Weekend Sketch Challenge

I had so much going on this weekend and only a short time to stamp.  On Friday night, Andy had a ball game.  Thom was attending a concert so my father and I made the trip.  In the third quarter, Andy went up for a rebound and knocked knees with a player from the other team.  He fell hard on the floor and immediately started howling about his knee.  Three hours later and we know there are no bones broken; however, the ER recommended seeing a specialist to determine if there is "soft tissue damage".  He's played sports since his 7th grade year and now, in his senior year, we start having all manner of injuries.  Yuck!  I didn't get home until 2:30 a.m. and with the icy roads, it wasn't an easy trip home.  So, Saturday was one of those days where I just tried to recuperate emotionally and physically.

Long story short, admidst the wrapping, which I finally started on Sunday, and after all the ironing (which is the story of my life!), my hands and wrists are suffering mightily.  I decided I needed a quicky sketch challenge and I found Gretchen Barron's Weekend Sketch Challenge.

My card looks like this:

I do not notoriously use the diecuts that come in the Simply Scrapping Kits.  I'm not good with diecuts and one of my 2010 goals is to get better with using the complete kit. 

I started with a Chocolate Chip card base.  On a textured Old Olive layer, I added a strip of Real Red cardstock, which I scalloped on the bottom and pierced both the top and bottom.  I added a strip of the striped DSP from the kit and at the top of the DSP, underneath the piercing, I added a strip of 1/4" Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon.

I peeled off one of the large ornament die cuts and added dimensionals to the back, punched a small hole with my Crop-A-Dile and added gold cord.  I layered this onto the Old Olive layer and adhered it to the base card.

My final step was to use my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to stamp "Merry Christmas" from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Chocolate Chip ink above the Real Red layer.

For as quickly as this came together, I'm happy with it.  And since I was able to make this card from the kit and scraps I had left inside the kit, it came together in less than 10 minutes.  For me...that's an accomplishment!

Hope you are getting your To Do lists accomplished and are planning to have a fabulous Christmas!  See you later this week!

Comments

[Selene Kempton]

This is stunning! I love that there's no stamping!

[Becky Clawson]

Tami, This card is cute and simple right up my alley! I am envious you did it in ten minutes though! You are a paper crafting super star! Hope you had a great Christmas!