Saturday, October 11, 2008

Warm and Cozy Christmas Card

I love this adorable image from Gina K Designs. It is one of the stamps in her new set called Warm and Cozy Christmas.

I stamped the little boy with Memento black ink and colored him with Prismacolor Pencils and Odorless mineral spirits. TIP: To create the "out of the box" design, I used a rectangle nestability die and positioned it over the stamped image. Then, I took a pencil and outlined the inside of the die, being careful to stop the line when I reached part of the image. After tracing the shape, I used my scissors to cut out the lines and the image that was left outside the lines.
This is a simple way to create a fun focal point of a card.

I embellished it with the Pure Luxury Holiday ribbon from Gina K Designs....you have to check out this ribbon---it is heavenly!
I also used an EK Success corner punch and some fun holiday paper from Making Memories. Here is a close up of the image:


You can see the coloring a bit better in this picture. I also added some icicle stickles to the ground to add a bit of sparkle to the snow.

The final detail is an embossed snowflake background.



Materials used: Warm and Cozy Christmas (Gina K Designs); ink-Memento Black, real red (SU!); Pure Luxury Holiday ribbon (Gina K Designs); Prismacolor pencils; Odorless Mineral Spirits; cardstock-red, white (Stampin' Up!); Making Memories designer paper-St. Nick collection; Stickles-icicle (Ranger); Curved corner punch (EK Success); Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Snowflake embossing folder (Provocraft); dimensionals (SU!).
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22 comments:

  1. Thank you for the tip, 'out of the box design'. Very cute card.

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  2. Cute card. I love how you layered it.

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  3. This is so delightful - love the out of the box tree and sparkly snow!
    hugs, Jami

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  4. Very Pretty~thanks for the easy directions for the out of the box design...I've tried a few different ways...why don't I think of these things! I'll try this one....

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  5. Oh my goodness Carolyn! That image is so sweet! Thanks for the tip using the nesties...way better than my ruler thing I had goin' on...haha!

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  6. What a cute card. I love the top left corner. TFS

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  7. It should say Penguin goes Christmas elegant! What a great card! Love how you clothed him!

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  8. Cammie, this card is beautiful. I love your coloring on the image and the out of the box design. The DP you used is perfect. This card doesn't just look Christmassy, if feels Christmassy.

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  9. I love this card!! Warm and Cozy Christmas is the perfect name for it!!..love the image, your coloring and way the out of box trees..Amazing!!

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  10. I love this card -- it's so cozy and homey! The corner is awesome!

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  11. Darling card Cam!! Love that sweet image, the embossing and your precious corner!!

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  12. Gorgeous! I love the out of the box tree!

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  13. Very sweet image and awesome coloring!

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  14. Gorgeous card...and your colouring is amazing :)

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  15. What a beautiful card, Cammie!! I love this little guy and all your layers are perfect with him!

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  16. Soooo gorgeous of course!!! I totally want to try that "outside the box" cutting!!!

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  17. Awww...so cute! I love the bit of sparkly snow on the ground!

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  18. What a sweet little guy he is!! :) Love the coloring and the texture in the BG!! TFS!

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