Showing posts with label FarmQuestChristmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FarmQuestChristmas. Show all posts

Monday, December 8, 2025

Challenge #206 "Wrap It Up" using 3-2-1 Recipe "SomeThing, AnyThing, Everything" - Merry Christmas

This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble #205 "Wrap It Up" using our 3-2-1 Recipe "SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing" and Twisted Sister's Ribbon (Bow) optional twist... my comfort zone is not using ribbons, but Twisted Sister is allowing you to use a bow die cut, and that's just what I did. My 3-2-1 Recipe is 3 Layers, 2 Colors and 1-Sentiment or Image.   

You can also use our Sister Sketch Challenge for inspiration at Try a Sketch on Tuesday (TSOT Sketch #685) which starts on Nov 25th. I was inspired by the sketch but did not use it this time, but don't let that stop you from using their pretty sketch.

My son asked me to make a card for each of his Foster teens he was Christmas gifting this year through Kiwanis... and one of the gifts was to include a Gift Card of their preference. Suggested we make a card to serve two purposes, a card for their bag of gifts and a gift card holder. 

Two more cards were created as my daughter and I gifted two other teens in the same Foster home. We spent one night on the internet selecting gifts and finished it off with a shopping spree this past weekend, and of course enjoyed a breakfast and lunch together. 



Dusted off my Cricut and decided to do a snow sleigh with a bundle of gifts, a lot of piecing together. Using the Cricut saves a lot of time than running so many dies though the manual cutting machine.  The asembly for the first card took a little time; but once that was done the others went pretty fast.  Design papers were used for the packages and cardstock for the sleigh, bows and candy canes. The name of the teen was a typewriter font printed on plain paper and bordered with red cardstock. 
The background was a grey design paper from my stash.  

Here is a photo of two of the cards and a photo of the inside using the same sleigh and propped it up using 3D thin foam tape to make it a gift card holder and added one of the extra bows on the upper right-hand corner.   




Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble, have fun and let's "Wrap It Up" with our 3-2-1 Recipe "SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing" and play along with our optional twist and dare while earning additional chances to our random draw. Check out the Design Teams inspirations, optional twists and dare and let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

Then hop on over to our sister challenge,Try a Sketch On Tuesday #685 to check out the Design Teams inspiration, and you may want to consider using their sketch with our 3-2-1 recipe. 




Also submitted to the following challenges:  
Creatalicious Challenge - Optional Christmas with Traditional Colors 
I Spy With My Little Eye No. 32 "Something Festive for Christmas" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 
Design Papers 
     Scraps of retired CTMH patterned papers
Cardstock 
     Candy Apple, Black, Blue and White Daisy 
Die Cuts 
     Cricut Sleigh with Presents 
     Sentiment in Stash - Merry Christmas 
Other 
     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Saturday, October 7, 2023

FarmQuest Country Christmas Guest Designer "There's No Place Like Gnome"

I am so excited to be a Guest Designer for FarnQuest Country Christmas Challenge" for their opening Challenge #1 "Anything Goes Country Christmas". Here is my card using Sketch #38 from BYSHC (Build Your Stash Holiday Challenge) and the theme at Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #22 to include a Gnome along with Coffee theme.  




Using a black cardstock for border of the brick background was perfect for an outdoor affect. For the three of the four panels across the top used three Gnomes, sized, printed and cut with Brother Scan 'n Cut.  A second cut for each image using black cardstock was adhered to each image and used for the separation in sketch of each panel.  Images were colored with Copic brush pens using a variety of many colors.  The tree was stamped, fussy cut, die cut for shadow, colored with Copic and for the snow on the tree it was Gelly Roll "White" with Wink of Stella added. All images were adhered direct or using 3D thin foam tape.  

For the circle element I chose a snowflake die cut using colonial white for a closer match to the mortar between the bricks.  The sentiment panel was cut with the same background paper, stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with colonial white and adhered direct to background with two other snowflakes to the right.  Wink of Stella was added to all snowflakes and the sentiment panel.  

I was pleased with my interpretation of the sketch and hope you were too. Shortly the card be sent from my Gnome to another Gnome for Christmas.   

For the inside of card, I had a little piece of the brick wall paper left over and adhered to the bottom. 



Check out the DT cards at FarmQuest Country Christmas here and help celebrate their first challenge... hope to see you there.  

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 
ABC Christmas "T for 3 of a Kind"  (Gnomes and Snowflakes)


CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 
Design Papers 
     Authentique 6x6 "Classic Christmas" Brick Pattern
Cardstock 
     White Daisy, Colonial White and Black 
Stamps/Digitals 
     Tree Stamp - Hero Arts "Winter Time Fun" 

Design Bundles "Cute Santa Claus Gnomes". The images were pre-colored, but used Adobe PhotoShop and changed them to Black and White Images for my personal coloring. Not sure why, but the Gnomes were rotated and flipped horizontally and wasn't noticed until after coloring. Used Brother Scan'n Cut and also cut a black shadow for each image.  

Dies 
     Paper Smooches "Snow Flakes" 
Inks/Pens 
     Memento "Black" Ink 
     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 
     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) - Wide variety of different Colors
     Copic Multi-Liner "Black" 
Other 
     3D Thin Foam Tape 
     Zig "Wink of Stella" Clear Glitter
     Embossing Powder "White" with Versa Mark