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Sunday, December 22, 2013

A Christmas Couple...

"Christmas Couple" was generously provided
 by Rick St Dennis for this challenge.
The house is decorated, shopping is done, packages wrapped and there's three more days till the DAY!  Time to dance, the Mr. and me!
Only thing not done are the cards...heavy sigh.  Too late for that, so from here on out gonna do New Year's cards.
This card was created for the "Anything Goes" Challenge at 613 Ave Create.  You can see all of the Design Team's variations on this theme along with the sponsor's prizes and the challenge rules HERE.






TECHNIQUE
[Note: specific information on supplies and sources 
will be found below under “Supplies”.]
The image was printed and then colored with Copics.  A rectangle was cut around the image allowing parts of the image to escape the box with fussy cutting.  It was elevated with foam tape & matted on dark green, again on white that had it's edges inked with Distress Inks and finally on the wonderful Nordic DP from Basic Grey.  The snowflakes were allowed to sit off the folded edge and the dark green ribbon and double bow balanced the composition.

This card should be eligible for the following 
CHALLENGES:
Simon Says Mon –Use a stamp
Parade Your Crafts #10 Christmas Crafts
Papertake Weekly – Last X-mas Card of the Year
Paper Shelter #141 – Anything Goes
Paper Pretties #289 – Let it snow, let it snow...
Delicious Doodles #67 – White Christmas
Basic Grey #110 – A/G [Nordic Holiday]
Sweet Pea Stampers – Christmas/ New Year
Pile it On #48 – P is for... [paper, people, passion]
LEJ Designs #84 – A/G
Clear it Out – Warm  Fuzzies + stash texture [ribbon & snowflakes]
OSAAT #194 – A/G
Sentimental Sunday #186 - Anything X-mas Goes"

SUPPLIES

IMAGES:  The focal image, "Christmas Couple", is from Rick St Dennis;  sentiments are by Mason-Row's pre-inked "Miniz" word stamps and then punched and matted with SU punches.
PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; DP is from Basic Grey's "Nordic Holiday" collection; solid green matting is from Paper Pizazz; base card & white CS from stash.

EMBELLISHMENTS: Snowflakes are punched with an EK Punch; ribbon is from stash and the double bow has been tied with the aid of a handmade gift from Barbara and Kenny P.  Kenny, at Barbara's bequest, handcrafted this beautiful Bow Tying Aid that has routered edges and holes drilled at perfect distances for card making.  It is sanded, varnished to a high luster and finished off with a cork bottom to keep it from sliding!!  Thank you both for the time and effort that went into this early Christmas present!

Thank you Barb and Kenny!












INKS: "Frayed Burlap" Distress inks was used on the edges of some of the matting; the images were printed on a Canon PIXMA printer & colored with Copics:






May you color with abandon, create wildly and always make what amuses you!

~ginny

18 comments:

  1. Stunning card love the design Happy Christmas Ginny to you and your family Ginny♥

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  2. Gorgeous card Ginny, just lovely, hugs xx

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  3. This is gorgeous! Love the image and your coloring is so pretty! Thank you for joining us at Parade Your Crafts.

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  4. A delightful and very joyful Christmas card Ginny. ....Santa and Mrs Claus look as though they are really enjoying the Christmas season as they dance right off this card .......fussy cutting parts of this image to escape has definitely given a sense of movement. What a wonderful early Christmas gift you have received ....judging by the beautiful bow on this card it's a gift you'll enjoy for a long time. Wishing you a very Happy Christmas .....and Ginny, may I take this opportunity to thank you for the pleasure I have enjoyed in your cards this year. Good luck in our extended challenge. Ingrid xx ( OSAAT Team )

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  5. Lovely card, such a sweet image and I love that snowflake border. Thanks for joining us for this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!

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  6. Thanks for sharing this fun card for The Sweet Pea Stampers 'Christmas/New Year' challenge - hope to see more of your lovely crafting soon - Hazel, Design Team - you could also enter this into my CHNC challenge extra for December - I'd love to see it there too. x

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  7. First off 'Merry Christmas'.... Thank you so much for joining in with the LEJ Designs Challenge No. 84 - Anything Goes.

    Oh WOW What a lovely card. I love that image and how you have coloured it in traditional colours. The layout of the card with the detailing and papers is perfect to make this a gorgeous Christmas Card. I love this.

    This is the last Challenge of the year, as well as the last 'weekly challenge'. As of the 7th January, we will be going to Monthly Challenges and I hope you will join in with plenty more of our challenges in 2014.

    <3 & Hugs
    Lisa xxxx LEJ DT Organiser

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  8. Hi Ginny, this is such a wonderfull Christmas card. I love that Santa and Mrs.Santa Claus are so deep in love.. lol.. Thank you for sharing your card at Sweet Pea Stampers "Christmas/Newyear". We wish you good luck and hope to see you again. Also we wish you a merry christmas and a crafty newyear! Sylvia, DT-Sweet Pea Stampers

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  9. Such a lovely card with a happy image. Great job on the coloring, amazing. Thank you for playing along this week at OSAAT. I sure hope to see you back again very soon. Good Luck in the challenge!!!

    TTFN,

    CraftyGirl OSAAT DT
    craftygirlcardsandcrafts.blogspot.com

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  10. love the image and fabulous colouring love the die-cut border-best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
    Carol x

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  11. Fabulous image and beautifully coloured, great sketch too, thanks for playing along with us at Clear it out for the texture challenge.

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  12. really sweet card :)
    Thank you for sharing with us at Delicious Doodles.
    Shelley ( DD DT)

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  13. Awww such a sweet holiday card! I love the image.
    Thanks for the inspiration.
    My best Christmas and new year wishes to you and your family.
    Anne Walker @
    http://messages.365greetings.com/holiday/new-year/new-year-wishes.html

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  14. Awwww! that image is adorable!! fabulous card :) Thank you for joining us this fortnight at OSAAT and good luck. Hugs

    NIKKI DT

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  15. What an adorable couple and card!!! Thanks for joining us at Sweet Pea Stampers this time and good luck in the drawing!!!

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  16. You have made a wonderful card here. Thanks for taking part in the Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge this fortnight of “Christmas/New Year” and best of luck. We hope to see you back again very soon. Best wishes, Kym, Sweet Pea Stampers Design Team xxx

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  17. What a beautiful Christmas card, love your design..Thank you for joining us at Sweet Pea Stamper and hoping you would like to join us again soon. Good luck in draw..Hugs Lozzy x

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  18. thanks for joining us at Pile it on... we have started a new challenge - please go and check it out!
    Kimberly DT

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Thank you so much for your comments!
~ginny