O Holy Night

Hello Blogger friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with The Charmed Life Blog today. 

It's a beautiful warm day here in Pittsburgh. I started off going to the gym for my weekly trainer workout. Then running around to complete some errands. I came home and my neighbor called and invited me over to her pool for an afternoon swim. Of course, I said yes. We were in for about an hour just talking and floating around the pool. So, refreshing and relaxing for both of us. 

I wanted to get this Blog post completed and then I have to make a birthday card for my son. I was at a Rubber Stamp show in our area on Saturday and I bought some new goodies that I am anxious to try out. 

So, onto my card for today. This one I made for a color challenge on Splitcoaststampers. We were to use night of navy, pecan pie and balmy blue for the color trio. Optional was a flower theme. I decided to go with a Christmas theme instead. 

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night of navy, pecan pie, balmy blue

When I saw the colors, I thought masculine at first and then I remembered this designer paper. It's from the Stampin' Up "O Holy Night" collection.

It has the night of navy color. And even though the sand is crumb cake, I ink blended pecan pie to get that color on my card.

I made a faux sidestep fun fold. I had this card pinned on my Pinterest page and never got around to making it for last Christmas. The creator gives all the dimensions for cutting your card.  I changed it up to make it my own design.

My nativity and wisemen are dies from CottageCutz. On the right side of the card I cut a bulb ornament and added my wisemen. The sentiment from PaperTrey Ink is stamped in night of navy.

To get the balmy blue color in I cut a smaller star and added it over the large one that is on the designer paper.

Well, that's it for me for this post. So until next time......God bless. 

Card Details:

Stamps: O Holy Night (Papertrey Ink)

Paper: night of navy, vary vanilla, balmy blue, silver metallic, O holy night dsp (Stampin' Up)

Paper Size: A2

Ink: night of navy, pecan pie (Stampin' Up)

Accessories: Ntivity Holy Famil & wise Men die, Nested Bulb Ornament die (CottageCutz)

Techniques: Faux Side Step Fun Fold

I am also entering:

1.  Aud Sentiments has a Christmas in July challenge + a sentiment. 

2.  Sweet Stampin' has a Christmas in July challenge. 

3.  Creative Creases #105 has an anything goes with a fun fold design. 

4.  Cut It Up #334 has a Christmas in July using die cuts. 

5.  Krafty Chicks Challenge #776 is Christmas in July.