Blue, Cream and Gold Christmas

The current 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown challenge is 'Blue, Cream and Gold'.  These aren't colours I would normally use for a Christmas card, but this card is similar to a card I made before Christmas and I prefer these colours to the ones I originally used!  I'm entering the ABC Christmas Challenge 'D for Don't Overdo It' and Winter Wonderland 'Keep it Simple' challenges as well as over to the playground to see Sarn at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 6" x 4" cream hammer tent fold
Dies: Memory Box 'Grand Merry Christmas' and 'Mini Holly Leaves', Spellbinders Shapeabilities D-Lites 'Garden Weave', Creative Dies 'Nesting Poinsettia' (magazine freebie)
Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat
Snippets: Cream hammer card, gold mirri card and blue pearl card

I die cut 'Merry Christmas' from blue pearl card, trimmed it to slightly smaller than the card blank and then added double sided tape to the rear before attaching it to the card blank.  I die cut the letters from gold mirri card and inlaid them.  The 'Garden Weave' was die cut and embossed from cream hammer card and attached to the upper corner.  I die cut and embossed the outer poinsettia leaves from gold mirri card and three smaller leaves from blue pearl card.  The leaves were shaped before being glued together and attached to the card front.  The poinsettia flowers were die cut from gold mirri card using the 'Mini Holly Leaves' dies and were attached them to the centre of the poinsettia.

Kath x