There are so many adorable Christmas images over at
Paper Nest Dolls that it's never hard to find one that you love to work with! For the
Challenge this month, I've chosen one of Christine's new digital images called Hot Cocoa Avery. Yes, that's right, She not only has Stamps but Digis also! Love them as you can adjust the images to suit your needs.
I had some paper that had red, swirled, embossed glittered accents on it--well it matched her gorgeous red Velvet? dress with the candy cane stockings so well. I matted her image with black to make it stand out then tucked in some snowflakes from the edge of a full 12 x 12 sheet underneath the Doll. Then I colored the light evening sky in some lavender hues, added spots of snow and made some snow drifts around her boots with white Flower Soft. I always finish the inside panel of my cards and this time I used one of my favorite papers-it looks just like a cable knit sweater-perfect for snowy days! I used a fairly large Christmas stamp-new this year that says Peace on Earth. I hope it warms someone special this year and sends them love.
Another Christmas Card from the wonderful digital world of Wendy Burns, resident artist at All Dressed Up. I love this image called Christmas Penguins, and they come with the sentiment. I had fun putting these layers together to make my card! First covered the card in a nighttime snowy sky paper-wrapped a candy cane grosgrain ribbon across the middle. Then I cut a wavy white cardstock paper, put down ribbon glue on it and covered the curves with Sugar Coating lily white glitter by Doodlebug. Really sparkles. I fancy cut the bottom part of the images and placed them on the wavy paper like they were walking across the snow. On the inside, I used a section of the snowflake paper that had Santa's sleigh on it, using a die cut stamped a sentiment on it. To cover up a little black smudge, I used 2 silver corner stickers on either side and loved the effect. Come on over to the ADU Challenge where it's always Anything goes with an ADU image--there's even freebies available! We want to be inspired by you!
