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.

And, don't forget the blog candy!!!!!!!

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See all the details about the Blog Candy on Day One post here.

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