It’s a Christmas Card TGIF Post.
And heck – before you know it, I’ll be mailing these cards out!
I love when I come across a sketch challenge, and it just speaks to me and a design comes so easily.
Such is the case with this week’s Freshly Made Sketches Challenge FMS#163. I just loved the design.
Whatchya think?
I’ve been itching to use my SU Joyful Christmas Poinsettia stamp (from last year) and also dying to do some water coloring. I wanted to do something different, and water coloring on newspaper print DSP was just the ticket to feed my creative Christmas card crazies for this week. 🙂
For this card done on SU Crumb Cake with Under the Tree Specialty DSP Paper, I heat embossed the poinsettia in white on the newsprint DSP, and then used my Koi Watercolors to paint it – not worrying about “staying in the lines.” A couple of pearl embellishments and a cheery pop of festive red with a cherry cobbler sheer linen bow finished it off.
I love it when an idea comes together easily. 🙂
So – anyone that follows my blog regularly is just dying to know the answers to yesterday’s Smart Ass Trivia questions – right? (Even though most of you “Smart Asses” figured them out already) 🙂
Well – How long did it take you to figure out the “What Am I” is a Tea Bag?
And the “Where Am I?” Well, that is the River Thames.
Wishing you all a joyous weekend!
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
the creative life in between 
Just love the card!
And Smart Ass looks like a fun game…I got the first answer right away, but the 2nd was more challenging…geography was not my best subject! 😉
Have a great day,
Char ❤
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aha – we are soul sistas my friend! Me too on the Smart Ass 🙂 Happy Friday!
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Pearls in Poinsettia! Perfect!
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Beautiful! Your Christmas Card recipients are going to be some very lucky people! I love seeing the cards you create and the fun food you make. Well, I JUST LOVE your blog!
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Really beautiful card. You come up with such professional looking ideas. You make me wish I took out my supplies and made cards for Christmas this year!
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What a sweet compliment Mandibelle! Thank you. Why don’t you make a few for some of the special people in your life. I bet they would love it! 🙂 Thanks for visiting and comment. Always makes my day to hear from folks 🙂
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I got a couple boxes of pretty little Papyrus cards this year but I plan to start making some for next year. Thanks for all the good ideas 🙂
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Love your bow! this card really caught my eye in the gallery!
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Thanks Laurie! I appreciate your comment!
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Your poinsettia looks amazing on the newsprint paper! Such a clever idea and a beautiful card. Thanks so much for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches.
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