And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, and to love kindness
and mercy, and to humble yourself and walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8)

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Christmas Blessings

Hello friends!  Happy Saturday!  Now that December is here, the crunch to get ready for Christmas is on, and I have so many more Christmas cards yet to make...yikes!  Being short on time, I looked for an easy sample to make for this week's Sweet Stop Sketch.  I found this already colored Tilda on my desk and went from there.


Creative Nugget:  Since Tilda was already colored with copics, all I had to do was add a little twine to the candy cane and build my card base using the sketch.  The base of the card is Pure Linen Card stock.  Layered onto that is True Black and some lovely papers by My Mind's Eye.  I loved the text in the background and the sparkly red stripes that matched the sparkle on Tilda.  It's hard to see in the photo, but this card really shimmers!  The sentiment is from a wonderful sentiment set by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps called "Christmas Tags." Black hemp found in my stash and jute button twine were tied in a bow around the front of the card.  Some how ribbon just didn't seem to fit the style of the card.  That said, this card went together rather easily...hope you like it!

Now don't forget to check out the other samples by the talented Sugar Babies Team!  I don't know about you, but I think the talent on this design team is amazing!  The samples just keep getting better and better!

The Sugar Babies

Thanks for stopping by...Have a fabulous weekend!

Hugs,
Cathymac

Card Recipe
Stamps: Candy Cane Tilda (Magnolia), Christmas Tags (SNSS)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger)
Paper:  Pure Linen, True Black (PTI), Lost & Found Christmas (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories: Scallop Border Punch (Fiskars), Labels Twenty-Three, Nested Pennants, and Rectangle Nestie (Spellbinders), Diamond Stickles, Glossy Accents (Ranger), Hemp, Jute button Twine (PTI), Copic Markers
                                                                                                                                   

7 comments:

Kim O'Connell said...

Like it? No. Love it? YES!

Monika/Buzsy said...

Such a sweet card Cathy. Tilda is just darling and I love the coloring. The twine looks great! :o)

Aprilpzzl said...

How precious! Love all you did w this card.

Jennifer said...

This is fabulous! Love your twine and papers.

Shannon White said...

OMGoodness This is soo Darned Adorable Miss Cathy! Your Sweet Tilda is colored up so Fabulously! Love her she 's so Cute! And what a Darling touch with the bakers twine tied in a cute little bow around her candy cane! Just a Wonderful Christmas card!

Hop you had Fabulosu Weekend! 8-)

Hugs
Shannon
P.S...Thanks so much for yoru kind comments and well wishes. Our power and internet are finally back on! Yay! 8-)

Chrissy D said...

Sorry I am so late in commenting! I love how you cut out this image!!! Beautiful coloring and great job on this sketch!

Janice M said...

Cathy this is adorable and you colored her so beautifully!!