Friday 25 November 2011

Papertrey November Blog Hop

I could not resist playing along with this month's blog hop. Take a look at the inspiration photo below.


This is Christmas to me! While I love all of the nontraditional color combos that I see, I am a traditional girl at heart. I took my inspiration from the red and white presents on the stairs. I received my Papertrey order on Wednesday and the first thing I HAD to play with was the Quatrefoil cover plate die. I loved the look of Dawn's card with kraft on kraft, so I had to try it with my favorite neutral, Rustic White. The little winter penguin set was sitting by me so I grabbed the snowflakes to fill in the spaces. The sentiment is from Verve's Richly Blessed set.


I stamped some snowflakes in Vintage tea dye and edged the mat stack and card as well. While I was on the red and white kick I decided to make another simple card with the poinsettias from YOF and added a punch of green with the sentiment.


I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. For those of you brave enough to face the Black Friday sales, be safe!

33 comments:

  1. Lovely cards Tammy! Love the snowflakes and gorgeous background! Happy Holidays!

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  2. Both cards are BEAUTIFUL -- really LOVE your first one & the second one is so GORGEOUSLY CAS!!!

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  3. Wow, I love the way you've used the Quatrefoil cover plate die cutand the stamping behind. I just got my order and haven't tried it yet, but this will be my first project!! Thanks.

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  4. Wow- I love the snowflakes stamped in the openings of the quatrefoil die- SO cool!

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  5. Two great cards. I love how you have stamped inside the spaces of the quatrefoil die. That looks really nice.

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  6. These are very pretty and your pup is cute!!!

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  7. gorgeous!! love the stamping in the quatrefoil..super!

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  8. Great job on both of them. I especially like the first one though. Love the snowflakes inside the quatrefoil spaces.

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  9. I LOVE the red snowflakes stamped in each window of the Quatrefoil cover plate-- fabulous! I want to try this....

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  10. What a WONDERFUL takes on the challenge picture! Love your cards - so PERFECT for Christmas!

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  11. Fabulous cards! And oh my, the quatrefoil die - WOW! Gorgeous work Tammy :)

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  12. I was about to say love the embossed surface, then I realized that's the quatrefoil die! I just love the affect that gives to your card, and the snowflakes stamped in the openings are perfect! Beautiful work on both of these!

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  13. Tammy, LOVE that die with the snowflakes in the openings! LOVE the inside with the pointsettias! GORGEOUS card!

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  14. Love your pattern behind the quatrefoil! so pretty!

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  15. Both of these are so pretty! Love the pattern you created with the quatrefoil die and snowflakes.

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  16. Awesome cards! Love that cute pup of yours too.....

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  17. Adorable pooch! AND the first card is dynamite! I love the snowflakes stamped inside the quatrafoil cover plate. The second one is very serene and beautiful as well. thanks for sharing the inspiration!

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  18. wow - that die is just awesome on your card and so is the poinsettia! both great cards!

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  19. Both cards are gorgeous, but I am so in love with the Quatrefoil white on white.

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  20. Two lovely cards! I love the second! The elements are so Christmas that they speak for themselves! Lovely.

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  21. What a beautiful pair of Christmas cards. ;-) I love how you used the new Quatrefoil die with the snowflakes between each section, and your poinsettia card is just wonderful! So, so lovely - both of them! ;-)

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  22. I love how you've used the new die Tammy!!! Cute idea to stamp the snowflakes in the centers and I LOVE the white on white!!!

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  23. So pretty, red and white , love both cards!

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  24. Lovely cards. That quatrefoil is very pretty...love the white on white

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  25. Lovely use of the quatrefoil die! I was hesitating on buying it, but now I might have to. Great job!

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  26. Oh, I love these CAS cards! Lucky you to score a Quatefoil die--it looks great with those stamped centers. And the poinsettia card is so simple and pretty--love it!

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  27. Both cards are just beautiful, but really love the way you embossed the first one with the adorable snowflakes stamped on.

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  28. Love both of your cards, Tammy. Congrats on being one PTI's November Blog Hop winners! Now to make the BIG decision on what to choose as your prize. Congrats!

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  29. Tammy, congratulations on your PTI win! Both of your cards are simply beautiful! I love how you used the Quatrefoil PTI die on the first card, and I love the simple elegance of the second card. Beautifully done!

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  30. fun card and congrats on winning!!

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  31. Such fabulous cards! I love the little snowflakes inside the quatrefoil die! Fabulous work, little lady!

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  32. Gorgeous work, Tammy!! I like stamping in the diecut. And congrats on winning too. :)

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