I have made a vintage Santa card for the month-long sketch challenge at the private Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group. They have a blog for inspiration, but the gallery of cards submitted for this sketch is over on Facebook. I always struggle to remember that's where we need to go to enter a card! Here is the sketch.
When I saw this I immediately thought of the cover image for a Pink Paislee 8X8 inch pad of printed cardstock that I have loved to use over the past decade. It was called City Sidewalks and I am down to my last three sheets, and the cover, which featured snippets of all the paper styles in the pad. So this card is a bit of a cheat because all the "brickwork layout" in the background was done for me!
The Santa and girl is a paper coaster I re-purposed here in a nod to the Peace on Earth Day challenge at Jingle Belles to create a holiday card that features re-cycled, re-used or up-cycled elements. A red ribbon and tiny ruby gems were accents. The sentiment seemed best stamped in red.
I have a modern version of this sketch card coming in a second post. Very different vibe!
2 comments:
what a perfectly fabulous way to use the packaging ... thanks so much for joining our Peace on EARTH Day at Jingle Belles.
Oh wow! Gorgeous card, that coaster is amazingly fab and you've done a brilliant version of the sketch, as well! So pleased you could join our Earth Day fun at Jingle Belles!
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