A New Beginning at Merry Monday

 

I hope your New Year is off to a great start!  Our Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge creator and manager, the very talented Lesley Croghan, has established a new home for us at Merry Monday, where our weekly challenges will now be hosted!  In addition to our new blog, she's also given us a new look!  Be sure to stop by to meet the new team for 2014 and have a look at the new design!  I know you'll love the new look and be inspired by our talented team of Merry Makers!

I hope you'll get out your supplies and join us for our first challenge of the new year!  It's never too early to start making your Christmas cards!  Here's our inspiration photo and the details for this week's challenge:

There's so many things you can do with ribbon or twine!  I decided to try to mimic the look of the popular sunburst design, but incorporate stars in the design instead!  If you follow my blog, you've probably noticed I've been kind of hooked on stars lately!  The gold-threaded twine, gold glitter paper and gold embossed sentiment really make a statement together against the clean white background.  I hope you like it as much as I do!

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted:

Stamps:  Endless Wishes
Paper:  Whisper White card stock; Gold glitter paper (Recollections)
Ink:  Encore Gold Metallic
Tools:  Small Star Punch (retired), Stamp-a-ma-jig, Clear embossing powder, heat gun, Embossing Buddy
Extras:  Stampin' Dimensionals

Comments

[Traci Davis]

Margaret, what an awesome way to use twine! You're card is beautiful, thanks for sharing.

[Sherry Eckblad]

Absolutely love your card. The twine, the stars and of course the gold.

[Linda Callahan]

Gorgeous!

[Kristie]

Love how you used the new twine here, Margaret! Beautiful.

[Susan Joyce]

Fantastic design Margaret, love the sunburst effect, twine and stars.

[Lesley]

Wow, this is so cool, Margaret! Love the starburst effect, it is very pretty. Have a great week!

[Wendy Aungst]

Love this design, Margaret! Awesome way to showcase your twine and the added glitter stars make this card perfection! Have a great week ahead! :)

[Patti MacLeith]

So pretty!!

[Nina]

Fabulous card Margaret, I love how you used the twine and gittery stars.

[Bonnie]

Margaret, this is fantastic! Love the way you've used the twine and the sparkly stars! Fabulous design!

[KarrenJ]

Fabulous use of twine, Margaret. Love the effect you've created.

[LeAnne]

This card has a fabulous WOW factor, Margaret! I think that gold-threaded twine with the beautiful stars is stellar...no pun intended!

[Joanne James]

What a great idea - love the idea of using twine to create the starburst. One of my new year intents is to make Christmas cards all year long, so thanks for the inspiration!

[Diane Oliver]

Margaret I love the look of this card! It just "beams" bright and cheery... Hugs.
I'm off to peek at the blog's new makeovere.

[shelia]

What a beautiful and unusual card this is. I really like how you used the baker's twine with those stars. Gorgeous!!

[Debbie Henderson]

So clever how you used the twine Margaret. Love the blingy look to your card!

[Karen D]

WOW, what a fabulous use of twine Margaret. Such a wonderful backdrop for the stars and sentiment.

[Heather North]

I cannot tell you how much I LOVE your card! It's so striking!