Merry Little Christmas for #GDP109

I have been looking for a project to use this wonderful black and white checked paper from Merry Little Christmas DSP.  I needed some inspiration to get started and checked the Global Design Project challenge for this week saw it was a color challenge.  So, I decided to get busy and enter!   Only a few hours were left  before the challenge closed, but when I saw the colors, I knew immediately what card I would do!  I have had this idea percolating for a while using the “JOY” die cuts.  I just needed a push to get it going.  Challenges are great for this! You can see more about this challenge by clicking on the #GDP109 icon below.

The color challenge really took me out of my comfort zone. In fact, the entire Merry Little Christmas Suite has taken me out of my comfort zone. At first I was in deep protest about the black & olive green color scheme for this suite of products. I have been very comfortable in my green and red holiday color schemes for many years. I wasn’t ready to leave that well known and well loved territory to an unknown one using black for holiday cards! I mean who uses black at the holidays?  Well, now I do and I love it.  Sometimes you just have to move a little out of  your comfort zone to learn to appreciate something new! Now I see unlimited possibilities using black. The addition of black to the holiday color palette creates both a trendy, sophisticated look as well as more traditional, homespun looks. Black is as versatile for holiday as it is for your wardrobe! A must have.

UPDATE!  This card won a SPECIAL MENTION in the challenge!  I am so thrilled to have been in the Special Mentions for this weeks challenge! #GDPspecialmention and #GDP109

Take a look at the entire suite of products for Merry Little Christmas below for your inspiration and click on the image if you want to see more.

Products Used To Make This Card

_{NOTE: The Typeset Alphabet Bigz Dies were used to make this card. This is a retired item. The current lettering set available is the Large Letters Framelits.}