Sunday, July 14, 2013

Christmas in July

Here's my card for this week's OWH Stars & Stamps sketch challenge #181.
I had no clue where to begin with this sketch until I pulled a beautiful paper pad out called Blissful Blizzard by Fancypants. I bought this last year and barely dug into it, and once I saw all the coordinating patterns and colors, I decided to make a Christmas card. I also altered the sketch to be a tall card. I used a piece of silver metallic card stock and a SU! ornament punch to create the ornament, then embossed it with a portion of a Tim Holtz Christmas ef. I tied it up with some silver cording and wine-colored satin ribbon, adding 3 very tiny silver star brads. The sentiment panel is from SU! More Merry Messages, embossed in silver and layered on Smoky Slate card stock and done on a SB ribbon tag diecut. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked this card after thinking I couldn't make the sketch work at all!



Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day!

Carol

14 comments:

Benzi said...

You made it work, for sure. I love your papers and that wonderful siver metallic was perfect to emboss the deer. Gorgeous card!

Unknown said...

Beautiful Carol!

jimlynn said...

Gorgeous!!! I looked at that sketch while ago and all I could think was "no way!!!) but you've nailed it! Love how you embossed the deer on the image! So very pretty.
Hope you had a good weekend.
Lynn

Lee Mae said...

Carol, your card is beautiful! I love the panel set across a vertical card - CASING that idea for sure! I am totally in love with the embossed ornament as well. Fantastic job with the sketch!

nwilliams6 said...

Wow! That embossed ornament is soooo pretty! This sketch is fabulous and you did a wonderful job with it. I am going to have to try the way you did the ornament - TFS. Hugz!

www.hokiecoyote.com said...

Very nice interpretation of the sketch.

Linda said...

Uber yummy with all the details! Love the ornament! WTG ion making the sketch work!

JD/ Jill said...

Wonderful job with the sketch with this fabulous card. So many neat details...Just lovely!

Nancy Keller said...

Oh my, I can see that this will be a great sketch to have around for Christmas cards! How lovely! I love how you flipped it up the tall-way, too. :)

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Just brilliant!

Donna Hanley said...

What a gorgeous outcome for this card. You are not the only one pleased with it. I love it. These colors go so well together. Love that ornament. Great paper choices. Enjoy your hot, humid week ahead.

Unknown said...

Beautiful card. Love the plush ribbon. Christmas time's a-comin'. :-)

Treva said...

Beautiful, pretty paper too!

Bonnie said...

The silver embossed ornament is so elegant, Carol! What wonderful paper!