Wednesday, December 18, 2013

The Twenty-Five Days of Christmas Day Eighteen

Hello Everyone!!

Welcome to Day Eighteen of The Twenty Five Days of Christmas!!
And Blog Candy!!

I will be sharing a different Christmas card every day from December 1st through December 25th.  On today's card, I stamped a cute elf and paper pieced her.  She is layered onto pretty papers. 







Materials:
Stamps: Pure Innocence -Elf Girl from My Favorite Things; Inner Elf Sentiment from My Sentiments Exactly.
Card Stock: Certainly Celery and Cherry Cobbler - Stampin’ Up; Solar White -Neenah.
Decorative Paper: Front Porch Mini Papers-Jenni Bolin Studios.
Ink: Tuxedo Black - Memento; Real Red - Stampin’ Up; Tea Dye Distress Ink - Ranger.
Embellishments: Certainly Celery Ribbon -Stampin’ Up; Lime Velvet Ribbon from Michaels Craft Stores; Leaf Green Baby Rick Rack (PC400) Wrights; Glitter Dome Stickers - Mark Richards.
Other: Copic Markers; Die Cut - Die Namics Designer Labels 4 from My Favorite Things.










Instructions:
  • Make the card base from Cherry Cobbler CS; layer with Certainly Celery CS and the Decorative Paper.  
  • On the Solar White CS stamp the Elf Girl with Tuxedo Black ink; color the face, hair, legs, and hands with Copic Markers. 
  • Paper Piece the Elf Girl:  Stamp the Elf Girl on two different Decorative papers.  Cut out hat, hat band, shoes, and coat; glue to the first stamped Elf Girl.  
  • Stamp Sentiment on Solar White CS; cut with die.  
  • Distress edges of both stamped pieces with Tea Dye ink.  
  • Add Elf and sentiment to card.  
  • Tie a bow in ribbons and glue to card.  Add rick rack and glitter Domes.






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See again tomorrow for day Nineteen!!  Don't forget to leave a comment for the blog candy!!! My Inner Elf card was published in the Autumn issue of Stampers' Sampler.  Hope you are having a great day!  Love ya.
Karen

2 comments:

  1. Ooooh all are lovel but l say you saved the best till last .....totally gorgeous card and image just love everything you have done with it ....Merry Chrismtas and a Happy New Year xx

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  2. I love the cherry cobbler and certainly celery!

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