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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Creative Belli Challenge #122

Hello everyone!! Hope all is going well with you today!! Welcome to another Creative Belli Challenge!! The challenge for this two weeks is a Christmas inspiration challenge. Our inspiration piece is this beautiful Christmas china that belongs to our design team member, Karen Wallace. Thank you Karen for providing us with such lovely inspiration to create our cards and projects.
The spirit of the Belli challenges is to encourage you to use your OLD and FORGOTTEN embellishments!



For my card, I colored the wreath image from Flourishes Christmas Wreath set with copics and the sentiment is from Flourishes christmas classics set. The wood bird from KaiserCraft, seam binding, pearl brad, and the punched corners finish it off. Yeaaaaa, another Christmas card for my stash!!!
Recipe: Stamps: Flourishes, Paper: White, Black, Stampin Up! dp, Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Accessories: Martha Stewart Corner Punch, Seam Binding, Pearl Brad, Copics


This is also for a few other challenges:
1. The Crazy Challenge - Christmas in July
2. Christmas Inspirations - Christmas
3. The Crafty Pad - Christmas in July
4. Paper Sundaes - Christmas in July
5. 2 Sisters Challenge - Christmas in July
6. Crafty Emma - Christmas

Be sure to stop by the other Belli Girls blogs to see what they made for you today....you will find lots of awesome inspiration!!! If you upload a card to Splitcoast, PCP, Stamp TV or another online gallery be sure to add CBC122 in the keywords section.


Anne Harmon Jessica Stockmeyer Shelly Schmidt Maria Matter Mary Marsh
Karen Wallace Joy Hadden Robin Parker Ceal Prichard


Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!!!



31 comments:

Tammy said...

Absolutely beautiful Christmas card and wonderful sentiment. Love the bird on the branch.

Pat (mspfd) said...

What a stunning Christmas card, Joan! The bird on the branch is a fabulous addition.

jimlynn said...

STUNNING! Love this wonderful card for the holidays...so very pretty and the bird on the branch is a fabulous addition.
Lynn

CARLA PREDIGER said...

Fantastic! Just perfect! Thanks for joining us at Christmas Inspirations challenge blog. Hope to see you back with us soon.

jdmommy - Anne Harmon said...

What a wonderful CHristmas in July card!! Great job!

Mary Marsh said...

this is a beautiful inspired card joan-I love the wreath image and your awesome coloring of it-your ribbon treatments are always tops

Unknown said...

Very festive! I especially like the wreath. Great take on the inspiration photo.

Carole of Brum said...

Hi Joan, I'm sorry I haven't been round for a while, I needed a bit of time off and since I've been back I find there's a lot to catch up on! But I've been and left comments for all the cards you posted while I've been AWOL, didn't want to miss out on seeing any, lol.

this is really lovely, I can see how the photo inspired you. Your colouring is so rich, those oranges are shaped and shaded BEAUTIFULLY. Hope all is well with you and the family. CoB

Karen W said...

Lovely card, I debated between the doves and this stamp, love Flourishes!! Great job on the challenge, really pretty!

sara said...

fab card love that little birdie !! thanks so much for joining us at paper sundaes this week
hugs sara x

Shelly Schmidt said...

Such beautiful colors- love the stamp you used and love the bird too!

Kathy and Lucky said...

This is gorgeous!!! Your coloring and details make this a wonderful holiday card. Beautiful.

Linda Palmer said...

Beautiful card Joan. Love your gorgeous coloring on this one. You have inspired me to finally ink that wreath up. I've had it for at least 1 yr. maybe 2.

Márcia Mattos said...

Loved your card Joan!
thanks for joining us at Crhistmas Inspirations!
Hugs

Julia Aston said...

Love how you added the bird and branch to your pretty wreath Joan!

Chrissy D said...

Joan, this is a gorgeous creation! Love the felt bird and that image is a beauty!

Shell Shearer Swinscoe said...

Gorgeous creation, love the felt bird he looks fab!

Thank you for sharing with us at CES Challenge this week, good luck!
Hugs Shell xx

Jacquel said...

Beautiful card Joan! I think you nailed the challenge pretty good my friend...awesome work as always my friend & TFS!!!

Debbie said...

Beautiful Christmas card - love your colouring. :)
Thanks for sharing with us at The Crafty Pad Christmas challenge this week. :)

Debbie The Crafty Pad Designs

Stempelkobold said...

Your card is wonderful - such perfect colors for christmas! Thank you for playing along with us this week at the crazy challenge! Good Luck, Dominique

Robin Parker said...

Joan, love this wreath. The bird and branch are the best accent for this scene.

Pam said...

Beautful card. Thanks for joining in at the Crazy Challenge this week. Hugs Pam

Barbara said...

Joan, your card is beautiful! I love cardinals and greenery at Christmas. In fact, any day I see a cardinal is a good day and since they visit our feeders I am daily bless by these little red angels! On this day of 100 degree temps your card brought a welcome feeling of crisp winter!

Curt in Indy said...

Your challenge card is beautiful Joan. I love the coloring and your beautiful embellishments. Beautiful work! Best, Curt

Susan (rainy) said...

Lovin' the yummy rich colors, Joan. This is a gorgeous Christmas card!!

Dawn Easton said...

Gorgeous holiday card! Love all that colour on your wreath! Fabulous!

aqualeiga said...

Thanks for playing in THE CRAFTY PAD challenge, your card fits the bill perfectly! Good luck in our prize draw! Hugs n love, Ali x

Lena said...

Asolutely adorable. Perfect stamp and sentiment. Love the little bird on the branch.
Thanks for joining us at Christmas Inspirations challenges. I hope to see you again on the next challenges.
Hugs
Lena

Adriana Melges Q. Weingart said...

WOW... You've done a great job here.
Thanks for playing with us at xMas Inspirations!
xx

joy said...

Absolutely wonderful card! The branch is such a wonderful addition and the bird just pops!

Joanne (jojot) said...

truly inspired.....a wreath is so very traditional and beautiful