Sunday, August 10, 2008

A Whiff of Christmas!



Good Sunday morning to you all! As you are reading this, I am on my way to Philadelphia w/ my hubby (no kids, no dogs, & no cats--yeehaw)!! We are really enjoying our downtime and I'm sooo looking forward to walking around the city and eating some great food. We love to eat good food and we love all kinds of food, so its always fun to find great, new restaurants in different places. Last night we went to a fondue restaurant and it was really fun, but I ate wayyy too much...will definitely have to walk all these calories off while we're away :) I will probably only have 1 more post for ya while I'm away, but I'll be back next Sunday with some new stuff and some pics for ya.




I got my new stamps from Katharina today for A Whiff of Joy (a great perk of getting to be a Guest Designer for her)--I just had to ink them up and share one project with you before my vacay. They are sooooo cute--I love them all---go check them out when you get a chance!!! I also love that she included some cute boy images in her stamps (his name is Charlie and hers is Charlotte). This particular image I used is called "Winter Charlotte w/ Cat"--ya know I'm always partial to stamp images w/ animal friends on them!! I used traditional holiday colors for this card--you can never go wrong with green & red, ya know!! I love this new dp from Imagnisce's "Snowy Jo" line, the colors are softer and the patterns are really nice.


This card is 5.5x5.x5" and I used SU always artichoke cs for the card base. I wanted to give Charlotte a scene to stand in front of, but I didn't want it to overpower her--so I stamped a Christmas tree from the SU set "Tis the Season" onto PTI's spring moss cs, then added liquid applique (heated to puff up) to the tree and ground. I also drew small snowflakes with an SU marker and then added diamond stickles to the snowflakes and on top of the liquid applique. Charlotte was colored with Copics and then diamond stickles were added to her hat trim and muff (I love my sparkles)! I cut her out and added to layers of dimensionals (one on top of the other) to really pop her up from the "scene".




The skinny piece of red cs was embossed with one of my CB embossing folders and then I wrapped some sheer white ribbon around it and tied off. The sentiment is from SU's set "Circle of Friendship" and layered onto cs that was punched out with my circle punches and scalloped nestabilities. I placed the sentiment on top of a red Prima flower and then layered with the scalloped circles and placed on top of the bow's knot. For a final touch I added 3 red dew drops to the top of the card--ta da!!!


I hope you like it and hope it gets ya in the Xmas spirit (at least for a few minutes, right)! Make sure and check out Katharina's stamps when ya get a chance. I will share more projects with these stamps when I return. Have a great week and see ya soon!!
Suzanne

16 comments:

  1. Suzanne I am always amazed by your work! You are so talented! I love EVERYTHING you make and hope to be a fraction as good as you some day! This card is so beautiful! I am going to go and check out the stamps right now!
    Hugs~ Kim

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  2. Woooow, beautiful christmas card!! Love the image, and you have coloured it perfect!:)
    Hugs, Camilla.

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  3. gorgeous card Suzanne, enjoy your hols
    Sharon

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  4. Such a cute card! You are one talented lady! I will def. look at your blog for more inspiration in the future.
    Hugs, Anki

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  5. fantastic christmas card:) love everything on it :)
    *Brocéliane*

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  6. oh susanne, this is beautiful, you have made a fantastic card, charlotte is so beautifully coloured. have a lovely break away with your husband. hugs rachxx

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  7. You did a fabulous coloring job on these Suzanne! WOW - I have to talk to you to find out how you did it. Have a wonderful and safe trip. Heidi

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  8. Hi Susanne!

    Katharina sent me over to see some of my stamps all colored in and Charlotte looks gorgeous! I especially love that little tree in the back as well!

    Alison

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  9. this is gorgeous Suzanne! Have a lovely time with your hubby. x

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  10. Each card is better than the last, if that's possible! Love your cards and coloring. Really beautiful.

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  11. This is stunning! I love how you showcased the beautiful WOJ stamp. Enjoy the rest of your trip. Jeanette

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  12. OMG! This is gorgeous! I absolutely love it! :)

    I'm leaving you some blog bling on my post tomorrow. Check it out any time after 12:01am CDT. :)

    Sarah

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  13. WOW! You do amazing work! This card is just the cutest!! Keep up the great work!! Hugs...

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  14. love the card and I left you an award on my blog!!!

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  15. LOve it! she is so bright and cheery and really does stand out! Hope you have a fun and safe trip :)

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  16. beautiful card to christmas !!!

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I appreciate all your lovely comments and taking the time to stop by! hugz,Suzanne

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