Peace, Love and Joy

Today's card is for a challenge at Festive Friday using

this beautiful photo as inspiration that I combined with

the Merry Monday color challenge.

This is the inspiration photo and...

the challenge at Merry Monday was to use slate, kraft, white 

or cream on a Christmas card.

I decided to use the mirror and the greenery as my 

inspiration. Even though this is a Christmas card, I think

this would be great as a wedding card as well.

I used the Holiday Frame embossing folder on whisper

white card stock and then sponged lightly with some

crumb cake ink for a 'vintagy' feel.

The En Francais stamp is one that I always gravitate to

when doing a vintage card and thought it would work well

with this frame.

I used smoky slate and crumb cake (I don't have kraft) with 

whisper white. I added a touch of green using always artichoke

and old olive.

I forgot to stamp the greeting before I added the frame. It

wouldn't normally be a problem except for the fact that I used

dimensionals which is why there's a little smudge :( 

I decided to leave it instead of re-doing it --- gives it the

'handmade' look don't you think?

supplies:

card stock: whisper white, smoky slate, crumb cake,

     always artichoke, old olive

stamp set: en francais, winter wreath (avery elle)

ink: crumb cake, early espresso

big shot: holiday frame EF

punch: bird builder 

embellishments: basic pearls

Happy Stampin'

and thanks for visiting!