Monday 9 November 2015

A Christmas Card

Happy Monday everyone, I hope you had a great weekend, the weather has been pretty grey and wet where I am, so I tried to inject some shine in to it while in the craft room.




Today I want to share with you my entry to a few challenges and it all started with the Make the Day Special November Challenge.



I this is my first sketch challenge... So I would appreciate your comments. Below is the sketch provided by MTDS.


And here is my design, I have also entered these to a few others which are listed at the end of the post.




I used the Waffle Flower circle doily die to do a faux letterpress imprint on the background (very much inspired by the amazingly talented Jennifer McGuire). I also water coloured some watercolour cardstock with Scattered Straw and Mustard Seed Distress Ink and some homemade gold shimmer spray, then die cut the doily.

When I die cut the medium tag from the Sizzix framelit set for the tag element, I stretched the die cut to get a longer tag.




I Heat embossed Merry Christmas on to some acetate and vellum, cut those in to banners and attached them using a Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, I coloured the staples first with a Krylon Gold leafing pen.


Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you again soon...



Interested in the products I use? I have listed them below to make them easy for you to find, the links are just links (I am not affiliated with the shops)

I do shop at these places occasionally but I urge you to shop around for a good deal.


Make the Day Special Stamp Store: 
Waffle Flower Circle Doily Die
Mama Elephant Merry Greetings stamp set

Dovecraft Junior Fun Foam 8 sheets blacks and greys from The Range






Challenges entered:


13 comments :

  1. Oh, this is beautiful! I love all of the layered elements! Fabulous take on the sketch!

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    1. Thanks Leigh, wasn't sure how it would turn out but I'm really pleased with it.

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  2. Oh i love the softness the vellum on white and just the pop of gold goes perfectly together :) Thanks for playing at Make the day special stamp store.
    Kate xx

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  3. What a pretty card Emma and this is such a great take on the sketch. I love the softness of your vellum against the texture of the background and the embossing is so crisp!
    Thanks for sharing with us at HLS Christmas Challenge.
    Hugs
    Carol

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  4. Great card with a tag on it! Love the mostly white with the bit of gold! Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers.

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  5. Your card is so very pretty. Thanks so much for playing along at Happy Little Stampers.

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  6. Such a clever idea to use the doily die in the background as well as a focal point... beautiful soft colours too :)
    Thank you for playing along with our sketch challenge this month at Make the Day Special Stamp Store :) Jenny x

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  7. You've done the sketch proud. Beautiful soft card and love the layering! Thanks for playing with the Make The Day Special Stamp Store challenge x

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  8. This is so very elegant and stunning! A great use of the sketch! Thanks so much for joining the Happy Little Stampers November challenge.

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  9. Thanks for all the lovely comments everyone :)

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  10. quite simply...stunning! just beautiful! im swooning here! great work. thanks so much for playing along with us at Make the Day Special. jillx

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  11. This card is stunning!!! Love the doily & the gold embossed word. Thanks for sharing with us at CAS-UAL Chic!

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