Thursday, February 17, 2011

Christmas elf

My quest to make a couple of Christmas cards each month continues. This card uses a sweet image from Mo's Digital Pencil along with an interesting folded frame that I found on a challenge site. You can find the tutorial here.
I used a double-sided paper from my scrap bin for the frame but the larger backing paper is from Basic Grey. If you were looking at the entire sheet, you would see that the letters Christmas are spelled out using lines of tiny text. Of course I wasn't thinking and cut the paper the wrong way so the lines of text are running vertically. Well, at least the text is so small that it isn't obvious!

After colouring the little elf, I added some white fun flock to the pom poms and hat brim. There are also some gold Stickles on the bell at the end of his hat. I contemplated adding Glossy Accents to the candy cane but decided against it because I worried that the shine would look too splashy for such a vintage/muted card.

I used a sketch from Pixie Cottage although I have to admit to leaving out the corner adornments. I tried a lot of different things but they all just looked too busy. Probably should have made the card square so that there would've been room. Even without, I quite like this card. It's simple but interesting. And the folded frame gives it great dimension.


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21 comments:

  1. Great card and wonderful image as well as papers! Thanks for playing at Fairy Fun Fridays! xox Trisha

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  2. Wow dear great interpretatio of the sketch, is do clever the way you used the paper!! Lovely image as well...
    thanks for joining us at the pixie cottage
    hugs
    sadia

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  3. Hi Shelley!

    Great to see you playing along with us on the ABC Christmas Challenge, lovely card! hope you can play again to help get your Christmas pile growing, hugs Samantha :0)

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  4. This is great Shelley!
    Love the foldback frame xx

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  5. adorable card Shelly, the image is very cute
    thanks for joining us at DYSU challenge this week

    hugs
    Miranda

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  6. Really lovely card and cute image. Love that fold back frame. Thanks for joining us at DYSU xx

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  7. Thank you for joining us at Catch the Bug with Bugaboo Stamps this week ! Great frame, love that folding !

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  8. This is just the cutest! Thanks for joining us at Do You Stack Up.

    -Wenche

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  9. that's great fun - pack it in with being way too organised ;-)

    kitten DYSU team

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  10. Beautiful Christmas card Shelley! Its great to do them so early because you can really take the time to add all the embellishments. But am I doing mine? take a guess, lol.
    Thank you for joining our Lots of DOTS challenge at DYSU. Please join us again!

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  11. this is just gorgoues such beautiful detail, bless you for playing at the pixie cottage this week,hugs cheryl xxxxxxx

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  12. You're life's not boring Shelley. . .Not when you fill with it with darling projects like this one. . .:D Thanks so much for participating in Catch the Bug’s A Different Kind of Fold challenge with Bugaboo Stamps! :D MWAH!

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  13. Super card!
    Thanks for playing in The Pixie Cottage :)

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  14. Such a precious card! Love your creative layout too!

    Thanks so much for joining us over at FFF this week and goodluck! :)

    x♥Tracey♥x
    FFF/DT for PFD

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  15. Very cute card and I love the open frame, it makes me feel that I am opening a gift. Thanks for joining us at FFF, we look forward to seeing your future creations.

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  16. You used the sketch perfectly !Thank you for sharing, and for joining us at The Pixie Cottage this week.
    Hugs
    Tanya

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  17. So cute! I have to get busy on some holiday cards myself! Thanks for joining us at The Pixie Cottage this week!

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  18. A great card. So glad you based it on our sketch. Gorgeous Christmas Colours.
    Thanks for joining us at the Pixie Cottage.
    Sharon xx

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  19. Awww...this is so cute!
    Thanks for joining us at the ABC Christmas Challenge!
    Helen x

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  20. Great card Shelley. Thanks for joining us over at Cards for Men and good luck with the challenge.

    Donna x

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  21. Great card. You have done a beautiful job of colouring and this is a fantastic take on that sketch. Thanks for joining us on the ABC Christmas Challenge. Carissa :)

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