Wednesday, December 29, 2010

In time out over the holidays

Probably my most important Christmas project this year was the creation of some special cards for my kids' teachers and daycare staff. These men & women work so hard that I really wanted their cards to be extra special. With that in mind, I chose a set of images that I purchased from Mo's Digital Pencil Too and an idea that I scrap-lifted from one of Mo's faithful followers (whose name I unfortunately can't find so I can't give her credit).


I took all four images from Mo's Time Out set and merged them in Adobe Photoshop. This made for a long card so I ended up hand-making the envelopes as well. Both teachers are at the same school so I although the colouring of the images are similar, the cards themselves are very different in colour and paper. As usual all my colouring is done with Copics (including the brown ribbon on the first card - it started out as white) and the papers are from Basic Grey.

For the daycare I made a more elaborate card since it was being shared among a group of people. Instead of merging the images, I printed them off separately and made an accordian card with one image per panel. I decided to add one line of the song "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" on each panel because the words really go well with the "Time Out" images.





In making this card I was absolutely thrilled to find a metal slider/buckle with the words "Time Out" engraved (you can see it on the first panel). How perfect! Otherwise the embellishments are made with scrap paper, a bit of cord and ribbon.

Well, that's it for today. Hope you are all having a wonderful Christmas break.

Challenges:
All Sorts Challenge - anything goes
By the Cute and Girly - children
Christmas Cards All Year - Santa image or word (see final panel of last card)
Digital Tuesday - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - be thankful (thanks for hard work of teachers & daycare)
Crafts and Me - anything goes
Creative Belli Challenge - Christmas
Winter Wonderland - thank you (thanks for hard work of teachers & daycare)
Stamping Vacation - embellish with a buckle or slider
Top Tip Tuesday - get embellishing
Little Red Wagon - leftovers (the buckle/slider is leftover from an old embellishment pack; the borders on card #3 are all scraps)
Anything Goes Challenge - "C" is for "Christmas" and "Children"

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17 comments:

  1. DawnllDecember 29, 2010 at 2:18 PM

    Such a wonderful idea to share these fun cards. I am sure all the teachers appreciate the work of these.
    Thanks for joining us at Top Tip Tuesday this week.

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  2. DorcasDecember 29, 2010 at 2:38 PM

    What an awesome job! I love these little fellas from MO's and youve done a terrific job with them!

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  3. brendaDecember 29, 2010 at 11:43 PM

    Hi there

    I am thrilled you have joined in my "Free and Easy" theme at Allsorts this fortnight and confess to being astounded by the huge response - over 600 so far !

    I usually like to visit every entry and say a few words about their creations, but the sheer volume so far along with the holiday preparations we all have to juggle means this is a "copied and pasted" message, for which I apologise.

    Wishing you a very Happy New Year.

    B x

    Have you entered my new candy

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  4. downrightcraftyDecember 30, 2010 at 1:38 AM

    Great job on the thank you cards and just perfect for our challenge at Winter Wonderland this week
    Hugs and Happy New Year to you
    Kate xx

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  5. MerviDecember 30, 2010 at 5:02 AM

    Great card project, lovely!
    Thank you for playing with us
    at Papertake Weekly this special week,
    happy new year;-))m

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  6. coldwaters2December 30, 2010 at 7:52 PM

    Wow what a stunning selection of cards each and everyone is fabulous I have so enjoyed looking at these thank you for joining us at Digital Tuesday this week.
    Hugs
    Lorraine x

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  7. KarenJanuary 1, 2011 at 4:58 AM

    Mo Manning images are just THE best and ideal for so many cards. Your colouring is impressive too, your skills with the copics are amazing!
    Thanks
    Karen

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  8. DebraJanuary 1, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    Hi I love Mo's images too! I found you through Feline Playful, this is an amazing project! I am a new follower TFS

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  9. StephanieJanuary 1, 2011 at 12:23 PM

    Your cards are adorable. Great blog! Happy New Year. I am becoming a follower.

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  10. JuanitaJanuary 1, 2011 at 5:11 PM

    Great cards, those images are perfect for a teacher. The accordion fold card is my favorite, love the way you put the words to "Santa Cause Is Coming ToTown" on each panel. I'm a new follower from Feline Playful, can't wait to see more of your work.

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  11. TamiJanuary 1, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    Oh I love how you put all of those images together Hugs from the Feline playful blog share.

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  12. TrinaJanuary 1, 2011 at 8:13 PM

    Coming over from Feline Playful... I think that might have been Jak Heath. I like what you did with her idea and with the Santa Clause... card. Great stuff!

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  13. Joan ErvinJanuary 2, 2011 at 5:11 PM

    OMG, what adorable cards...your coloring is outstanding and I love all the cute details!!! thanks for playing in the Creative Belli challenge!!!

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  14. sueJanuary 3, 2011 at 10:28 AM

    so sorry ive not been round sooner,wow great entry thanks for joining us at anything goes x sue x

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  15. LynseyJanuary 3, 2011 at 1:25 PM

    Fantastic thank you card! Thanks for joining in the Winter Wonderland Challenge this week.
    Hugs Lynsey x

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  16. Maggie's CraftsJanuary 4, 2011 at 12:54 AM

    Great creation! Thank you for joining us at Top Tip Tuesday @ http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/

    Join us again today! There's a brilliant altered tin tutorial!!

    Maggie
    xx

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  17. DeannaJanuary 4, 2011 at 6:07 PM

    So cute!
    Thanks for playing!
    Dee - LRW

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