October My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #4 + Giveaway
It's time for our fourth countdown peek! The October My Monthly Hero kit will be available on Monday, October 7 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Now let’s join Caly, who is sharing another look at this wonderful kit!
Hello, Friends! I hope you're ready for the holidays because we've got a holiday set coming at you with a retro feel! My countdown card today focuses on one of the two Christmas trees in this month's My Monthly Hero Kit (that's right! I said one of two Christmas trees - it's nice that you have the option!)
I stamped my images with Intensified Black Ink to color with Copic markers. It's a sparse tree like the Charlie Brown tree so I added some bits of colors to each branch and used similar colors throughout.
Copic colors used:
Reds: R05, R27, R29
Greens: YG07, G29
Teals: BG24, BG49
Blues: B16, B29
Purples: V01, V04
Yellows: Y00, Y08
Grays: C1, C4, C7
After coloring, I die-cut the images and added white gel highlights to them before setting them aside to work on the background. On a Dove White Top Folded card base, I ink-blended Squeezed Lemonade at the top and Broken China Distress Oxide Inks from the bottom. Where the two colors meet, a green organically mixes on its own. I sprayed the area with water droplets and also splattered some white and black paint to give the background some interest.
I set the card base aside to dry and used a Rectangle Infinity Die to cut a window from an A2-sized panel, centering it as best I could. I trimmed my panel to mat the card base and stamped a sentiment on the bottom portion. I added foam adhesive to the frame and adhered it over my ink-blended cardbase then decorated it with my colored images. The final thing I did was add Crystal Clear Lacquer over the ornaments.
This is a little teaser for my card that I'm sharing for the blog hop. Be sure to join us on Monday! Thank you all for stopping by!
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298 Responses
PatriciaD
October 07, 2019
Cute Charlie Brown Christmas tree!!
JoAnn Barragan
October 07, 2019
Love the simplicity of this card and the beautiful font of the sentiment.
Mary Walker
October 07, 2019
Love the 60’s vibe! My time! Lol
Sheryl M.
October 07, 2019
“Charlie Brown” Christmas tree couldn’t have described it any better! Really cute tree! I’m so excited for this kit to release! I’m willing to bet it sells out quickly!
Marianne B in AZ
October 07, 2019
Caly,
What a fun card! It makes me feel like I should have my Christmas shopping all done and under the tree in pretty packages! The way the stocking is just randomly laying in with the presents added some fun whimsy to the scene.
Kathy Lane
October 07, 2019
Your card is spectacular and I can see a possible Vegas themed Christmas card with the kit!
Virginia Ellison
October 07, 2019
These are such wonderful cards…. can’t wait to see the total package….
Bonnie Reyes
October 07, 2019
I can totally see this embossed in silver, making it truly retro!
Susan Billingsley
October 07, 2019
Wow so many beautiful cards! Looks like an amazing kit!
MandaLJ
October 07, 2019
Lovely card! I love the retro feel to it, especially with the font.
Robert Wilhelm
October 07, 2019
Great card another great release. Can’t wait to see it all.
Tracey Landt
October 07, 2019
That’s just how our tree used to look when I was a kid!
Awesome card Caly. Thanks for sharing
T x
Melissa Ringnalda
October 07, 2019
Just beautiful. Love all the colors and then the border to frame it out.
Patsy A
October 07, 2019
I’ve hat background. The gifts under the tree are so sweet
Anna Rodgers
October 07, 2019
Sweet card! I’m kinda lovin’ the “fall back vibe” this kit is sending out!
Sally Edwards
October 07, 2019
For us having a Hot Christmas, it’s nice to not have snow everywhere, all the time. I love this card style.
K. Eley
October 07, 2019
Two tree images!!! Yes please! The font is super fun! Fabulous card!!!
Flo
October 07, 2019
Cute card. Reminds me a little of a Charlie Brown tree.
Michele
October 07, 2019
Love this tree and coloring- the retro really takes on a modern vibe!
JANIS LITYNSKY
October 06, 2019
The Font design is Amazing. Love this look. Need this kit. Nowwww. Thanks
JANIS LITYNSKY
October 06, 2019
Love this style of Images. That retro look so excited to see the rest of the Kit this month. Thanks
Carole Renneker
October 06, 2019
Great card. I think I had a tree like that a mighty long time ago. Thanks for sharing.
Beth Merrill
October 06, 2019
You can’t get much more nostalgic about Christmas than a Charlie Brown tree. Delightful card!
Dana M
October 06, 2019
Super sweet and classic card! Beautiful details in a CAS design.
Shannon Neparko
October 06, 2019
Love the colors!