Flowers and Foliage.

I have managed  to make another 5 cards (so on par for my March Quota) for this weeks Christmas Card Club Theme set by Zoe which is Christmas Flowers and Foliage. 

Found some suitable card fronts  in my used shop bought card box  and a few bit and bobs left over from the last card session still out on my desk. 

First card.

I had the ivy already die cut out on my desk and it went so well with the card that I teamed it  with die cut berries to match those on the card too. Both the die cuts are by John Next Door.  The sentiment was included on the card front so a bow to attach the spray of berries and ivy was all that was needed to complete. Layered up onto red cardstock and a green base card also made from cardstock.

Second Card. 

Not strictly  a christmas flower but this was a christmas card received and the picture shows the show drops popping through the snow and ice. Christmassy enough by my book.  I found a matching little pop out picture of  a snow drop in my bit and pieces and thought it perfect  to use. Raised up on snippets of card and I matched the gold round the circle with a gold sticker from my stash.  I had to use the flash on my camera  (so sorry for the glare) but without it Th sentiment didn't show up. Backed onto green cardstock and one of the few remaining scalloped cards in my stash. I must purchase some more.

Third Card.

Another card front added to a scalloped card base. In my stash of christmas stamps I found one that was from a Practical Publishing  magazine  2018 . It was a sprig of a fir tree branch which went with the background  so I stamped it out twice, fussy cut  and coloured the same as in the card. I also found a Woodware Stamp  almost identical to the berry branches so I stamped and fusssy cut that out too colouring to match. A matching bow attached them to the top of the card. The sentiment was already part of the card front so nothing else needed. 

Fourth Card.

I had this left over from the last lot of  cards made using the theme Christmas Carols.It is a digital paper from Etsy Store 'Digital Magpie' and you get two song sheets per page. This was the one I hadn't used . The die cut sentiment was already on my desk as well.  Green cardstock for the basecard and then layered up with red card and more of the green. A few gold leaf stickers added from my stash.  I had left it at that but I always leave cards out overnight and come back to in the morning just to make sure I am happy with them. This one needed something extra though in the top corner. I tried a die cut flower, too fussy but sometimes simples is best. It just needed the bow to pull out the colour on the rose petals. 

Fifth Card.

This card is just using up remnants really. The green cardstock was just enough left over to make a card base 4"x 7 and the red strip was left over from the card above.  I had some oddments of sheet music not used so I stamped out the John Next Door poinsettia onto them and then used the matching die cut. Coloured them using my Promarker pens and used silver glitter glue on them. Left to dry and assembled this morning and added to the card. The sentiment was already premade from the strips of paper that I stick on card and then die cut sentiments from. Matched the flowers perfectly so another card in the bag.  

I thought I would struggle making even just 3 cards but once I got started it seemed a shame to stop. Thanks for the challenge Zoe. 

Keep Safe and watch out for your Vaccine invite.

Hugs