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Saturday, October 8, 2011

Christmas card swap

Happy Saturday!  And to those of you in Canada, I hope you are enjoying your Thanksgiving weekend :-)
We have no big family dinners planned, but I am always happy to have an extra day off work....more time to craft!
Today I have a card front to share with you that I made for the swap (this was the first of 10!).  This was a challenging swap as I was trying to use all SU products, and on top of that, all SU products that are current, and I am quite happy with what I came up with:

The image is stamped in chocolate chip on vanilla card stock and a panel cut out using the Top Note die.  Then I added blue shading using the stamping pastels (I used a circle punch to mask the moon).    The ribbon I started off with was vanilla, and then I realized they retired/discontinued that, so I switched to Kraft (which is now renamed something or other, but at least still current).  The only real cheat was that I added a dab of red liquid pearls on the tip of the nose of the reindeer--oh well!  For the others I used a softer shading of the brown craft ink on the edges, and didn't distress the edges, less work, and I think it actually looks better without the distressing....maybe tomorrow I'll take a photo of a later one, this was my first "prototype" (actually, second, since I discarded the first deciding I didn't like it, sigh!).


7 comments:

  1. beaut Christmas card, love that great background, very cool!!!

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  2. Love it! Congrats on finishing an all SU swap. I don't think I could do that anymore. Dasher is one of my favourite a la carte images.

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  3. That is a gorgeous card Kristina!
    Hugs Kristel

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  4. Beautiful card Kristina! I love the distressed top note die and the cute little bow. Love how you masked the moon too. Hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving :)

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  5. This is so pretty! Love the distressed sky especially the way you did the moon.

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  6. wonderful card Kristina! You did a great job!

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  7. This has to be one of my favorite Christmas images. LOVE your design, colors and the background you created. Such a beautiful creation.

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