Saturday 6 June 2015

52CCT - Sketch ....

....  Hello!  It's time for our first challenge of the month at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown.  As it's the first Saturday of the month, it's our Sketch challenge.  I kept to the sketch, but if you need to flip it, turn it, feel free - but we must be able to see the sketch in your card.  Here's my take:

Making a List - photo by Deborah Frings - Deborah's Gems

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Santa's Coming to Town, Flurries, Opera Tags Christmas
Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black, Olympia Green; Stampin' Up! - Real Red, Certainly Celery
Dies: WMS - Stitched Tag, Folding Tag (Star)
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU DP - Real Red; Clear Embossing Powder; Ribbon; Washi Tape


I'm playing along with a couple of challenges with this card.  The colours come from this week's Colour Throwdown - CTD#345 (so perfect for a Christmas card).  And over at Jingle Belles - JB:15:12, the ladies would like us to make a card with a shaker or to feature Santa or both!!  As you can see I decided to make Santa the feature of my card, but on tags, not as a shaker.  I stamped some snowflakes and stars randomly over the base.  I die cut two tags, one red and the other white.  On the white tag I stamped a Santa silhouette and simple greeting.  The sentiment is actually a very dark green, although it looks black in the photo.  I heat embossed both images with clear powder.  I covered a scrap of white card with green Washi tape and die cut a little star for the tag.  I edged the tag with soft green ink.  I created the sentiment banners by adding two strips of Washi tape to the top of white card and then stamped the sentiment.  The bottom banner is covered with musical Washi.  I attached the tags with dimensional tape.  On the inside I cut a mat layer of red design paper and added a simple Christmas greeting on the white panel.

Making a List inside - photo by Deborah Frings - Deborah's GemsMaking a List Sq - photo by Deborah Frings - Deborah's Gems

Do visit the blog to check out what the rest of the team have made.  You've got plenty of time to join in - deadline for submission is midnight (BST) Friday 12th June (that's 7.00pm EDT).  Have fun! That's all for now - see you soon.

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12 comments:

SmilynStef said...

What a great Santa silhouette ... love how you used those colors ... so very glad you joined us at jingle belles.

Sue Lelli said...

DARLING! LOVE the silhouette and the tags! This would be great to mass produce! Hope all is well!

Fabiola said...

Oh la la Deboras, quelle charmante carte, cette silhouette est super et va à merveille avec ce sketch, biz

Tanja said...

love this classic Christmas card and especially the star-shaped hole in the tag

Barbara said...

Oh, I think that's the first Santa I've seen smoking a pipe! Lovely silhouette and great card, too!

Julie said...

What a great Santa card.
Julie T

Marianne said...

Such a fun card. Love how you've incoporated that fab Santa silhouette, the colours and the sketch into your design.

Monika/Buzsy said...

Amazing card Deborah. Love the double tag, the silhouette image, the strips... great use of the colors and nice take on the sketch. Thank you for playing along with us at The Color Throwdown this week.

Lori said...

Great holiday card design! Love that fabulous silhouette Santa image and how you used washi tape on your card. Thanks for joining us at The Color Throwdown!

Paper Lily Leaf said...

Great card, Deborah! I love all the fab details like the washi tape Xx

lauren bergold said...

what a great card, not to mention an impressive take on a few different challenges, especially our "shake it, santa baby" theme at JINGLE BELLES! :)

Patricia Hays said...

Nice job combining all the challenges!

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