The latest challenge at The Card Concept #231 {Merry Christmas} and red and plaid was probably my main inspiration for this card. I had that small piece of plaid leftover and I also had quite a few scraps.

Firstly I added the plaid piece and edged it with some silver strips I had sitting around. The silver square was a negative from a die cut and I filled the space with different odd pieces not trying to be specific in a pattern and nothing was cut into measured pieces. I carried on until the space was filled. Using a sparkle Sakura pen I outlined the shape where stitching would be from the actual die. Then I added the twine bow leaving the ends long. The sentiment is cut from a set by Spellbinders.

This is a very simple card and I believe fits into the clean and layered style and even the Freestyle collage descriptions.

Life is a bit chaotic at the moment as we are having our kitchen and family room painted. It is challenging to do meals when the kitchen is unavailable although I’ve managed some simple things. This job was supposed to have been done last month, but the flu season started early and illness meant the contractor had to delay a few jobs. I’m hoping the job will be finished by mid week as it is time to begin preparation for Christmas decor and I can’t do anything when the contractor is in and out. On the up side, he had to wait for a wall to dry and was bored so he helped me to bring down boxes from the storage upstairs. That is a job that normally takes us a full 3 days to complete and with hubby struggling with back pain, he can’t help much right now. Our garden helper brought all the outside decorations down from their storage as well so hubby didn’t have to do much except direct. My girlfriend is coming next weekend to help put it all together, but I’m not sure how long we’ll be able to do this as aging and aches and pains are beginning to limit all of us more and more.

Thanks for stopping by to take a look, I appreciate you and your time.