Saturday 27 April 2013

Punch It





It is a technique Challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and they want to see cards made with punches. My punch kept jamming whilst I was punching out the 30 leaf stems I used to create my wreath so it took some time to prepare. I added a tartan bow and red gems placed the wreath on an embossed card added  my greeting and it was complete.



Challenges

52 Christmas Card Throwdown  use punches
CHNC  ribbon/bow
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge  embossing and bow
CHNC Extra  anything christmas
Christmas Card Challenges
Crimbo Crackers  anything goes

14 comments:

Hazel said...

This certainly must have taken you a long while with all those leaves to punch, but what a beautiful result - I love it - thanks for linking for both of my CHNC challenges - hope to see more of your Christmas loveliness soon. x

Deborah Frings said...

Wow - you're quick off the mark! This is absolutely gorgeous. I love the dimension and texture in the wreath and the touch of sparkle with the gems too! Thanks so much for playing along with 52CCT this week!

Claire said...

Amazing card and I love how you have created this wreath - brilliant. Hugs, Claire x

Kath said...

Fabulous card - the wreath is amazing.
Kath x

Cindy van Oorschot said...

a fabulous wreath and a wonderful card. Great job. Thanks again for playing with us this week at Holly Jolly
Cindy

Sue B said...

Wow! this is beautiful Meg! it was well worth taking the time with the punch.. the wreath looks awesome… I love the embossed background too… it's a fab design! :-)
Hope you are well
Big hugs
Sue xx

Judy McKay said...

Very pretty card. Lovely design. Thank you for joining us at Holly Jolly this week. Judy

Louise van Vuren said...

A beautiful wreath, I am sure it took a long time to punch out all those stems, but it was definitely worth it. The embossed background is perfect. Thanks for playing along with us at 52 CCT this week

Louise xx

Mynn xx said...

This is just beautiful, Meg! LOVE the bold green and red on all the glorious white space! Thanks for joining us at 52CCT! :)

Patricia Hays said...

Your punched wreath is terrific with its adorable little bow and sparkling holly berries. I'm glad you shared it in this week's punch art challenge at 52{C}CT! :)

Danielle Vincent said...

Oh boy this is really wonderful! I'm impressed with all the punched pieces you had to make and the fact that you also got them in a perfect circle. Thanks so much for joining us this week at 52CCT!

Ruth M said...

This is wonderful Meg, good for you for sticking with it despite the frustration of a jamming punch! A fab example of punch art and a lovely Christmas card! So nice to see you playing along with us again at 52 {C}CT, please come back soon! Ruth x

Susan said...

This is so elegant!! Lovely card. I hate it when I have a punch that sticks! I just threw a punch away the other day because I couldn't get it to un-stick! I have heard that you can sharpen punches by punching through aluminum foil and I think wax paper makes them punch "smoother?"

sarahstone said...

You made a very pretty wreath, Meg. Great job and thanks for joining in at 52CCT this week!