Hello and Happy Sunday to you! This week over at The Paper Players, the lovely and talented Jaydee has a sketch challenge for us. I started out with a few different ideas for this sketch, but ended up creating a fun Christmas card using the Santa’s Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper from the Stampin’ Up!® Holiday Catalog. I’m trying to make fall projects, but clearly have Christmas on my mind right now.
I think there was something about the diagonal line in the sketch that made me gravitate toward this paper. The white stripes in the paper have an awesome “fuzzy” texture as well. That adds so much extra detail to the card. There is also some of that same detail on Santa's hat. I do love a lot of texture on a card.
That’s why I also decided to add some Glimmer Paper snowflakes.
Full disclosure: the Santa’s Signpost Framelits actually cut out the images on the DSP, so that makes it super easy to add a fun image to your cards. I didn’t actually stamp and color the image, but that’s ok. Even though this was a “shortcut” you never would have guessed with how long it took me to put this card together. The bow was an element I fiddled with entirely too long, but in the end, made it work. I think. Gah!
I do have to say that Poppy Parade and Pool Party are a really fun holiday color combo! I really like non-traditional colors and this just makes me happy, along with that little pop of Basic Black.
I DID color the little stack of presents on the inside of the card, so I didn’t entirely make this a “stamp-free” card. Ha! Thanks for a fabulous sketch challenge this week, Jaydee. I sure hope you will join us and play along.
You can link up your project through Friday September 28th, 2018 at Noon PST.
All of the other details can be found over at The Paper Players
Please stop by and and show some love to the Design Team and please leave a comment here so I know that you visited today. I’ve listed all of the supplies I used to create this card below. You can click on any of the photos to shop in my online Stampin' Up!® store.
The Paper Players Design Team
Elizabeth Stewart
Have a fantastic day today!
-Anne Marie
Ps: Just thought I would share a fun photo from our yard. The anoles are all over the place back there and I especially love when they are hanging out in the palm trees.
Those tiny little “hands” are so cute! :)
Have a fantastic day today!
-Anne Marie
Ps: Just thought I would share a fun photo from our yard. The anoles are all over the place back there and I especially love when they are hanging out in the palm trees.
Those tiny little “hands” are so cute! :)
