For this week's card prompt at Jingle Belles is Neutral Noel where we're asking you to create holiday cards which embrace only the neutral color palette – white, cream, ivory, ecru, black, gray, charcoal, obsidian, brown, tan, kraft, camel, oatmeal, sienna (you get the picture).
There's also burlap, jute, paper bags, cork, chalkboards, sandpaper or lace … Use them all together or chose one hue and rock the monochromatic design … as long as it's NEUTRAL it's in.
My card was inspired by Ardyth's Layered Tag Card Tutorial that she recently shared on SplitcostStampers. I used two Manila and one Kraft tag and tied them together using lots of non-holiday neutral items including three coordinated journaling cards, neutral hexagon tags and papers from Ciao Bella Blue Note Collection.
I finished with three sizes of snowflake buttons, SRM Clear Stickers and Tim Holtz Holiday sentiment stickers.
Here's the look when they are all aligned. I knotted the ribbon loosely at the top, so the tags are easy to move around.
Here's the front card with a gift card in the pocket. I used an old Spellbinders Die to trim the left edge of the journaling card & then attached it with thin foam tape on three sides to create a side-opening gift card pocket.
The middle card features a lovely vintage typewriter with a torn piece of paper leaving part of the kraft tag base visible. I used Studio Calico Hexagon Stickers with music notes to tie into the musical themed background papers.
The back tag (that I left full-sized) features the darker journaling card. I love how this design combines all of the neutral tones rather than being monochromatic.
I hope you're inspired to use some of your non-holiday papers for lovely holiday designs.