DS78 & City Crafter Challenge #136

Happy Monday, y'all!  I trust that those of you who live right here in the United States had a wonderful, holiday weekend!  Ours was just right and packed with all kinds of activity.  I'll post pics tomorrow, but until then, I have a pretty, little, shabby number to share with you all.  Enjoy!

I started this card by trimming the bottom of a piece of vintage, advertisement, patterned paper with a strip of woodgrain, patterned paper; decking out their bottom left corner with a portion of a white, paper doily; ink distressing their edges with Tea Dye and Antique Linen inks; adhering them to the Pink Pirouette, cardstock, card face; and machine stitching, with white-threaded, zig-zag stitches, around their combined edges and, with white-threaded, straight stitches, the length of their connection.  I then stamped the top right corner, in Pretty ink Pink ink, with a fancy flourish; used a gelly roll pen to add a little shine; and finished it off with a trio of clear gemstones.

A length of pink, polka dot fabric was then wrapped, vertically, around the left half of the card face; tied, in a bow, near the top edge of the card face; and embellished with a pink button, laced with a couple of hemp twine bows, as well as a couple of snowflake charms.

The tree and girl silhouettes were then stamped, in Pretty in Pink ink, on ink distressed, Oatmeal, cardstock die cuts; glittered; and adhered, with foam tape, in their respective locations, near the base of the card face.  The right side of the tree was trimmed with a pink-framed label,which I stamped, in Jet Black ink, with "PEACE" and "JOY".  Finally, I hand cut a banner from vellum; stamped it, in Jet Black ink, with the "HANG A shining STAR UPON THE HIGHEST BOUGH" sentiment; and folded it, around the stamped, silhouette images, to create a banner.

Inspiration for this card came from Deconstructing Jen's Deconstructed Sketch No. 78...

and City Crafter Challenge Blog's Week #136.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Until tomorrow, have a fabulous start to your work weeks.  Hugs!

{Supplies & Tools}

Stamps: Iconic Christmas (Wplus9) Paper: Oatmeal (Wplus9); Pink Pirouette (SU); vintage advertisement (Jenni Bowlin); woodgrain & vellum (Paper Studio) Ink: Pretty in Pink (SU); Jet Black, Tea Dye, & Antique Linen (Ranger); Jet Black (StazOn) Other: white thread (Coats & Clark); sewing machine (Janome); Iconic Christmas die (Wplus9); Big Shot (Sizzix); pink polka dot fabric (JoAnn Fabrics); pink button & Dazzling Diamonds (SU); clear gemstones (Paper Studio); hemp twine (Creative Impressions); snowflake charms (Hobby Lobby); gelly roll pen (Sakura); pink framed label (Jenni Bowlin); foam tape (Scrapbook Adhesives); paper doily (Wilton)