Saturday, August 11, 2012

Oh, Christmas Sketch

Yes, I said Christmas. I'm playing the current Jingle Belles Rock challenge, which is a sketch:

I combined it with the Just Add Ink challenge, which is Blue and Bling, and I made this:

I used a forgotten pack of My Mind's Eye Signature Christmas papers, and pulled out some mostly blue ones. The poinsettia stamps and dies are from Taylored Expressions. Ink is SU Buckeroo Blue (retired).  Misc blue and clear bling. I used a glitter pen that I thought was clear but may be silver to color the center and lines on the petals. Card base is SU Naturals White. It's the perfect not-white-white-but-not-cream for these papers.

As a bonus, I decided to put dimensional adhesive between each of the petal layers, just to ensure this will require additional postage to mail.

I think that's it for tonight. I'll go back in for more challenges tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by!

10 comments:

  1. OOooooooo, excellent card, Leslie! I love the colors on this, so soft and pretty! :)

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  2. Gorgeous MME goodness! This sketch just inspires MME ;)

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  3. Love your card and the sketch is great too. You did very well with putting the colors and patterns together, they look great!

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  4. Blew me away. So beautiful. The layering must be awesome in person. :-)

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  5. Leslie, your card has such a beautiful, rustic look. Great use of blues, and bling. Thanks for playing along with us at Just Add Ink this week!

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  6. My husband the mail carrier says thanks for making those lumpy cards to help keep the USPS in business :) ... love love love this beautiful blue ... those blue blooms are fantastic ... so very glad you joined us at jingle belles.

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  7. Those papers are lovely. Your blue and bling Christmas card is beautiful with that gorgeous flower! Thanks for joining us at Just Add Ink.

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  8. This is very pretty Leslie. Those papers are so soft & pretty and I love the poinsettia stamped in blue. Thanks for joining in with us at JAI this week.

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  9. holy ♥WOW♥ that is sooooooooo fabulous! i think i might have gasped a tiny bit... that layered poinsettia is astonishingly lovely; the blue palette is particularly great owing to that GREAT shade of (retired, of COURSE, lol!) ink and the PERFECT paper choice; and the bling adds such a wonderful finishing touch! ♥♥♥

    ps: is there a "dibs" list for december??? just asking... :)

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  10. Beautiful card Leslie! love your use of DSP and love the flower. Thanks so much for playing along with us at JAI this week.

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