Thanks for the early post, Allie and a great challenge! I had hoped to combine this with the HCE05 and had used a creative element to make my word. Daven had issued a challenge to use a photo in your card. So I 'made' my boys pose for my card and then had to ask them again as one is so tall, I couldn't get them both to fit in my frame! Oh JOY!!! One of them was not happy to smile again...betcha can't tell which one!!!
I photoshopped my image and used a sepia tone to compliment the wonderful clip art frame found in Memories of a Lifetime Christmas. I printed on Neenah smooth cream and then cut away the inside of the frame until I had it large enough to use with my pic. The card base is Brazzill one of the brown linens from the Christmas pack. The sentiment is a strip tease (Cosmo Cricket) which is cut in two. The first half is bordered with vintage red velvet and the other is where I got creative with my word and used an old fashioned pocket watch (image from Invoke Arts) for the word TIME. This was tucked into the edge of the frame. I added a snippet of velvet on the bottom and a Heidi Swapp red chipboard heart on the left side with CHRISTMAS EVE 2008 written on it with a Sakura puff pen.
How do you think I did? Come on a play in the Holiday Challenge Extravaganza...they are alot of fun! I hope Santa brought all you had on your list...it will be fun to see
everyone's new toys!
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Thu, Dec 25, 2008 @ 12:16 PM
Oh Susan, you have yourself a couple of handsome young men there! So glad you fit this into a challenge card today! Love your creativeness! Super card.......and young men! TFS :0)
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Fri, Dec 26, 2008 @ 5:01 AM
Fabulous card Susan, great combo for the challenges. What a great photo of your boys (they are very handsome!)I love all of the elements you have going on here!! Thanks for sharing!
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