Jingle All The Way

Hi Everyone!

I’ve been a little under the weather so I missed posting on Monday. I probably won’t be posting 3 times a week as I won’t be able to keep up with that and trying to keep my craft room from blowing up. Seriously, it is sooooo trashed right now!

I stopped at Hobby Lobby to pick up a few Christmas picks for card photos and came across the cutest paper pad by The Paper Studio. I don’t use a lot of patterned paper and I have a ton of of it. But I had to have this pad. The charcoal black background in many of the sheets is so cool. I couldn't link to it because it wasn't on Hobby Lobby's site.

I created this card based on a My Favorited Things Sketch Challenge #250 but just now realized I missed the deadline. Darn It! Maybe I’ll use that same pad to make one for next weeks challenge. ):

You guys need to let me know how much detail you want me to go into on how I made the card. I really don't want to bore you with long posts.

I stamped the adorable dancing Santa from MFT's Jingle All The Way stamp set on watercolor paper and colored with Distress inks. I did not do the no line technique because I felt he really needed the black outline.

I stamped the sentiment from that same stamp set onto 40# vellum and attached it to the tag which I die cut using the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Duo 3 die and then created the banner bottom with a die set called Fishtail Banner Dies from a new company named Sunny Studio. I did a whole lot of die cutting and fussy cutting on this card.









To finish it off I added the ribbon bow and bell, sequins, snowflake confetti, Wink of Stella, and some glossy accents to the belt, boots, and thin inset black border.

I really like how this turned out. It is so unusual because of the coloring. I hope you enjoy it too! 

I'll leave you with a close up of the Santa because he makes me smile!

If you have any questions please leave me a comment.

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My Favorite Things JINGLE ALL THE WAY (SSS)	Pretty Pink Posh STITCHED DUO 3 (SSS)	Sunny Studio Fish Tail Banners (SS)	Simon Says Stamp FRAMES Dies (SSS)	Mama Elephant BASIC SET Dies (SSS)
Black & White Chevron Twill Ribbon (PPP)	Pretty Pink Posh Bells (PPP)	Pretty Pink Posh Sequins (PPP)	Lawn Fawn PEPPERMINT CORD (SSS)	VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Pad (AMZ)
Hero Arts EMBOSS UF CLEAR EMBOSSING POWDER (SSS)	Ellen Hudson Vellum 40# (EH)	Strathmore Hot Pressed Watercolor Paper, 5x7" (AMZ)	Wink of Stella Clear Brush Pen (AMZ)	Ranger Multi Medium Matte 0.5-Ounce (AMZ)
Ranger GLOSSY ACCENTS .5oz (SSS)	Precision Tip Applicator Bottle (AMZ)	Fiskars 12" SureCut Paper Trimmer (AMZ)

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Holiday Penguin

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 Good Monday Morning!

Today I’m posting my first Christmas card of the season. I am using the adorable Peeking Friends stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs. This is the same stamp set I used for the Fox card I made last week. Both images were water colored on Strathmore Hot Press watercolor paper.

I colored the penguin using Distress Inks and the No Line Coloring Method which I seem to be addicted to lately. My other addiction is shaker cards and for this one I used the Stitched Banner Duo 2 die from Pretty Pink Posh. I filled it with a bunch of confetti, seed beads and of course Pretty Pink Posh sequins that I mixed together myself.

I kept everything in a red and white theme to match this fun background paper from Papertrey Ink Sparkle & Shine Paper Collection. I used the matching stamp set to add the star bursts to the tag.

The greeting is from a set called Merry Greetings from Mama Elephant. How cool is that font?  Add a black Chevron ribbon, a couple of rhinestones, some Wink of Stella Clear and tada… A penguin holiday card fit for anyone on your holiday list. And if you did it in a different color scheme and popped a different hat on the penguin it could be a card for just about any occasion.

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Peeking Friends 4x6 Clearstamp Set	Sparkle & Shine Stamp Set	Mama Elephant Clear Stamp MERRY GREETINGS ME1310-046	Stitched Banner Duo 2	Sparkle & Shine Paper Collection
ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker	Strathmore WATERCOLOR PAPER 5.5x7 Ready Cut Sheets 140205

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