Dasher in August... what next?

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Dasher in August... what next?

Good morning all! Oh today it is so hard to get going...coffee is not even helping! Fortunately, I made this card last night since I had some extra time on my hands. I should have done the words as well but I had a great idea for my next project and I had to get on it while I still remembered the details!

My sister suggested I say the following:
"well, It's Wednesday and here is my card."

Something tells me I can't take that easy route though! It is not often that I am without something to say- ask my Mom, she used to pay me a quarter for 5 minutes of quiet!

Anywhatsit! Today's card theme comes from The Crazy Challenge- they are urging us to get busy with our Christmas/Holiday cards now so that we are not running around like loons in December trying to get everything done! Aren't they sweet? One down, 79 to go...<smirk>!
These lovely colors come from the Split Coast clean and simple challenge. Crumb cake, Turquoise and White. Very refreshing colors and together I think they are wonderful for Christmas.

Now Paper Take Weekly and Spoonful of Sugar were feeling the same vibe this week and each had a 3-2-1 recipe challenge. Paper Take made it really simple and let us choose what our ingredients were going to be, while the Spoonful crew got a bit more specific: 3 flowers , 2 buttons and 1 ribbon. Done! Since there are quite a few flowers on my card I am calling it to be 3 types of flowers- paper, buttons and embossed.

Last but not least- my starting point in fact, is this lovely sketch by the Sweet Stamping challenge group.

I did turn it on its side so I could fit my Dasher in without squishing him! I markered the greeting (from Seasonal Sentiments- a Holiday mini sneak peak!) and stamped it at the bottom of my white panel. I intentionally overlapped my two images to keep with the light feel I was going for- plus I think the antlers and the script really compliment each other. The white panel is actually Shimery White cs- one of my goals was to have a card with a lot of texture- this makes the card more of a holiday treat! (Think of how the tree looks with all the different ornaments and trinkets) Here is a close up so you can see how all those textures play together.