Little do they know I have rolls and rolls of SU wrapping paper from when we sold it a few years ago. Each roll would wrap like 18 shirt boxes, so yeah, I have a bit of it on hand. Here's what I made, then I'll explain:
That star burst is from SU's Bursting With Joy, and is stamped in purple StazOn. I colored some bling with a purple Sharpie and added them to the "sky". I didn't intend for them to be in a circle, but ... whatever. And you should know by now that if I had intended for them to be in a circle, they wouldn't be.
The sentiment is from the SU Bright Hopes set (Holiday Mini - only 3 days left to order it!). I stamped it in Memento black, then I remembered it would never dry on glossy paper, so I clear-embossed it. Done!
Side note: I have a personal challenge for the Jingle Belles prompts this year: I hope to mix it up a little bit. And by "mix it up" I mean like using a skyline as a Christmas card. I may also make some tag sets instead of cards (if the Belles will allow me to do so). Who knows? But I DO know it's gonna be a fun ride, no matter what!
Oh, and the prompts are every other week now, so we have 2 weeks to do each one! This fits perfectly with my schedule. :) Won't you join us?
Thanks for stopping by!
your card and that paper are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteSo nice to meet you just found your beautiful blog and so happy I did. I have enjoyed looking around and I'm now following you, if you find a spare minute hope you visit me sometime and follow back so nice to meet new friends. Sending you special wishes for a wonderful New Year I’m looking forward to keeping in touch in 2012.
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Of course tags are allowed ... and thank you cards ... and whatever will make your next holiday easier ... love the cityscape ... I think it makes a very elegant & cosmopolitan holiday design ... so glad you're joining our Jingle Belles fun in 2012.
ReplyDeleteok first--tags are DEFINITELY allowed!!! as are fabulous and awesome silhouttes of glamorous city skylines! as are, for that matter, hanukkah, kwanzaa, new year & solstice cards... b/c whilst stef & i do both happen to celebrate xmas, we *say* holiday, and we do know there are many wintery options on that front!!!
ReplyDeletenow as for this amazing first entry of yours: holy ♥WOW♥!!! i loooooooove every single element of this: the city, the shining heart stamp, the gems, the greeting, the gorgeous giftwrap background... and then my very very FAVORITE bit is the way everything comes together to make a card that is DISTINCTLY (& gloriously!!!) original, but still very clearly (& beautifully!) xmassy! well done, missus!
i can already tell that 2012 is going to be your BEST YEAR YET!!! ♥♥♥♥♥
i think your skyline is perfect - It never occurred to me that it might be out of place until I read your post ;-) Skyline + starry night + sentiment - et voila! One gorgeous Christmas card. What a great start to the year!
ReplyDeleteFabulous card, love the skyline and the wrapping paper background. What a great idea doing tags too, I may join you with that idea.xxx
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I love that big city silhouette!
ReplyDeleteWell, I love this card! To me it looks very sophisticated. :)
ReplyDeleteOkay, now if I had that die cut on my desk, well first, I probably wouldn't be able to find it as there's chaos going on there, but if I could find it, I would definitely have to use it too! I love this, even the "circle" of purple stars. Great start and looking forward to you mixing it up!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the city line!!!!
ReplyDeleteso glad to see your playing along again this year as i LOVE your cards :)
This is one beautiful card! I love the city line and the non-traditional color scheme. Just perfect and congratulations on being selected this week.
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