Christmas In July

I have had Christmas songs in my head since I started on this card a couple days ago and with the ornament premier coming up this weekend, I am ready to get this holiday season started!  (It's a coping mechanism, to deal with the heat that won't subside until October)...  LOL!

I think this will always be my favorite Tilda stamp. When I first laid eyes on a Magnolia Ink magazine, it was the Christmas 2010 edition and Santa's Little Helper stole my heart.  I became infatuated with the Maggie stamps and magazines because I had finally found a style that said, "this is me".

My card turned out much differently then I intended.  I'm consoling myself by believing that I am not the only one that this happens to.  I had totally different papers chosen, went out and purchased Copics to match that paper, and once Tilda was done, saw that the inks were darker and redder than I thought they'd be.  So I dove into my paper stash and came up with some gorgeous papers by Imaginisce that I've been holding onto for just the right project.

I wanted this card to have a rustic feel so I roughened up the papers, made lots of layers and inked some edges.  I colored the half-pearls with E19 and dyed the ribbon with Fired Brick distress ink to bring out the polka-dots in the red DP.  I'm still working on "coloring" white, like on Tilda's hat brim and her apron.

I hope this gives you a little jump on your holiday spirit like it did for me.  Thank You so much for stopping by!  More of what I used to make this card is listed below.  Please leave a comment by clicking on the comments link at the bottom of this post.  I love to hear from you and your comments have been so inspiring.  

Have a great day and an even better tomorrow!

♥ Laura C.

Challenges I am entering:

Magnolia-licious Highlites (Christmas)
The Sketchy Challenge (Sandy's Sketch)
Tilda's Town (Favorite Tilda)
Magnolia Mania (Christmas)
Hooked On Craft (Christmas in July)
Lollipop Crafts (Christmas in July)
Crazy Challenge (Christmas in July)

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Santa's Little Helper by Magnolia of Sweden
Inks:  Copic Markers and Distress Inks by Tim Holtz
Cardstock:  Bazzill Basics and Recollections
DP:  Polar Expressions by Imaginisce
Dies:  Spellbinders (scalloped circles) and Sizzix (Circle and Lg. Snowflake)
Punches:  Martha Stewart (PATP Arctic Snowflake)
Misc:  Recollections (pearl stickers) and Deja Views (wonder words rub-ons)