Inspiration: Inspired By #197 + Festive Friday #98 (jumper + jingle bells + red/green/gold)
I have wanted an ugly sweater stamp set for the longest time and I kept seeing some that were close but not quite what I wanted. When I saw the Ugly Sweater Party set from Photoplay, I decided this most closely resembled what I was hoping to find. I had been looking forward to pulling this set out, so the Festive Friday list was perfect timing with "jumper" being on it.
I stamped and colored my three sweaters with Copic markers, using colors that match the Ugly Christmas Sweater collection from Simple Stories. I cut a piece of heart-pattern paper for the card base using the Dotted Rectangle Stackables dies from Lawn Fawn. As I was looking through papers, I found a handmade envelope I had done a few weeks ago for another card and where I somehow had messed up the dimensions so the envelope was not the correct size for the card. I knew I could reuse it for another card, so I left it in my paper pack. I checked to see if it would work for this design and it seems like it would, so I made a 3¾" x 5¼" card base, added my patterned paper panel and then I was inspired to dig through my scraps to find my leftover gold frames from the Fine Frame cover die from Altenew.
I die-cut a cross stitched circle to mat one of the sweater, similar to the sketch and to break up the design a bit. I used a knit snowflake sticker for one of the smaller circles and the elf hat for the other smaller element and I added a sentiment banner at the top (that reads "our best wishes").
Supplies
Stamps: Voeux sincères (Stampin' Up!); Ugly Sweater Party (Photoplay)
Cardstock: Garden Green, Very Vanilla, Gold Foil Sheets (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers, Stickers: Ugly Christmas Sweater (Simple Stories)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Garden Green (Stampin' Up!)
Dies: Fine Frame Cover Die (Altenew); Dotted Rectangle Stackables,
Cross Stitched Circle Stackables (Lawn Fawn); Ugly Sweater Party (Photoplay);
Tailor Made Tags (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Mini Jingle Bells, Stampin' Dimensionals,
Envelope Punch Board (Stampin' Up!); Markers (Copic);
Christmas Fairy Crystals (Memory Box)
Cindy, I'm so happy you found your perfect ugly sweater set - and that your card made it to our gallery! Oh, I see our Sketch here!
I would totally wear that sweater on your envelope! lol
Thank you for playing along at Inspired By!
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Posted by: Michele F | November 29, 2021 at 08:25
These are too cute to be ugly!! Thanks for sharing your delightful card with us at IB, Cindy!
Posted by: Lisa Elton | November 29, 2021 at 21:48
Tooooo cute! I love how you interpreted the sketch and those sweaters are all kinds of fun and festive! Thank you for the inspiration @IB this week!
Posted by: danni reid | December 04, 2021 at 11:54
Oh, Cindy! This is such an adorable card! These sweaters are so much fun, and you have colored them perfectly. They work so well for our challenge this week at Festive Friday. I am so glad you shared with us!
Posted by: Ann Schach | December 05, 2021 at 22:57
Wow. I love this. It’s like we are at an Ugly Sweater Party with all the different ones!!!! Thank you for participating in the Festive Friday Challenge
Posted by: Diane Evans | December 05, 2021 at 23:44
What a great card and that little elf hat is so cute. Thank you for linking to the Festive Friday Challenge
Posted by: Helen Jennings | December 07, 2021 at 02:06
Oh I jusr LOVE this card. What a festive trio! I love the stitched hearts background you used and all the little details in the sweaters. Thanks so much for playing with us at Festive Friday!
Posted by: Stephanie Lanzalotto | December 09, 2021 at 08:12
Congratulations, Cindy! Your fabulous creation was selected as a Festive Fav over at the Festive Friday Challenge. Please hop over to the challenge blog to grab your winner’s badge for your blog. Thanks so much for joining us and I hope you will play along again soon!
Posted by: Stephanie Lanzalotto | December 12, 2021 at 11:54