Joy and Peace at Christmas - NBUS#68

 Hello and Welcome.

Today I'm sharing the 2nd card I created based off Lisa Arana's cards:

This one was inspired by the card on the right side of the photo (click to enlarge all photos).

Unity has some awesome paper packs and I really like the one that Lisa used but don't have that one.  Instead I used another of their great paper packets for my card and yes it's a more traditional color palette for Christmas.

I'm using new to me paper and dies for this card so will be including this on NBUS#68

I really liked the distressed feel of Lisa's card and of course that awesome little tag.  So here is what I created using her card as my inspiration:

For this card I layered a piece of (Rustic Christmas) patterned paper onto an A2 size piece of Garden Green (SU) card stock. - I wanted to add a little texture to my card so I changed up my design by adding a strip of Garden Green card stock that was embossed with the Pine branch embossing folder from (Spellbinders).

For my tag I used (Grunge Cut) tag dies from Unity. These are very popular and it looks like they are sold out again.

The sentiment is from an older 2023 KOM (festive flair).

I cut my tag out on Basic White card stock and distressed it with Red paint spritzed with a little water and brushed on randomly with a paint brush. The sentiment was stamped in Memento Tuxedo black ink on another piece of card stock and glued on top of the tag.

I cut out my pine branches, berries and pinecone with Garden Green, Real Red and Chocolate Chip*retired card stock.  The dies are from a set I have from (Momenta).  Then I distressed them with some white paint.  I didn't like how the paint dried so I decided to add some sparkle using Versamark ink and some White Diamond embossing powder.  I used glue to hold them down onto the tag although some pieces are raised up.

Next I tied some silver twine around the tag and used foam mounting tape to raise the tag up on the card.  -  Grunge usually isn't my style but I like how this turned out and hope you do as well.

Again a big thanks to Lisa for sharing her wonderful cards and inspiring mine. - Happy Stamping.