Card Design: A Christmas Card using San's Design

Hello my dear peeps.  I hope that you are all well on this fine Wednesday morning.  It is time to showcase another card using one of San's great images.  

 

Part of this card you have seen before, as the front was entered into the last Lady Anne's Progressive Christmas Challenge.  On the front of that card, I used a freebie sentiment that I picked up quite awhile back as part of a set of Christmas sentiments.  Here is a refresher as to what the front of that card looked like...

 

Digital Image:

•  As mentioned in the original post, the image of the santa and tree is from Nana Vic Digitals. It was coloured with Copic Markers and I used glitter glue to highlight certain areas.

Digital Sentiment:

•  As mentioned earlier, the sentiment is from San.  I love this circular sentiment.  The snowflake is really cool and the stitching around the edge of the circle adds a nice touch to the overall design.  I also like how the snowflake extends past the inner circle.  I used chalk to colour up the snowflake; although, it is a bit faint in the picture.
• I used my Cricut machine to cut a snowflake shape to sit in behind the sentiment. 

Embellishments:

•  The large half 'pearls' are Crafts brand from Dollarama.

INSIDE

Digital Image:

• This funky little snowman is a recent release over at San's Design.  It was part of the 'Christmas in July' release from just last month.  I love this cute little snowman and was glad to get a chance to use him on my card.  It was coloured with Copic Markers.  Snow/snowman/flakes: Colourless Blender, BG 70, BG 72.  I used the palette method to soften the difference between the colours.  Stick arms:  E31, E33, E39.  Birds:  R20, R22, R24, W3.  Lantern:  B21, B24, Y 21, Y23.
• If you are interested in purchasing this image, please click on the watermark below and it will take you to its location in the store.

Digital Sentiment:

• One I created for the holidays last Christmas.  You can find it HERE if you'd like to grab it.  It comes in two different styles and four different colours for each of the styles.

Embellishments:

• The metallic snowflakes are from a stash I got from my momma so I'm afraid I don't know where they came from.

 

OVERALL

Paper Products:

• Card base: Michael's Recollection's Cardstock, white.
• Designer Paper: Christmas paper and dotted paper (front & inside)-- Recollection's All Seasons Paper Pad.
• Shimmery white cardstock (matting behind dotted paper, front & inside) along with the red paper used as matting in behind images/sentiments (front & inside)--Michael's open stock scrapbook paper.

Cricut Cartridge:

• I used Elegant Edges to create the snowflake backdrop used in behind the sentiment on the front of the card.

I hope that you have liked these fabulous images from San.  She really does have some wonderful digis and if you haven't been by the blog or shop in awhile, now is a great time to visit.  You never know what little gems you may find.

Your place to go for amazing digital designs and card inspiration! You can also find San's Design on Facebook.  Click HERE 

to go there now. 

 

 

Well that is it for this post.  I'm so glad you had a chance to stop by. 

 May your day be filled with sparkles and sunshine!

 

Until next time,

 

Card Design: Lady Anne's Progressive Christmas Challenge #7-Second Card

Hello all my lovely friends, followers and readers!  Thank you so much for all your many well wishes during the last few days as I battle this virus that has invaded my system.  Today, the vice around my head isn't quite so tight, I now feel like I'm gargling sand instead of glass and it no longer feel like I am going to cough up a lung.  Unfortunately, or fortunately in the case of my husband, I haven't had a voice for three days now.  I am also still very tired and extremely weak.  However, all that being said, I do believe that I'm starting the climb back up hill into wellness.  It has been almost two weeks since my husband first got sick and he is still feeling the lingering effects, so I know this will not disappear over night and that I'll be going back and forth in my journey to recovery.  It is just nice to be able to sit upright for a little longer.

Now I had to come online tonight because I MUST get my second card uploaded into the Lady Anne's Progressive Christmas Challenge. Once again though, I will simply be providing just the basics and only the front of the card and will post the details and the inside when I am feeling better.

Our lovely sponsor for this month is Nana Vic Digitals.  This is what I have come up with for my second card...

The sentiment is from San's Design.

Here is a closer look at Santa in all his sparkly goodness...

So, another Christmas card complete and just in time for uploading it.  I'll be back as soon as I can with all the details.   

Until next time,

Card Design: Lady Anne's Progressive Christmas Challenge #7-First Card

Hello <cough> and a happy Sunday<sniffle, sniffle> evening to you all!  Yup, that's right, I'm sick!  My body is no longer able to fight off the virus that the hubs brought home with him about a week & half ago. I feel like I've gargled glass, there is so much pressure in my head and neck I'm afraid they might just explode, it's a struggle to breath which is not good when you have asthma, and I won't even get into how much my body aches so much more than usual.  Unfortunately, challenges don't stop just because we are sick and as much as I am able to I will try and fulfill as many of my obligations this week as possible.  However, I can't guarantee they'll all get done.  It doesn't help that we are experiencing Internet connection problems AGAIN.

Given my situation, I'm afraid that I won't be able to provide near the level of detail that I normally would as staying upright over the keyboard itself is a miraculous feat at the moment.  Now if there is one card this week I'd have liked to talk to you about, it is most definitely this one; so, I have decided that I am going to blog about it again just as soon as I am able.  I had thought I'd just come and add the details to this post, but odds are no one would come back to see it, so I'll just repost it when I am feeling better.

This card is for for the Lady Anne's Progressive Christmas Challenge. The sponsor this month is Nana Vic Digitals.

I'm just going to show the front and then keep the inside for when I get a chance to get into all my card details.

So, there it.  I do believe this is my favourite Christmas card so far.  I'll be back as soon as I can with all the details.  

Edit on December 8th/2013...
Challenge I am entering:
 http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com.au/ -- Christmas and New Year.  The challenge blog states, and I quote, "For this challenge only: you may link up your favorites 'past'.Yep, that's right...new projects or old projects...your choice!"
Since this is my favourite Christmas themed card this year so far, I'm going ahead and linking it.

Don't worry about me though.  In the time honoured words of King Solomon, "This too shall pass".  With lots of fluids, rest, echinacea and zinc lozenges I'll be on the road to recovery very soon--well that is what I keep telling myself anyways.

Until next time,