FS606 - Merry Christmas

Congratulations to this week's Splitcoaststampers' Featured Stamper Preethi (Preethisc). I chose this card as my inspiration:

I focused on Preethi's:
-floral images on each side
-vellum panel
-gold die cut sentiment

I changed:
-season to Christmas
-not-functional (Preethi's flowers open in a gatefold)

I used my Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils to colour the Mondo Holly image that I stamped on each side of my panel (Memento Tuxedo Black on Stonehenge white paper). I had to offset them to give them some breathing space. I love the look these pencils give - almost a retro/vintage children's book vibe. And I'm really enjoying my time getting more comfortable with these pencils and am working up to a video....

I couldn't bear to cover one bit more of my colouring than I had to, so I cut my vellum strip to the minimum I needed for my beautiful, hand-lettered die cut sentiment, which was cut 3 times and glued together so that it would stand out a bit more.

I also couldn't bear to cut the panel down much, so I added a narrow mat of gold and then a adhered that black cardbase just barely peeking out.

I used: