PP717 Sketch from Stef

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Stef is our Paper Players hostess this week with a fabulous sketch!  So much fun to use some new and old products!  Here's her sketch:

The Sentimental Christmas DSP has some wonderful vintage images in it (I've bought three packs already!!) but the opposite sides of the papers feature larger images that are better suited for scrapbooking.  Since I don't scrapbook, I thought I would try to incorporate one of those larger patterns into my card today.  Here we go:

I cut out a portion of the greenery and matted it with a piece of Pecan Pie cardstock, then fussy cut the lantern and popped it up with a little Linen Thread hanger:

In hindsight, I wish I had done some sponging around the edges, but too late now! Anyway, you can't see it, but I also added some Wink of Stella to the flame.  I created a mat for the whole card using another piece of the paper, and then stamped and diecut the sentiment from Iconic Imagery on a scrap left over:

The diagonal panel was a piece of Soft Shimmer paper in Pretty Peacock from last year...what a nice touch it adds!  The Greetings of the Season sentiment went on the inside:

I was really happy with the outcome and I am saving this sketch for the future!  I hope you'll hop over to the Players' blog and see what lovely creations all the other designers dreamed up!  Share yours with us too!  

Not only did our family celebrate Thanksgiving yesterday, we also celebrated my great-nephew Coby's first birthday (and his mom is due again in January!!!):

Of course, his cousins Jameson and Sawyer had to get in some cake smashing too!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Greetings of the Season, Iconic Imagery
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pecan Pie, Sentimental Christmas DSP, Pretty Peacock Soft Shimmer (ret)
Ink	Pretty Peacock
Accessories	Linen Thread, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Iconic Imagery Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret)