Papertrey Sep 2016 Create Along With Us...

I don't normally participate in this challenge, but with the weather just a tad cooler I was in the mood to make a Christmas card today. And there's so much inspiration to choose from this month! My influence came from Laurie Willison's simple card of greenery, a touch of gold and sentiment.

I used the branch from Spruce & Sprigs and stamped them in Ripe Avocado ink. The branch almost looks the same as the one in the new Holiday Greens set, don't you think? I added the berries from Mistletoe & Holly in Pure Poppy ink. I liked these since they were a little smaller than the berries in Spruce & Springs.

Merry is die-cut three times, twice in white cardstock and once in Luxe Gold Adhesive paper. Funny story about the gold paper. I die-cut Merry and was trying to pull off the adhesive paper. Couldn't get it to come off and started getting really annoyed. I was ready to post something on the PTI Forum - "how do you get this #@%& paper off!!!" when I realized I'm not using the adhesive paper, but another gold paper that isn't adhesive. Oops.....lol

I added a strip of gold under the sentiment and glitter (which is hard to see in the picture) to the branches. The panel is on a Ripe Avocado cardstock card base with a bit of the card base showing on the left side.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Spruce & Sprigs, Mistletoe & Holly
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, Ripe Avocado, Luxe Gold Adhesive
• Ink:  PTI Ripe Avocado, Pure Poppy
• Dies:  PTI Wonderful Words: Holiday
• Other:  Glitter
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"