Hello Friends!
I’m WAY early with this card design but you know how
your mind travels from one thing to another, to another, etc. Here is how it
went.
I was looking at elves in MFT’s Santa’s Elves set:
“You know if I turn that hand a
little I could have it holding something.”
“Hmmm what could he hold?”
“Santa’s List? No”
“Beer Mug? That could be funny.”
“OOOH a champagne glass!”
And a New Year’s card was born.
I mentioned before that I suck at sketch challenges. I’m kind
of a rule follower so deviating is hard. And starting out with a completed card
and then trying to fill it in works in opposition to my creative mojo.
But trying new things is how we become better designers. So I soldiered on with
MFT Sketch #251. I’m still miffed that I missed last weeks because I didn’t
post on time. (Deep breath, let it go…).
So where was I? Oh, yes, an elf holding a glass of
champagne. After going through my stash of MFT products I found everything I
needed including a champagne glass which I did have to trim down a bit.
The gold background is colored with Lindy’s Stamp Gang
Golden Sleigh Bells Magicals from the Jingle Bells collection. I used some
distress ink techniques to get the background looking blotchy and cool. It's hard to tell but it is beautiful and shimmery.
I colored the elf using the same Lindy’s Magical color and
for the black I used the Wink of Stella Black Glitter Brush Pen and water to pull out the color. I really like
how it turned out. The sparkle stayed in the depths. I was going to do some doodling and add a bow tie but felt
the little elf dude looked pretty sophisticated just like he was in his cute little turtleneck.
I stamped all of the black accents and words with Simon Says
Stamp black ink. I am really liking this ink. It gives a great crisp impression
every time. I created the tag the old fashioned way, meaning no die. LOL and
stamped it with a sentiment from MFT’s Hand Lettered Holiday set.
The checkboard was created using MFT’s Fine Check Background. First I stamped in Brilliance Gold Ink, then VersaMark Dazzle Champagne Ink, then embossed with Lindy’s Stamp Gang Sunrise Salmon Gold.
Check out this background texture! It looks like fabric. That
was created with the Spellbinders Fabric Weave Embossing Folder. It is
absolutely gorgeous on this black paper.
I finished up with some glitter enamel dots from my stash, a
piece of Pretty Pink Posh ribbon and some Glossy Accents on the buttons, the
bell, and to create bubbles floating up from the Champagne.
