Christmas Roses

Hello!

Woo-hoo...I've managed to add another card to my Christmas card collection for this year.  I think I'm averaging one Christmas card per month--LOL, I think that's just pitiful!  I really have to do better.  Anyway here's my Christmas-In-July card.

 

I just love hellebores--commonly known as Christmas Rose.  They come in a variety of colours, but the white ones are my favorite.  So I've tried to recreate them in paper--I think I came close, don't you think?
Edited: I've now done a tutorial on the paper hellebores/Christmas Rose which you can find HERE if interested.

I've turned this into an easel card...

 

I've used a couple Magnolia images here and have used my coloured pencils to do the colouring.

- Delightful Tilda from the Special Moments Collection 2013
- Peppermint from the Merry Little Christmas Collection 2013

These 2 stamps and other Magnolia images, both full-size and mini, are available from Magnolia-licious on-line store.  If you don't see the particular one you are looking for, contact Diana and ask her if she can bring it in for you.
The Sea Breeze Collection 2013, Magnolia's newest stamp collection, are in the store now.
Check out also the selection of wonderful Wee Stamps by Sylvia Zet and newly introduced to the store are the cute Wild Rose Studio stamps.
Prices are discounted!  Along with excellent customer service, you get to earn 2% in-store credit of every order which you can apply to future purchases.  Cool!

Challenges for this card:
As You Like It Challenge #6 - Your favorite special occasion and why (it's Christmas of course and I love the festive feeling everywhere you go)
Charisma Cardz Challenge #28 - Girly
Paper Crafting Journey - Christmas in July
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long Challenge #25 - Paper Crafting Techniques (easel card)
Creative Fingers Challenge #2 - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' - Christmas in July
Addicted to Stamps Challenge #60 - Lots of Layers
Papertake Weekly - Die-ing For A Punch
Bearly Mine Challenges #96 - Anything Goes
Marianne Design Divas - Layer it up! (Flower Doily LR0129, Leaves LR0192)

That's all for now.  Thanks so much for dropping by.  I really appreciate your visit. Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used:
Sentiments:  Computer generated
DP's: Basic Grey hello luscious thrive; Recollections
Dies: Go Kreate XXL Square Frames Frilly #4 and #7; Spellbinders Standard Circles; Memory Box 98316 Cherry Blossom (for the flower centres); Cheery Lynn Designs B119 Tropical Leaves; Marianne Design Creatables Flower Doily LR0129 and Leaves LR0192 ; Tim Holtz Festive Greenery
Punches: Punch Bunch Medium Impatiens; Carla Crafts Small Cosmos (for the flower centres)
Miscellaneous: Colluzle Oval template; Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pads Walnut Stain and Forest Moss; pearls from my stash
Colouring Medium:  Coloured pencils--Faber-Castell Polychromos and Art Grips, Prismacolor Premiers