Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Jingle Belles - SKETCH-ing Around the Christmas Tree


When I saw this sketch two weeks ago (yes, it was posted two weeks ago) I thought it would be pretty easy to put something together and started thinking about the possibilities.  Really, I did.  But then I decided I wasn't going to procrastinate getting my St. Patrick's Day project done, and told myself that it was a pretty sketch and it was going to be a one, two, three project.  It could wait.  And I should mention that I had developed this pain in my shoulder and my thumb and first finger were going numb.  So throw in a dr. visit, a physical therapy evaluation for a pinched nerve and now, twice weekly pt sessions after work. 

I finished the St. Paddy's project (more on that in another post) and thought some more on the sketch and got turned in another direction with a technique challenge that I saw that I wanted to try.  But I was still pondering the sketch.  


Then Rachel came home this weekend to wish her father a happy 60th birthday and, oops, oh yes, I had to make him a birthday card.  But I kept thinking about the sketch.  

I had a plan.  I knew what I needed. Problem was I just couldn't find it.  A die.  A very small die.  A pine bough die.  I should have started to look for it on Sunday when there was daylight up in the stamp cave.  But I had to finish the birthday card.

Monday was HWNSNBP's birthday and he was gracious enough to let me wander upstairs to continue to work on this card. You know looking for something often turns into rearranging and reorganizing and purging.  Some might call that productive procrastination, but as time flew by, the false joy I was feeling from that "productive procrastination" was quickly turning to frustration.   I gave up.  It would have to wait until the next day after pt.

Yesterday, I had exactly 10 mins to look for it between getting home to change and leaving for pt. Thankfully there was daylight.... in more ways than one.  I located the die I had in mind and was relishing in the fact that there were leftovers from the last time I used it and that would save time today when I actually started the card.   


I knew what colors I was using, they were going to be chocolate chip, garden green, and cream, with gold because I had this brown ribbon and gold-glittered wooden snowflake that I was going to use.  

Then I realized that the snowflake was way too large and it would cover up more of the tree than I wanted.  So I quickly made another plan and came up with this fabricated snowflake-center star on gold.  The brown ribbon didn't work - needed more gold.  And guess what........... I didn't even use the pieces of the die that I had spent all that time looking for.

Oh, but I did find all my camera software disks that I thought I had lost.

Please check out the other "Sketchy" cards here on the Jingle Belles blog.  And if you want to see some more cards (Christmas cards) with this color combination you can check it out here at Merry Monday.

12 comments:

  1. ok, well, i definitely want to HEAR the story, but i do also believe this gorgeous card speaks for itself! perfect combination of elements, beautifully elegant color scheme, utterly FAB version of our JINGLE BELLES sketch! BRILLIANT... in every sense of the word! ♥♥♥

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  2. Someone is getting something in the mail in about 5 days....maybe 20 since it's coming from Florida.

    Hint: It's not a Christmas card.

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  3. That six pointed snowflake star is fantastic ... and isn't it amazing what our little search adventures lead us to find (there's always at least one little surprise) ... so very glad you got sketchy with us at jingle belles.

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  4. Really pretty card. That is a great color combo.

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  5. Your card is just gorgeous! Wonderful use of the sketch!

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  6. This card is beautiful. I love the gold embossing on the background and that beautiful tree. Thank you for joining us at Merry Monday!

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  7. Love how you used the colors here! I saw you at the Merry Monday Challenge, best of luck! ~Diane

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  8. Very nice, the gold embossed background is lovely. Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday.

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  9. This is gorgeous with the gold embossed pine needles in the background and beautiful tree as the main image! Thanks, Lorraine, for sharing this with us at Merry Monday!

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  10. Beautiful card, Lorraine! The gold pine needles look fab! Thanks so much for joining us at Merry Monday.

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  11. Hi Lorraine. Gosh I love your gold pine needles background and the wonderful tree. Fabulous wee embellishment too. Thank you so much for joining us at Merry Monday.

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  12. Oh my gosh! I loved hearing the story of how that card came to be. It was like being inside my own brain. People might think we whip up these cards, but oh no! You have to ponder it, look for the parts, reject the parts, try this, that and the other thing all during the little bits of time we can sntach between other things. The end result is very wonderful though, so it was worth it!

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