By Royal Appointment – Christmas Rustic Retreat

Aug 19, 2019 | Guest Blog, Join

Christmas Rustic Retreat

It’s Monday so it must be By Royal Appointment time. This week it is my pleasure to host the Guest blog and so I thought I would share a card that we recently made in class.

I love Christmas! In fact I would go so far to say I love everything that relates to the event, with one little exception. I really hate the cold! So our celebrations are usually spent travelling abroad in some far flung country once the big day starts to loom.

That means I have to start my Christmas card preparations really early. My class attendees are always keen to start planning as well so a few years ago I started incorporating seasonal cards in July. I know its probably a little early for most, but we love it!

So where to start, when you have so many gorgeous stamp sets to chose from? As soon as I saw the Rustic Retreat I knew this was a must have set. It has some great images and fabulous sentiments. Suitable for so many occasions and great for those tricky male cards. I just adore the quote from AA Milne. Isn’t it motivational?

So onto the card…………. I wanted a rustic colour scheme to complement the set so I went straight to the Neutral colour family and chose:

The current Annual Catalogue doesn’t have any Christmas designer series (patterned) papers at the moment, but I didn’t let that stop me! I used two of our fabulous dynamic embossing folders – Pinewood Planks and Corrugated to create layers of texture and interest.

The tag is made using the Stitched Nested label dies and then I stamped the images and added a little Wink of Stella to the foliage and trees. Its tricky to see on the photos, but it really does make all the difference.

Inside the card I added this beautiful sentiment and some foliage. Doesn’t it look pretty?

To finish off I added a rustic bow to keep on theme using four strands of the linen thread secured with a mini glue dot.

So has that got your tinsel tingling !! LOL. Well your timing couldn’t be better we have a whole new seasonal catalogue coming on the 4th September jammed packed full of amazing seasonal products.

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So Voila!!

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