Stretch Your Holiday Style: A Classy & Elegant Challenge

Oh my goodness but aren't we having a TON O' FUN in the Moxie Fab World this week? I'm absolutely loving using Mr. Linky to click onto your blogs/galleries to see your projects. So fun and exciting! (Don't forget to link back to the Moxie Fab World so your readers can see the other projects...and maybe even enter themselves!)

Is it hard to believe that we still have two more style challenges left to go in Holiday Cards & More Week? I mean, what more could there be? With clean and graphic, vintage and shabby chic, and fun and cute already explored, I guess that leaves classy and elegant with one mystery style left to go...


The cool thing is, Holiday Cards & More, Volume 4, has 164 pages of holiday projects from cards to gifts to ornaments to home decor to gift wrap in every style under the sun. Whatever your style, there's plenty to choose from. AND, now that you're s-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g your holiday style by creating projects for all the challenges this week--well, I'd say we just blew the door wide open on all the stylish possibilities!

Now friends, I'm going to glitz out on you here. For today we're talking about the style classy and elegant. Think tuxedo. Think evening gown. Think Oscar night. Patent leather, sequins, shiny stuff, up-dos, and manicures. Polished. That's it. This look is polished.

My friend Anabelle O'Malley has this look down to a "t":

Winter Wonderland Frame, p. 133

Moxie Fab Alert: The classy and elegant look has a bit o' the glamour in it. Notice the elegant background papers with their layered, complicated, yet clean-lined patterns. The contrasting colors (pink and green) are rich and warm. The rhinestones, pearls, and glittered accents add to the elegance, while the satin ribbon adds some traditional class.

Check out the classy and elegant in these two beautifully moxie fab projects:

Green Star Candle Wrap by Tristann Graves

Moxie Fab Alert: Again, there is a classically patterned paper in the background, the colors are rich, the ribbon is conservative and stately, the pattern inside the star is elegant, while the pearl accents provide just the right classy touch.

Elegant Happy New Year Card by Debbie Seyer

Moxie Fab Alert: This card has an excellent balance of class and elegance. It has clean lines, an elegant stamped pattern, a classic treatment of text, a refined color palette, and the crocheted trim adds a nice bit of texture to the mix.

You know the drill. If this is your style, then you are in your element. If not, then scoop up some courage, get out of your box, and launch yourself out of your comfort zone. It's time to put on the Ritz! Here's how:

1. Create a classy and elegant holiday card, gift wrap, ornament, home decor item, or paper crafted gift.
   
   
2. Upload a photo of your project to your blog, come back here and post the URL to your project (not your blog) in the Mr. Linky box below. Post a link to the Moxie Fab World in your blog's text to encourage your readers to see the other projects that have been linked.
   
   
3. If you don't have a blog, go to this Flickr gallery, upload your photo, and post the URL to your project (not the group) in the Mr. Linky box below.
   
   
4. Just for fun, upload your project to the World Card Making Day Website by clicking here. Your holiday card will become part of the worldwide celebration of the joy of making handmade cards just in time for the holiday card making season! Not only that, but it will also become eligible to win a few contests we've got up our sleeves!
   
   
5. Accomplish this task by midnight MDT on Monday, September 7 (that's Labor Day). 2 winning entries will be showcased on this blog on Wednesday, September 9 and will receive the papers from the Mistletoe & Co. collection from Pink Paislee:

Sing along with me now,

If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits,
Puttin' on the Ritz.

Glitzin' out,

~Cath

PS If you haven't had enough of me yet, I've got a sneak peek of some moxie fab ornaments from Holiday Cards & More over on Paper Crafts Connection--plus I'm giving away some Cornish Heritage Farm stamps--so click on over!