Saturday 6 December 2014

52CCT - Pick a Previous ....

...  Good morning!!!  Well, it's December now - only a few more weeks until Christmas day, but there's still time for one more card - or even two.  If you've been playing along with 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown since the beginning of the year, you have got a good stash of cards already.  But, just in case you need a few more, we've got a special challenge for you this month.  You can Pick a Previous Anything - colour, sketch, theme or recipe from our 2014 challenges - just click on the archive tabs. We have a sponsor this month - Deedee's Digis and the winner of the December challenge will get a fabulous prize from her.  I used her digi on this card:

Ugly & Bright - photo by Deborah Frings - Deborah's Gems

Stamps: Deedee's Digis - Ugly Sweaters; Simon Says Stamps - Sweater Words & Appliques; Winnie & Walter - The Big, The Bold and Merry
Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black; Stampin' Up! - Melon Mambo
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU Card - Melon Mambo; Cuttlebug EF - Winter Wonderland; Vellum; Clear Embossing Powder; Copic Markers


I decided to revisit the colours from our October challenge - I like these clear, fresh colours and thought they'd be perfect for some Christmas sweaters of the "ugly" variety!!!  I printed the sweaters onto plain white card, coloured them with Copic markers and cut them out.  I embossed some white card with bold snowflakes and ran a pink marker round the edge to give a fine outline of colour.  As I didn't want to hide too much of the front I stamped a fun sentiment on to some vellum.  On the inside I kept it really, really simple with a mat of bright pink and a bold greeting.

Ugly & Bright inside - photo by Deborah Frings - Deborah's Gems

Do check out our blog to see what challenges the rest of the team have decided to play along with.  You've got lots of time to play along - this challenge runs until 19th December - we'll be posting the winners at the end of December.  Do drop by later - I've got another card to share with you - but it's a secret :)  See you later!

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6 comments:

Karin M said...

Very cute!! Quite the rage right now .... too bad I did not keep a sweater from years ago!

Danielle Vincent said...

These sweaters are just too cute to really be ugly Deborah. LOVE them! Terrific embossed background too. Hugs D

Karin Åkesdotter said...

So CUTE!!!

Jacqueline said...

Not an ugly sweater in sight they are gorgeous - Jacqueline xx

Fabiola said...

trop bien Deb!! ils sont si chouette tes pulls, je les adore, je pense que je vais m'en trouver un comme ça pour les fêtes...biz

AlisonC said...

These are such fun and the colours are lovely.

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