Punch and stuck it all to the front of the card using Stampin' Dimensionals.

The sentiment was stamped on Whisper White in Poppy Parade and trimmed it to a skinny strip before turning it into a banner.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Tree Trimmings, Short and Sweet
INK: Poppy Parade, Lucky Limeade
PAPERS: Whisper White, Basic Grey, Lucky Limeade and Poppy Parade Cardstock; Basic Grey, Lucky Limeade and Poppy Parade DSP.
ACCESSORIES: Punches, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

8 comments:

  1. I think it's fantastic!!
    I'm NOT a 'Traditional christmas' person and i love these colors!!
    I would most definitely put poppy, limeade and gray together!!
    well done, hope you don't mind i may have to case the concept from you!?

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  2. this is fabulous! I know what you mean about wrapping your mind around the colours but I think you've done a wonderful job! thanks for playing along with us at CCMC :)

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  3. I'm with you on the bright colors but you've used them beautifully here! Kudos on the double challenge card too...thanks for playing along with us at CCMC!

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  4. Clean. Simple. Cute. Great layout. Thanks for playing the Create with Connie & Mary challenge this week!

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  5. I know what you mean about the colors - technically red + green = Christmas but the colors really are non-traditional! Excellent work with these though! Thanks for playing along this week in the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge!

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  6. I totally agree with you about the colors being bright! Thankfully, the grey helps mute it a little! Great Christmas card! Love the layout and all the patterns! Thanks for playing the challenge at Create with Connie and Mary!

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  7. I agree with you, the Basic Gray kind of throws it out of the traditional Christmas colors! But I love what you did with the challenge! Thanks for playing along with the color challenge this week on Create with Connie and Mary!

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  8. I like how you mixed the brights and the layers. Thanks for playing CCMC!

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