Season's Greetings

Hello everyone. Today I am sharing with you my first challenge as a Design Team member with the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown crew. This month we are hosting a whole month long challenge to give everyone time with their families because as most of you would realize a lot happens in December. So the month long challenge is

December 2018 Challenge

so here is my card 

This was based on this sketch from March 2017 a link to the original challenge.

I used papers from Kasiercrafts Twig and Berry 6X6 paper pack. Then the sentiment panel I used a emphoria piece and cut a square from it and placed some Maroon paper behind to make a place for the sentiment stickers. And just because I couldn't leave it just as is I placed some colourful star stickers around the card and this finished it off.

Thanks for stopping by and looking at my project today. Why not consider playing along with our challenge you can either make a card to give this Christmas or get a jump start on next years bundle. And as always before you go I would like to leave you with this thought

The bottom picture is my reality for Christmas. I don't see snow unless it is in the form of hailstones and that can cause quite a bit of havoc. But most of the time on Christmas Day we are trying to find some place cool to escape the heat. 

Have a Happy Crafty Kind of Day,
👍 Tracy B

Refreshing Christmas

Hello everyone, I have mentioned before that Christmas in Australia is a lot different to the northern hemisphere. In Australia we are looking more for cold refreshing drinks than the warm eggnog type of drinks just because we are trying to stay hydrated in the warm/hot weather.

You may be wondering how or where the idea for this card came from … well it started with a sketch of course. I love to start with a sketch and this one if from Freshly Made Sketches. This is sketch #366

I have included my measurements with the sketch for those who may be interested. I do this for my own reference later if I decide to use this sketch again then I don't have to refigure out the dimensions. But as you can see my planning wasn't 100% on point today because I had planned for the straws to be pointing the same way as the sketch. And I added a little interest to the background by using a stencil from Scrapmatts and two distress inks. I used Faded Jeans and Broken China I thought that this looked a little like bubbles even though the stencil was named "New Cheese".

But I am happy with how the card came out despite the printing problem that I had. I am still going to enter this in for the design team call for Freshly Made Sketches. I would love to be on a team that deals in sketches as I love using them for my card creations.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my blog. And before you go I would like to leave you with this thought for the day

This is such a good way to look at things. Sometimes when you are in the middle of what you are going through you forget that there may be a way to improve things.

Have a Happy Crafty Adjustable Kind of Day,
❤ Tracy B

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