not surprisingly, the sketch is terrific, and will immediately give you a ZILLION ideas:
see? told you!!! :) i nearly ran rings around myself logically, from having so many good vibes off that thing! finally, i found the best round element EVER--santa's sleigh against the full moon, taken from an old ideals magazine--and everything else fell into place:
(vintage: santa illustration; patterned paper: love elsie, my minds eye; chipboard coaster: gin-x; stickers: creative imaginations, 7 gypsies, love elsie, making memories, my minds eye; ribbon: pixie dust paperie; adhesives: tombow monorunner, uhu gluestick, 3m foam tape, gluedots, sewing machine)
my stack of stuff on the right is a whole bunch of different word-fetti's...many which are nearly old enough to also be called vintage; plus there's some pixie seam binding (my fave!) and an elderly chipboard "coaster" frame. since i had soooo many layers there, i somewhat stylized the accent on the left edge; instead of flowers or snowflakes i went with punched scallops, which i think/hope serves the same balancing purpose.
i'm sure you're planning to head on over to JINGLE BELLES to see allison's and stef's cards...so i won't bother to mention the deadline info (3-23 at 6pm)...or the little prize... :) :) :)
Beautiful xmas card you made!
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That's a great sketch and one incredible card from you Miss lauren ... Love Santa against the moon but those reindeer right across the card just make it perfect!
ReplyDeleteY'know - you keep using these great images from these old Ideals magazines, and I have a stack of 'em somewhere, so I'm thinking I need to go on a little search and start USING them instead of hoarding them - yours always look SO FABULOUS! The scalloped edges do "serve the purpose", like you're hoping (and beautifully, I might add), and your ruffled-up seam binding is perfection mixed in with your "word-fetti". Another great card, m'dear!
ReplyDeleteGreat card! Love the reindeer out of the circle like that. Neat-o!! :)
ReplyDeleteJust gorgeous! I adore your take on the sketch! PERFECT!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat sketch and fabulous sample, I gotta to run to my craft room now!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI think it's awesome that you used lots of text in that way! I would've struggled for *days* trying to think of what patterned paper/ribbon/bling to put there.
ReplyDeleteAnd, yes, the punched edge looks fabulous!
girl you are the "layer queen"!!!! LOVE how you made the sketch work for the fab image :)
ReplyDeleteok i see TONS of options in this sketch!! witch one to use??? :)
This might just be my favourite christmas card ever!!! Awesomely gorgeous :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, I adore that santa image!
ReplyDeleteLauren, the vintage Santa is a delight, and the reindeer flying over the music score is amazing! I have one storage box full of seam binding ribbon and use it on everything... so thumbs up on yours.
ReplyDeleteHave a happy day!
Super duper fun! Love the musical note paper and that Santa image rocks my world! I might have to try a horizontal one too!
ReplyDeleteabsolutely beautiful! I especially love all the wordfetti and ribbon embellishments. Way to make a card pop off the page.
ReplyDeleteI love your interpretation of the sketch with all the fun sentiments! I especially love how the image runs out of the circle!
ReplyDeleteYOU are the queen of fussy cutting...wowza!
ReplyDeleteI thought I had already commented on your card when you first posted the challenge, bad me!! Can I just say that I LOVE LOVE LOVE the sleigh with the reindeer coming across the card? The whole card is amazing but the sleigh and reindeer are my favs!!
ReplyDeleteLove all of the attention to detail cutting. The deer continuing beyond the image in the circle is fantastic. So nice!
ReplyDeletefabulous card, lauren! did you fussy cut that santa sleigh? fabulous take on the sketch. love the ruched ribbon and the layered pieces. just brilliant. thanks for sharing! *hugs* steph :)
ReplyDeleteWOW. I love the reindeer flying out of the moon. Very cool.
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