Monday, August 8, 2011

Shaped Christmas

This week over at the Jingle Belles Blog the challenge is to create a shaped Christmas card, and to not use the standard square or rectangle card.

I went into the challenge with a pretty positive attitude and lots of ideas going through my head. I was going to make a house using one of my Cricut cartridges, but I didnt like how that was turning out. Then I was going to make a snowglobe with a template I had but that wasnt going my way either. Finally I settled on this ornament shape but by this point I was SO frustrated and was wondering where the heck my Christmas mojo went.  The shape and the 'Merry Christmas' were both cut using the Joys of the Season cartridge and I used stickles on the top to make it look like a silver hanger. I then sponged the edge of the ornament with Real Red, just to give the edge a more defined look. I tried different embellishments on the card but it just didnt look right, so I figured what the heck, its a clean and simple look.

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6 comments:

  1. well, i am sorry about--and can totally relate to--the kerfuffle; but i think when your mojo returns he will emphatically agree with me that this is a ♥KNOCK OUT♥ of a shape card that does not need one single more thing b/c it's completely FAB*U*LOUS already!!! seriously!!! love it, miss lisa, well done! :)

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  2. Clean & simple works for me ... love those fun polka dots and the glitter of the silver ... so glad you joined our jingle belles fun.

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  3. Sometimes CAS is the best! Love the polka dot paper, and that font is SO FUN! Great card!

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  4. Clean and simple makes this a great card! so sweet with the stickles on the top and the bright red inking! I love the lettering you have used - that might be a Cricut cartridge I *need* to invest in :-) love it!

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  5. I like clean and simple, I don't do it well myself but I like to see it and this says FUN to me. I like the happy papers and the touches of bling and color!

    (btw, those other ideas sound really good, I can relate when our ideas and the realities of time are not cohesive!)

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  6. I don't think there is any need to anything further because this is the perfect ornament card. I love it! The Merry Christmas sentiment across the front is perfect.

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