Merry Christmas!

Happy Hump Day, friends! I hope your week is off to a great start! I made time in my studio yesterday afternoon to create a fun fold card for The Outlawz Challenges! I’m playing in the December Freebie/Progressive Challenge and we were gifted the adorable Gina Christmas Elf digital image from our sponsor, MoonFlower Digistamps. This is a center panel easel card done in traditional red and green Christmas colors! If you haven’t started on your Christmas cards yet, you better get crackin’ because it’ll be here before you know it!

I created the card base from Neenah Solar white cardstock and cut layering panels from some pretty coordinating Echo Park patterned papers. I colored the image with Prismacolor pencils, cut it with a stitched oval die and layered it on a slightly larger stitched oval die cut. I used my Snow Marker to give her hat and dress trim a little dimension. I love that stuff! The sentiments are computer-generated and I embellished the image and the card base with Eyelet Outlet bling.

Here’s an angled shot so you can see the simple construction. This is by far the easiest easel card I’ve ever created – and I’ve made quite a few over the years!

And one more look… folded flat for mailing. Such a fun card – and I absolutely love this image!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft: #12-2020 – Anything Goes
2. ABC Christmas Challenge: Y is for Your Favorite Things & Z is for Zzzzzzzz (sleeping image) (favorite things are fun folds, patterned paper and die cuts)
3. Classic Design Challenge: #12 – Anything Goes
4. Creative Inspirations: December Challenge – Ho! Ho! Ho!
5. Inkspirational Challenges: #227 – Photo Inspiration


Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Red Habanero 4×6 cardstock, GKD Fresh Asparagus cardstock, Echo Park A Perfect Christmas papers
Stamps: MoonFlower Digistamps Gina Christmas Elf digital image
Ink: Prismacolor pencils- Ginger Root, Cream, Peach, Light Peach, Olive Green, Crimson Red, Carmine Red, Light Cerulean Blue, Yellow Ochre, Golden Rod; Pentel Slicci Gold pen
Dies/Punches: Memory Box Stitched Oval Layers dies, My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle STAX dies
Accessories: Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Gemini Junior, Marvy Uchida Snow Marker, Eyelet Outlet white pearl bling strip, white pearls and pearl snowflakes

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and will come join us in The Outlawz Challenges! Lots of fun going on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,