Friday, September 21, 2012

Merry Monday (On Friday)

Hello all,
 
It's been a bit since my last post, but I assure you...I have been crafting!  ha ha ha..I have just been quite busy with family life and my crafting stuff.  I have quite a few things coming up in the next bit.  Last week I had my Stampin Card Club.  This sunday I have my first christmas stamp camp!  I'm super stoked about it!!  I think maybe one or two of the cards have been shown already...but there are definitely a few that I haven't shown yet!  Then on monday night I have the 4th meeting of Scrapbook Club!  Yay!!  September's Layout is absolutely adorable if I do say so myself!  ha ha ha...I absolutely love it!!  So stay tuned for that one!!  Anyways, onto my post for today!  ha ha ha...This is a card that I might use in my second wave of Christmas Stamp camp!  I am sure that I will learn a lot at this stamp camp in terms of what works and what doesn't...but I love love love this card!  I used some unconventional christmas colours to get a bit of a vintage feel.  But Pool Party has got to be one of the best colours for christmas cards (outside of the usual green/red and white).  I just love that colour!  I hope some day it makes it into one of the main colour groups!
Recipe:
Stamps: Polar Party, More Merry Messages.
Cardstock: Naturals White, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz (retired but is easily substituted with Certainly Celery), More Mustard.
Ink: Jet Black Staz on, Soft Suede, Pool Party; Pear Pizzazz marker, More Mustard marker, Sahara Sand marker, Bashful Blue marker.
Tools: SNAIL, Sticky Strip, Stampin' Dimensionals, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin' Sponges, Big Shot, Snowflakes EF.
Accessories: Linen Thread, Pool Party Seam binding, Smooch Spritz (the white one, can't remember the name of the top of my head).
 
My colouring style is sort of more is less.  I find that the more I try to colour in the more I colour outside the lines!  Sometimes I feel as if I need to go back to grade school to practice colouring in the lines again!!  ha ha ha...good thing I have a two year old to help me practice!!
I also used the smooch spritz and sprayed all over my image (the small white layer) once I was done colouring it.  It is hard to tell, but it is a subtle bit of shimmery goodness!! 
I used the Merry Monday Sketch for inspiration to get me started.  I love this challenge, and I am going to try and participate in this challenge regularly...that may be ambitious, so semi regularly at least...ha ha ha...oh i know myself too well!!  anyways, thanks for checking me out!  Love to hear your comments!!
 
Brenna
 
Submitted at: Merry Monday #33 - Sketch

7 comments:

  1. I hope you do find time to participate in Merry Monday challenges every week - at least till Christmas! I agree that the colors you chose lend themselves to a vintage feel. Very cute! I'm now following your blog and hope you'll choose to follow mine at http://goinovertheedge.blogspot.com.

    Hugs,

    Terry (FD)
    Merry Monday

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  2. Adorable card! Love those cute images. Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday.

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  3. Such a cute card! Love the image and your pretty bow!
    Thanks for playing along with us this week over at Merry Mondays! :)

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  4. Really cute take on the sketch...these little critters are adorable! Thanks for playing along and sharing this with us at Merry Monday!

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  5. That little penguin looks so excited to be getting a present from the Polar bear! LOL, what a fun card, Brenna! Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday!

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  6. Your card is so cute, that image is adorable. Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday this week.

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