Make this Jolly Pets Holiday Card
I have a sweet Christmas design to share with you featuring the Sweet Stockings Designer Series Paper, the Snowy White Velvet Sheets, the Cabin Dies, and the Holly Jolly Wishes Stamp set from Stampin’ Up!®
A Fond Farewell to As You See It
My card for you today is the last card that I will be sharing as an As You See It Designer for the As You See It Challenge Blog. I’ve been doing cards with the blog for years and can hardly even remember when I WASN’T part of this awesome design team!
It has been an incredible honour and a pleasure to be among those fantastic creators. Not only have I enjoyed designing some of the challenges and sharing my sample cards for them, but it is also a privilege to vote on our winners. I have to say, most times it is VERY difficult to pick my favourites.
In addition to sharing my card designs for each challenge, I also created the current graphics for the blog. Developing the digital graphics was a labour of love (there were days when I forgot to eat … or pee!). Many hours were spent working on the different challenge banners, the digital badges, the blog header, and the bio images, and I loved every minute of it! My ADHD hyperfocus superpower kicked into high gear during the process; 8 hours could easily fly by and it felt like only half an hour had passed! I suppose, in a small way, my graphic designs allow me to continue to be part of the blog.
The Theme Challenge
My design begins, of course, with an As You See It Challenge.
As designers, we take turns coming up with ideas for the challenges. This theme challenge is my own idea: pets.
Because I designed the base graphics for all the theme banners, I was able to take this graphic a bit further and make it my own. I think the animals are super cute, peeking their heads into the frame! Special attention was spent adding the splash of water for the fish to jump into the scene and bringing the turtle into the foreground. Since this is my last challenge on the As You See It Design Team, it seems fitting to be finishing with my own challenge, don’t you think!
The Card
I don’t have a lot of stamps that would fit into this theme, but I did have the Sweet Stockings Designer Series Paper. This paper is adorable with the various pets in their holiday poses. I fussy-cut the two furry festive friends from the patterned paper for my card!
The card base is Thick Basic White cardstock with a layer of the Sweet Stockings Designer Series Paper layered on the front. Stampin’ Dimensionals were used to layer the Granny Apply Green cardstock to the card. It is on this layer that all the fun happens!
I stamped the sentiment from the Holly Jolly Wishes stamp set with Versamark Ink on the Basic White cardstock and heat set it with White Embossing Powder and my Heat Tool. Then I used a Blending Brush and Pool party Ink to apply the colour to be boldest in the centre and softening to the edges. After wiping the excess ink off of the embossed sentiment, I tapped some water droplets over the inked area to create the spatter in the background.
Next, the Cabin Dies were used to cut the Snowy White Velvet Sheets. These pieces were layered on the card with glue dots for some subtle dimension. Then, I added the crazy Christmas canines with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The sequins are the perfect finishing touch to the wintery background!
I hope you like this card as much as I do! This is my last time to share a project as a designer for the As You See It Challenge Blog, so be sure to play along for this one!
