Hello All, hope your weekend is going well. I’m in my happy place aka my craftroom today so you know I’m having a good time! I’m also back to making my favourite thing on the planet, a Christmas card! Would you believe I’m behind so far this year compared to others, but there’s plenty of time to rectify that. Famous last words, lol!
Do you like my little cutie? He’s called Milton with Poinsettia from Wild Rose Studios, although I’m exercising a little artistic liberty and colouring with flower blue instead of the more traditional red. I water coloured the image with distress inks, adding glossy accents to the flower centre and dropping in tiny blue seed beads, plus a sprinkling of glitter too. I added a snowflake brad before mounting onto scraps of blue and white card. All of the paper and card used was from the scrap box, including the water colour card Milton was stamped on, really trying hard to use up the bits! The plaid pattern is from a really old DCWV Christmas Stack and the silvery blue snowflake paper from a free download from somewhere ages ago. All paper and white card was edged with DI Tumbled Glass.
I made some bunting with buttons, embroidery floss, punched out snowflakes and a few gems. The sentiment is from a clear Penny Black set, cut out with a McGill tag punch and tied to the ribbon with some more embroidery floss. The LO is based on this sketch at Sketch And Stash, I wanted to make a gatefold card and this sketch worked particularly well for that:
Card Recipe:
- Card: The Paper Company card~ Canson Watercolour card
- DP: DCWV Christmas Stack ~ Free Digi download
- Stamps: Wild Rose Studio Milton with Poinsettia ~ Penny Black The Wonder clear set
- Ink: Memories Black Dye ink ~ Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters, Victorian Velvet, Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap & Vintage Photo ~ Memento Paris Dusk & Danube Blue
- Tools: McGill Tag punch ~ Marvy Uchida Snowflake punch
- Embellies: Ribbon & beads free from card magazine ~ Glossy Accents ~ Buttons & gems from Michaels ~ Embroidery Floss ~ JoAnn Snowflake brad ~ Martha Stewart Fine Glitter
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Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp ~ Animal Antics
ABC Christmas ~ A Bear plus “B’s”. My B’s are Blue, Brad, Buttons, Beads, Bunting and Bow
Sketch & Stash ~ Free Choice Sketch (plus very old and neglected scraps of paper and card)
Allsorts ~ Anything Goes
Pixies Crafty Snippets Challenge ~ Use Up Your Scraps
Winter Wonderland ~ Blue & White
The Stamp Man ~ Embellish It
Sparkles Christmas Challenge ~ Anything Goes
WOW, soooo cute that little bear, love those papers, colours perfect, Hugs May x x x x
Gorgeous card & love how you have used our sketch & made it into a gatefold card…fab idea!!
Oh & Thanks for displaying which sketch you have used!
Thanks for playing along at sketch n stash & good luck!!
hugs and xxx
Gemma
Wonderful card – I love it – I need to start on Christmas cards. I love this style of card – very nice!!
A beautiful card,
Thank you so much for entering our FREE & EASY challenge at ALLSORTS this week, good luck & hope you’ll join us again!
Hugz Fleur xXx
Coo Brenda – what a stunner! Love the colours and all the detail you’ve added, brilliant twist on the sketch and of course some more snippets used 🙂 Love it! Di xx
This is a lovely and different xmas card …love your take on the sketch …and the blue flower is clever touch.
Simply gorgeous Brenda. Milton is such a great bear xxx
gorgeous shades of blue and a perfect creation for our challenge this week at the Winter Wonderland
Hugs Kate xx
He’s adorable
aww this is gorgeous and so cute great take on the sketch and I love your colouring too thanks for joining us at sketch n stash hugs Jill xx
Awwwww! What a super cute, if cold, lickle bear you have here!!
Oh what a fab card hun, thanks for playing along at Winter Wonderland this week. Hugs Sxx
What a gorgeous card.
Such an adorable image and your papers look lovely too.
Thanks for joining in with Sketch N Stash.
lol Chrissie xx
Ahhhhh, soooo cute, love this sweet image, fab card. Thanks for joining us at Winter Wonderland.
xx
Love this card Brenda – you are so organised – you will certainly be ahead of a lot of other people so don’t think of those who are in front…
Hope you are well.
Paula x x x
Great card love the colours and how you have added the Beads to the centre of the flower too! Thanks for entering our Challenge at ABC Christmas challenge this time, see you soon! hugs Samantha :0)
PS you can enter as many times as you like we have no limit!!!
oooooooh so blue lol…. its my fave colour :)… a fantastic card… I love the take on the sketch too 🙂 the image is just soooooooo sweet isnt it… great colouring technique 🙂
Thanx for joining in with us over at Sketch N Stash… Good Luck 🙂
Hugz Angie xXx
Fabulous card!
thank you for joining in the fun at SCC for our *Anything Goes + Blog Hop * challenge
Hope you will join again soon
Good luck in the draw
Hugs Shaz x
Beautiful card – love the icy blue!
Thanks for playing at the ABC Christmas Challenge!
Apologies for the late comment…but I hope you’ll join in with our new challenge that started today! :0)
Helen x
Well I cant believe that I am commenting on a Christmas Card in February! but I must say it is a stunning card. Thankyou for entering this into the ALLSORTS CHALLENGE this week. Good Luck! Jo x
what a great take on the sketch, such a pretty card so glad you joined us at SNS this week
hugs
Hi,
Oh This is Absolutely Gorgeous!!!! Love the darling image, the dp, the colour scheme is just perfect. Love the layout and the embellishments. Coloured perfectly. Thanks for joining us at Sparkles Christmas Challenge Birthday Blog Hop and Good Luck. Hope to see you joining us again.
Hugs Jacqui xxx
A really stunning creation! The perfect card.