Shana Gaff
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

First fall, now winter?

Well it doesn't feel like fall OR winter today, but I decided to make a Christmas card for the challenge at Merry Monday.  I'm not usually interested in making cards out of season lol but I really liked the idea of this challenge. You have to leave a comment on 3 of the other participants' cards, which I don't do too much since I do that on the three design teams that I'm on, so I thought it would be fun to look at some of the other entries. The challenge this week is a classic Christmas challenge that I paired with the challenges at Freshly Made Sketches and Stampin' Royalty, which is to add patterned paper.

I didn't realize until today how FEW Christmas stamp sets I have left!  The last catalog retirement really wiped me out!  I decided to use a new one that has yet to see ink from Tag It.  This was one of our Convention sets and I think I've mentioned before that I didn't care for it too much. Well, I think that is because I was trying to look at it as a SET, when in actuality all of the images are really stand-alone images for different occasions. Now that I have realized that, I actually do kind of like the set! lol Good thing, right?  Cuz I have it, so I might as well use it!
I kind of made my own DSP strip out of the Season of Style DSP stack. I cut some diagonal strips, adhered them to a scrap piece of cardstock and then cut the edges off.  The focal image is popped up on Dimensionals and looks much better in person when you can see the layers. Isn't Santa a cutie?!  This is the first Santa stamp I have EVER owned!  I used my markers to give him green eyes, black boots and a black belt buckle. I just love him!  OH, and I finally got to use my Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder for the first time this year. That is just one of those things that I can't seem to ever use on a card that isn't for Christmas. It is just TOO Christmasy for me to figure out how to like it on any other project. haha

Stamp Set: Tag It
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive
Tools: Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder, Ovals Collection Framelits, sponge
Accessories: Season of Style DSP pack, Dimensionals, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine

17 comments:

  1. Pretty Christmas card. Love how you made the DSP strip and the Santa is adorable.

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  2. I think this is an adorable Santa, Shana! And I love the way you did the DSP! Thanks so much for bringing this by to share at Merry Monday!

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  3. Congrats on your first Santa stamp! And you've done him proud on this fun, colorful card! Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches!

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  4. Great combination, Shana! Love the pieced papers and the way you worked the colors into the sketch, and this is the first sample I've seen where I actually like that particular Tag It image :)

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  5. What a little cutie this Santa is..and your "striped" DP is fun! Thanks for sharing it with us at the Merry Monday this week!

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  6. Adorable card Shana. Love your diagonal striped paper strip that you made - so clever!! Your little santa is so cute and I love the large twine bow. Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday! Loll xx

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  7. Awesome card! Love your color palette ! Great sketch card :)

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  8. Your card is super sweet. Love the little Santa.

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  9. Very pretty card Shana, this is such a cute image. Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday this week.

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  10. So cute! I love the crumb cake on crumb cake card. Really makes the Christmas colors pop!

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  11. I must get my head round Christmas too and start filling up my box. I love how your card looks like a pressie all wrapped up and ready with it's tag. Isn't he a smashing Santa? x

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  12. The strip of diagonal DSP's is awesome! Great job combining both challenges.

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  13. Too cute...what a sweet Christmas card.

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  14. This is adorable, Shana! Love the papers and that stamp image! Thank you for joining us at the Merry Monday Christmas Card Club Challenge!

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  15. Beautiful work. Great use of the patterned paper. I'm so glad you joined us at Stampin' Royalty this week!

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