Inspiration: Mojo Monday #547
I was in the mood to play with my Distress embossing glazes and pair them with paper dolls, so I started coloring details on paper dolls while watching Tim's latest Facebook Live on replay. As of now, I have Fired Brick, Peeled Paint and Speckled Egg on hand, which happens to work very nicely for holidays card and to match Tim Holtz's Christmas papers (I have last year's stack on hand). So I colored six different paper dolls and today, I decided to start using them on projects. I used the always fabulous Mojo Monday sketch as my starting point and picked the little boy, as the size worked well to layer over the circle.
I prepared my patterned paper layers and then I tried cutting the little flagged tab myself. I wasn't liking the look and scale, so I decided to go through my Planner Essentials dies to see if I could find something that worked. I picked a tab from the collection #11, but the music elements from collection #12 also caught my eye. It's very subtle, but there are music notes on the background paper with the trees, so I thought I could use those music elements to layer. I die-cut two staves, initially thinking I'd use the second one on my envelope, but I ended up using them both on the card. I used black foil paper for the stave and red foil paper for the notes and clef. I used the overhang to fill in the space at the top of the card.
I wrapped Mossy Meadow cotton twine at left of the card and used gold metallic thread to add two little red jingle bells (which are the exact shade of red to match the papers). My card needed a sentiment to I went digging through my French stamps and had trouble finding something that was the right size to fit on the tab. I finally ended up using the "Happy Holidays" in a rectangle from the Christmas Gleaming stamp set, embossed in red glitter powder, and placing it underneath the little boy's feet to ground him. I used paper scraps and another paper doll to decorate a matching red metallic envelope.
I didn't expect to like the resulting card as much as I do. I do enjoy seeing what Tim Holtz comes out with and the project he shares, but I don't always find it easy to create with vintage elements. It just leaves me pleased when I manage to make it work.
Supplies
Stamps: Fêtes étincelantes (Christmas Gleaming - Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Smoky Slate, Red and Black Foil Paper (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers: 2020 Christmas (Tim Holtz for idea-ology)
Ink: VersaMark
Dies: Planner Essentials 10 and 11 (Elizabeth Craft Designs);
Circle Double Stitched (Art Impressions); Outside In Stitched Rectangles (Lawn Fawn)
Accessories: Peeled Paint Distress Embossing Glaze (Ranger);VersaMarker, Wonderful Gems,
Festive Farm Cotton Twine, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Jingle Bells (Stampin' Up!);
A2 Jupiter Metallic Envelope (envelopes.com); Antique Gold Metallic Thread (Altenew)
Such a fun card, Cindy! So glad you could play along!
Posted by: Julee Tilman | October 18, 2020 at 18:34