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Merry, So Very – GDP013 – A Quick and Easy Card!

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Very Merry GDP013
Very Merry GDP013

And I do mean merry when I saw this morning’s challenge!  Crumb Cake or Sahara Sand and a red and green are my “go to” colors for holiday cards.  And when I saw the lucky 13 Global Design Challenge – GDP013, I felt merry and lucky!  I had just done a series of 4 cards in those general colors a couple of weeks ago so I could highlight quick and easy designs the first 2 weeks of December. We are all short of time and I appreciate any ideas to help get last minute cards done!  And I was so delighted I had them done today!  For the GDP013, I am submitting a really fast to make and colorful card for the holidays.

My card today uses the challenge colors of Real Red, Crumb Cake and Old Olive. With the Season of Cheer DSP I chose, I had to get creative to make the Crumb Cake work.  I took the very talented Brian King’s idea of coloring your DSP(see his card “Magic of the Season” here) and did just that with a Crumb Cake Stampin’ Write marker on the tops of the ornaments.  I am not sure it made a world of difference, but I like to think it did! I experimented with coloring in the blue ornaments with Crumb Cake but alas,  that was not a great idea.  The red dots on the banner are White Perfect Accents colored with a red Sharpie. I liked the shine on these better than a Candy Dot.  Enjoy today’s fast & easy card and see what everyone is doing over at the Global Design Project!

Recipe

Papers: Season of Cheer DSP. Real Red, Old Olive, Crumb Cake
Tools: Christmas Greetings Thinlets Die, Big Shot
Embellishments: White Perfect Accents


Give Thanks – #GDP010

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Honestly, I am just “giving thanks” I got this card done.  This was another travel week for work and I came home today and went right to work on this to meet the deadline.  I am so proud of myself!  I made a personal goal of keeping up with a weekly challenge and I have been hanging in there with the Global Design Project.  It is a lot of fun!  Check out what they are doing over there at Global-Design-Project.com.  There are some really great cards using this week’s theme.

This week’s card had a template designed by Teneale Williams, the “Down Under Stampin’ Wonder” we all follow!  I love her work and I love this challenge. I was determined to do a fall/Thanksgiving themed card and had in my head what I wanted to do and this is pretty much what I had in mind.  Initially I was going to do a card front with inches.  But that was a little ambitious for someone who caught a 6:00AM flight from LAX this morning.  This was simple and I like how the wood pieces came together.

I enjoy following a template more than I thought I would.  It really does make it a challenge because this is not a style of card making I would normally do.  So, making me think outside my comfort zone has been the best thing about doing this challenge.

I hope everyone is having a blast at On Stage Live or Local, whichever event you are attending!  Safe travels and have fun!

Recipe

Papers: Into The Woods DSP, Tangelo Twist, Early Espresso, Crushed Curry
Stamps: Good Greetings(retired)
Embellishments: Into The Woods Elements, Gold Metallic Thread