Sweet Stampin' - Gingham

Happy Saturday everyone!  This is a scheduled post as I'm on a course today but I wanted to let you know about the new challenge which starts this morning over at Sweet Stampin'.

This week we'd like to see gingham on your creations, please.  I think most of us like gingham and even if you don't have any gingham DP in your stash, there are plenty available to download - Pink Petticoat has a great colour collection.

Anyway, here's my card.  I tried something new and I'm not entirely sure how successful I've been.  I've had a go at colouring on Kraft with my much neglected Prisma pencils.  I enjoyed doing the hair and stocking, but struggled with the skin. I just couldn't get the colour quite right, so if you have any advice, please let me know!

The image is one of my (many) new Magnolia Christmas stamps.  I know I've gone overboard with these, but I think it's my all-time favourite Maggie collection.  The holly is also a Magnolia stamp which has been coloured with pencils and cut out. I put some Glossy Accents on the berries to make them shine!   I gave the Tilda image a good dose of Glamour Dust on the fur trim of her stocking and used a MS PATP punch around the entire Kraft square. 

The sentiment is another Maggie  which I stamped onto Kraft card and cut out with a circle punch.  I distressed this a bit with some Walnut Stain ink.  The lovely paper is from the SEI paper pad; I wish there was more paper like this in it, as some of the designs I know I will never use, but so far I haven't managed to find a 12"x12" version of this paper.  The cotton lace is my last piece of this and I wish I could remember where I got it!

So, a fairly simple card but although I'm not completely happy with my colouring I do like the colour scheme.  In fact, I've bought Christmas decorations in this style although they won't be going up until the week we finish school.  But that will be here before we know it ...

Have a lovely weekend, everyone.

Hugs

Tracey xx