~ Don’t Be Elfish! ~
December 17th, 2009 by Holly McMillen
Good morning, Friends!
Well, we have eight days to finish up the Christmas shopping/crafting. Personally, I would like to be done NOW, but I still have a few small things to do. My New Year resolution is going to be to start these things earlier next year! (She said!).
Today I decided to get smart and combine projects. This week, There She Goes is hosting the Color Throwdown. The colors are: Always Artichoke, Cool Caribbean, Real Red and Kiwi Kiss. I also needed a gift card holder and Christmas card for my oldest son, so I combined the two and came up with this:
Now, I wish I could take credit for the adorable elf, but in truth, I cased it from MkMiracleMakers on SCS. I put mine on the front of a card (using yesterday’s sketch challenge again!). The face was made with the label 8 nesties. I used a slightly larger label 8 to create the hat. The nose is 1/2 of a tab punch. The ears are the medium oval punch with a little bit of one end snipped off to make it pointy :). The eyes are just several different sized circle punches and hole punches.
Here are my deets:
Stamps: There She Goes‘ Holiday Tags
Colors: GP White, Real Red, Cool Caribbean, Kiwi Kiss, Always Artichoke, Basic Black, Blush Blossom and dps
Ink: Real Red, Blush Blossom, Versamark, copics, black fine tip sharpie
Accessories: bling brad, circle punches, hole punches, oval punch, round tab punch, label 8 nesties, dimensionals, sticky tape, snowdots embossing folder, sponge
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Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a blessed day. Back to work for me!!
Hugs!
~Holly~
Love your cute elf, Holly! The striped paper is perfect! Happy holidays! We’re in a winter wonderland here in Alaska–we just received 17 inches of fresh fluffy snow!
OMGosh Holly, this is FABULOUS!!! Thanks for sharing, and for joining us for the Throwdown this week!
Holly, this is just precious!!! I love that elf and the fact that he’s a gift card holder! I’m SO glad you decided to play along with us at the Color Throwdown!!
Oh my word..This is the most adorable card. Just awesome.
This is fabulous, Holly!! Your sponging adds the perfect touches. What a fun gift card holder to receive 😀
I love the expression on the elf’s face! Too cute! It’s a great way to present a gift card too! Awesome job on the CTD!!
Wow!! This is insanely cute, Holly!! I love, love, love it!!
How funny & cute is this! Thanks for using our colors to make this adorable gift card holder! We love seeing what you come up with! I am SURE he’ll appreciate it, too!
oh my word this is too cute–I will have to give him a try!!
got him done–do you think I could bring him to life so that I could keep stamping and he could do my work for me?? I bet everyone would be making them then!!
This is adorable! What a fun way to give a gift card!