Hi everyone! I’ve had a blast this busy Thursday morning showcasing my design team projects and I appreciate you hanging with me! A new challenge is live over at Gecko Galz and I’m super stoked to share my DT inspiration project for the November Jingle All The Way Customer Challenge!

I created a retro Christmas card in vintage colors featuring an i mage from Retro Christmas Collage Set as well as scrabble type letters from the Alter It Digital Collage Sheets, and I love how it turned out! I’m kind of vintage myself so anything retro really appeals to me, lol!

I sponged a tiny bit of Antique Linen distress ink on the image to distress it a bit, embellished the tree limbs and ornaments with glitter pen, and then layered it on burgundy paper and glitter paper. I created a layered element from a coordinating patterned paper and adhered it to the background, and then layered the image on that. I fussy cut individual scrabble type letters spelling “Season’s” and covered them with Glossy Accents for a little interest, and when they were dry I adhered them vertically under the edge of the image. I used a few glitter gumdrops along the opposite edge.

I decorated in the inside with a few leftover strips of gold, burgundy and patterned paper from the front, layered the panel, and then stamped a sentiment.

One more look… very charming if I say so myself! ;)

Proud to enter this vintage Christmas card into the following challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge: November Challenge
Digi Doodle Studios: #11 – Christmas/Winter
Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Very Vanilla cardstock, Stampin’ Up Gold Glimmer Paper, Echo Park Wise Men Still Seek Him 6×6 paper pad
Stamps: Gecko Galz Retro Christmas Collage Set and Alter It Digital Collage Sheets; Paper Smooches Holiday Cheer stamp set
Ink: Ranger Antique Linen Distress Ink, Memento Rich Cocoa ink, Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen, Spectrum Noir- IG8, Copic Black multi-liner pen
Accessories: Glossy Accents, YNS Gold Glitter Gumdrops, Tim Holtz Stamp Platform
I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up a Christmas project with us this month! We’d love to see what you create! And be sure to check out all the fun digital goodies at the Gecko Galz Etsy store! You will LOVE what you see! Thanks so much for stopping by and we’ll see you again soon! ;)
Scrappy hugs,
Beautiful card
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Beautiful card Leslie! Thanks for joining us at Digi doodle Studios!
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Beautiful card. Love the colours.
Thank you for entering our Challenge at Digi Doodle Studios http://digidoodlestudioschallengeblog.blogspot.com/
Regards
Mel DT
https://melgeecrafts.com/
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Ooo, I really like the vintage feel of this card, and the sepia tones you added with your inking really emphasise that! Lovely image and beautiful retro paper and design! Thank you so much for sharing this warm card with us at Digi Doodle Studios!
Linda
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