GDT Susie & Vikki's Christmas Club Challenge

How excited am I to be a Guest Designer this week over at Susie & Vikki's Christmas Club Challenge where there is a new themed challenge going on each Saturday. And what a novel idea to make a Christmas Card a week all year long to avoid the mad rush of Christmas Card construction on December 24th!! haha. (at least that's what i do)

This weeks theme is Christmas Stitching -Faux or Real. It's up to you. And this is my creation.

As previously discussed in my mother's day post......it was THIS card I was fighting with when my $14.00 mini-sewing machine decided to cough out it's last sputter. In the ol'garbagola she went, & out came my husband's "big guns"! Yup, he has a high tech sewing machine, that he is allowing me to use on my crafting addiction. What a great man ! So I was able to pull off some great stitching with his GREAT machine!!! That's alot of GREATS!!!

I am told this image is one done by Elisabeth Bell for Sugar Nellie called "Hug in a Mug". I chose this image specifically because of the stitching on her outfit....kinda suited the challenge, I'd say!

She was lotsa fun to color with colored pencils, baby oil & blending stumps!

I added some liquid applique to her jacket & sparkles to her scarf. One thing I learned about liquid applique; if you put it on & heat it up with a heat embossing tool you get a much 'poofier' look than if you let it set naturally, which is what I did with her jacket. Interesting huh?

Some die cutting, sponging, more stitching, stamping of the sentiment, punching it out, placing of some bling, ribbon & a flower just so............add a little bit of layering....

......and TA- DA!! Another Christmas Creation!

Also I must give credit where credit is due; in a couple spots.

Firstly-The ribbon technique along the side of my card (which someone commented as looking like lil snow balls), is a technique from the ladies over at Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings (man, do they have great ideas for ribbon- you gotta check them out). It was a technique used to create a flower, but I thought it would make a nice border.  

Secondly- my watermark is courtesy of Carla teaching me how to download Photoscape. I did not know how to make a watermark to save my life, but this program allowed me to make my own JUST LIKE THAT!!

 

Challenges for my card:

Fab's Big Christmas Cards Challenge- Cozy &/or inking

Winter Wonderland- see amid the winter's snow

Charisma Cardz Challenge- sweet treats

Sketch is Card Patterns- but I missed it