Christmas Trees in Indigo with "The Paper Temptress" Papers

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Hello!

I got this pretty Flourishes stamp set in the mail the other day and could not wait to make a card with it!

I used the single pine tree image and stamped it several times on "The Paper Temptress's" "Blanc Sparkle" paper to make my own little "forest" of Christmas trees. I then sponged indigo blue watercolor to make the night time sky. The star and snowflakes were drawn on with a Sharpie fine tip white poster marker then hit with some Stickles -icicle glitter glue.

The frame and large square are "The Paper Temptress's" "White Diamonds" and the smaller square is their "Iridescent Virtual Pearl".

I absolutely LOVE their papers. The photos just don't do the sparkle justice. They are so pretty in person and they are so rich and heavy, they are nice to touch too. Sounds funny but I love the feel of very high quality papers!

I added some silver stitching and ribbon to top it off. This was a simple card to make but because of the extraordinarily gorgeous papers it is also very elegant....ahem....if I say so myself!  ;)

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge - CAS (Clean And Simple)

I kept clean by not adding tons of embellies or patterened paper.

Daring Card Makers - I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

Create a card that is mostly white with just a touch of coloring

One Stop Craft Challenge - Sketch

Secret Crafter Saturday - Christmas Trees

Creatalicious Challenge - Something for Christmas with lots of sparkle and snowflakes

The papers, ribbons, star and tiny snowflakes all sparkle!

Two Red Bananas - Christmas/Winter Card

Whimsy Challenge - Monochromatic

The Pink Elephant - Color Me Wonderful

Use your favorite coloring medium

watercolors are #1 fave!

Kaboodle Doodles - Snowflakes

They are small but they are there! ;)

Stamp With Fun - Christmas

Everybody Art Challenge - Stitching

Creative Card Crew - Christmas

ABC Challenge - I is for Indigo

Paper Play Challenge - Christmas Without Red or Green

The Paper Temptress - Christmas

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Thanks so much for stopping by!

I would love it if you would leave a comment on this card. I would also like to know how you feel about non traditional colors on Christmas cards.  ;)

Hugs,

True :D

My mono Owl! Hehehe!

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Hello All!
"Whimsy Stamps" is doing their second "Whimsy Challenge". It is all about monochromatic. Head on over to the "Whimsy Challenge" blog and check out the examples the awesome team has created and read a complete list of rules!

The "Whimsy" team's definition of monochromatic for this challenge is one neutral paired with one other color. You may use as many different shades of that one color, but you may only use one color and one neutral. You also, of course, need to include a Whimsy Stamps image in your project.
Your project must be posted by May 10th.

I chose to use that adorable "Whimsy Owl". I just LOVE him!
The cardstock is Bazzill and the DP was from a stash of pieces. Not sure who made it. Ooops!
Please let me know what you think. ;)