I had fun playing with a new SU! set called Delivering Cheer and came up with this card...
This set gives you the choice of stamping two different bottom halves of a woman's body, and then three choices for her upper half, so it's fun to mix and match! I stamped the bottom half in Smokey Slate ink and then stamped it again on a piece of red & gray dsp from SU!'s Peaceful Prints DSP package, and then fussy cut just the skirt and adhered it to the stamped layer. For the top half, I once again stamped the top half in Smokey Slate ink, and then stamped again on a piece of Smokey Slate cardstock, which I then fussy cut her coat and bottom part of her scarf and glued it to the stamped image. Then I stamped the upper image a third time on Real Red cardstock and fussy cut out just her mittens. I die cut the panel with Gina K's Master Layouts 2 and then die cut the matted layer from Smokey Slate cardstock. I decided to heat emboss my sentiment in silver on vellum so it didn't totally cover up my whole image (PTI's Rustic Wreath).
I used a piece of fun foam behind my 2 layers, and then attached to a white card base. I did add a bit of WOS to the greenery (that isn't green!) to add a bit of sparkle to this CAS and FUN card.
We would love to see YOU in our gallery with your CAS Christmas card using GRAY & RED, so check out all the great inspiration from our fabulous DT and also our Special GD Darnell, and get a head start on those Christmas cards! Christmas really will be here before you know it! You can check everything out right HERE to play along. Remember to keep your card CAS! This challenge is open till the 24th.
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I love how you played with this stamp set, Marcia! It looks like you had a lot of fun and it turned out beautifully! Thanks so much for giving us such a lovely color palette to play with for our Christmas cards ~ xx
ReplyDeleteWOW, this is fantastic! At first I didn't see the legs, it looked like a kind of Santa bag filled with the graynery (new word I just made up...not green, but gray!) Sorry that wasn't so funny,was it? Anyway, when I read your post, I had to scroll back up to see what you meant about a women's body!!! I think at first glance the vellum with the fabulous sentiment covered up the legs so I didn't focus on that! NOW I see it all and this made a wonderful CAS Christmas card! thank you for this fun challenge! Heart Hugs, Col
ReplyDeleteYou've dressed this deliverer of merriment in the prettiest of outfits! This is a fabulous CAS card, Marcia!
ReplyDeleteAll that paper piecing made you a fashion designer, Marcia. That plaid skirt is right in Christmas style.
ReplyDeleteDior couldn't have fashioned a more beautiful Christmas skirt, Marcia! Such a beautiful image! You've chosen the most wonderful colors this month... my brain is already working!
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This is such a fun idea Marcia and love the look with the lady's legs and wonderful paper pieced plaid skirt, and then the grey coat and scarf with coordinating red mittens, and of course carrying that enormous bunch of flowers, and the embossed sentiment on vellum goes perfectly. x
ReplyDeleteLove the beautiful red skirt and mittens - so festive! What a great contrast with the grey of the branches. Great layout with the vellum diagonal strip.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun stamp set that must be to play with - sort of like paper dolls! I love how you have dressed her and her bouquet in grays and reds, Marcia. The vellum embossed sediment banner and touch of winking add schparkle and finish it beautifully! Hugs, Darnell
ReplyDeleteI just adore this, so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great challenge, Marcia! Your paper piecing is awesome! Love the plaid coat and red mittens! A great idea to use vellum for the sentiment and not cover any of the fabulous design up!
ReplyDeleteYour card sure did send a cheer my way. A beautiful card with such creative paper piecing Marcia x.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colours you’ve chosen for the challenge. The mix and match stamp set is so cool and fun. Great job stamping, fussy cutting and paper piecing.
ReplyDeleteBeuatiful card with a really interesting stamp set. How cool that you can mix and match stamps to create lots of possibilities. LOVE what you have done with the red and gray, Marcia. Wonderful challenge, my friend. Thank you! xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely Gray & Red Christmas card, Marcia! I love all these well-thought-out elements on the front panel, such as the wonderful use of the dsp for the skirt, great fussy-cutting, and the translucent vellum sentiment strip! Thank you so much for hosting this great challenge, my friend!
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That stamp sounds like a fun set Marcia, bit like the paper dolls of old! The paper pieced skirt really pops, love how you've popped up and framed the main panel too, gorgeous way to use red and grey, Cathy x
ReplyDeleteGreat Challenge Marcia, I love this colour combo ♥
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun image you created - lots of fussy cutting but so worth it for this imaginative design Marcia - what a great challenge for us with these colors! sorry I'm late commenting - don't know where the time goes when I seemingly have nothing to do! xx
ReplyDeleteThis is adorable Marcia! I love her black and red plaid skirt, which you've pieced just perfectly. What a fabulous choice for your color challenge.
ReplyDeleteOh it's fabulous... I'd love to wear a skirt like that again...
ReplyDeleteI love that image and how you paper pieced it, Marcia - just amazing!! Thanks for the inspiration and fun challenge at CAS Christmas!!
ReplyDeleteLove your challenge theme & your beautifully fun & unique card!
ReplyDeleteThought I left a comment here, but must not have hit publish. Anyway, this is so unique & beautiful, Marcia! Love the color combo!
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