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Sunday 28 October 2018

CD Sunday - 'Christmas' chosen by Meg

Our theme for the next two weeks very appropriately is 'Christmas'.  If you are like me you are trying to get most of them done before it all becomes too much.

For my card for this challenge I used a background of delicate Mistletoe leaves and berries from a  Joanna Sheen CD - Victorian Xmas Cards.  It matched the new die I bought so perfectly that it was a 'must use'.

Here is the card:


I used white half pearls as the Mistletoe berries and hopefully the green card that I chose is a good colour for Mistletoe. Sometimes the leaves have a strong yellow tinge but I hadn't got a sheet that colour.

Whilst finding out about Mistletoe I found these facts:

"Mistletoe is toxic to people, but the berries and leaves provide high-protein food for many animals. Many bird species rely on mistletoe for food and nesting material. Butterflies lay their eggs on the plants and use the nectar as food. Mistletoe is also an important pollen and nectar plant for bees."

I like the simplicity of the card and may well make some more. As long as those to whom I send them  don't live next door to each other no one will know!

Please come and join us in our challenge. You only need to add a little something from a CD to your card and we would love to see it.  But no more than three entries per person.
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Have fun and til the next time
Hugs
xx

7 comments:

  1. A beautiful card Carol and a nice little insight to the Mistletoe too.

    Sue xx

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  2. Lovely Christmas card, lovely to have some knowledge of mistletoe, I was told it only grows on apple trees but in recently years I have seen it on other species

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  3. Beautiful marriage of paper and die cut, love this one Carol

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  4. This is a lovely card Carol, great choice of dies and they go so well with the paper you've chosen.

    Jo x

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  5. Lovely, that die makes beautiful mistletoe. I've seen it on other trees too Margaret

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  6. A lovely card Carol. That is a really nice die.
    Jocelyn x

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  7. Wonderful card Carol, lovely paper and your new die is fabulous xx

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