Christmas Cactus

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! Can you believe tomorrow is Sept. 1st? Where has this year gone? I think it's safe to say, it's not too early to start making some Christmas cards. It will be here before you know it! From the beginning, I knew I had to make a Christmas card using this cactus. But I wanted it to have some lights. Masking would have been a nightmare so I just stamped a few and fussy cut them. I knew I would fussy cut the cactus anyway so the lights were easy. The cactus was "planted" in a pot I fussy cut from another image.

After stamping the Barn Door twice & coloring it in,  I added the ground and a die cut wreath. It wouldn't be a southwest card w/o a few chili peppers so I used a couple of punches to add some chili peppers to the wreath. The greeting is the result of combining two & it worked out pretty well. 

Here's a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

 Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

stamps: DRS Designs - 

paper: Staples 110# white, scraps of red & green

ink:  Memento tuxedo black

accessories:  Copic markers, chili pepper punches, Rubbernecker X stitch rectangle dies, IO holly & branch dies, Reverse Confetti swirlies dies, Spellbinders label die, star punch

Barn Door 633K	Cowboy Cactus 649K	Easy Grass Bg 059E	Western Word Square 634H
Christmas To You 618E	Potted Berry Tree 1024F	Season of Wonder 309G	Christmas Light String 1054H
Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	RN Rectangle X Stitch dies 5144-030D	Recollections Cardstock
IO Twig Wreath DIE023-X	Spellbinders Victorian Tags S4-448	EK Success Chili Pepper punch	Marvy Chili Pepper border punch BCP-24	Reverse Confetti Swirlies dies

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