Thursday 13 November 2014

Pinecones... Leaves... And a TIME OUT Reminder!


Hi guys!
I have two simple Christmas cards for you today, both stamped with the same Simon Says Stamp Holly Berries stamp set. I tried this stamp set from Milla and nowadays also have it in my own collections -what a beautiful and versatile set! And no one paid me to say this. :)

My first card is inspired our current Home Sweet Home Photo Inspiration Challenge at TIME OUT here. The photo has so many elements to be inspired by and this time I chose only the pinocones and went to a different direction with the color palette. I hope you'll join us, there's still about a week to play along! I've used a pretty large sentiment stamp in Finnish in both of my cards today -it says "Warm Christmas Wishes and Happy New Year".  I'd like to enter this card to CASology: Festive.

Here's the TIME OUT inspiration photo:


Then my second card! No pinocones or frozen branches now but leaves and berries in a very traditional colored Christmas card. The inspiration comes from the photo at Festive Friday: my leaves and berries mimic the wreath in the photo. 


Festive Friday inspiration photo:


Thanks for popping by everyone, I hope you liked my cards today! 

16 comments:

  1. Beautiful cards! Love the way you stamped the first; like the gray-isch colours! Hugs, Gerrina

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  2. Thay set of stamps looks fun! I especially like the second card, the crips look of this with the bright colours really says XMas to me x

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  3. Miulla on ollu mielessä lähes identtinen kortti tuon ensimmäisen kanssa, hieman eri tekniikalla kylläkin, mutta eipä ole vielä päätynyt kortiksi asti! Ehkäpä tämän inspiroimana... Tuo tekstileimasin on myös miusta tosi kiva! P.s. Hieman kyllä innostuin niistä copikeista... jospa värittelisin enemmän ensi kerralla, kun pystyisi paremmin keskittymään...

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  4. Two absolutely gorgeous cards. Love your beautiful card Nonni.

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  5. Hi Nonni! Your cards are wonderful! Love the stamps! xx

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  6. Two beautiful cards! Think my favo is the first; that cool gray with the fresh red looks great! Will have to try those coloiurs myself sometime... Have a good day, Gerrina

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  7. These stamps look fabulous, Nonni! Love both cards - the different colour schemes work perfectly with the challenges :)

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  8. Beautiful cards! I love the colours on the first card and on the second card, I really like how you stamped the holly so that it frames the greeting!

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  9. Beautiful layout and design Nonni. Looks so amazing in both the soft gray / brown combo with the pine sprigs and cones ... and with the green / red combo with the holly and berries. Gorgeous cards, my friend! Loll xx

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  10. I love how you've shown the versatility of the layout with these two cards! So glad you joined us at CASology and Festive Friday!

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  11. Both of your stamps so wonderfully portray the winter season. Lovely CAS designs Nonni. Hugs!

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  12. Such wonderful, festive cards, Nonni ... the colours on both are just fabulous and I love the design! Anita :)

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  13. Beautiful cards, love how subtle the first one. Thank you so much for joining us this week at CASology

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  14. Simply beautiful creations :) Love both of them!

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  15. Paivaa! Thank you for dropping by my blog and leaving sweet comment, Nonni! Two beautiful cards and love the first one with the soft stamping!

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  16. A stunning duo, Nonni. Clean, simple, yet ever so beautiful...I'm crushing over both.
    Hugs~c

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