JBCCC Week #12 and... SCCCC #15

Whew!

Yes, I managed to combine two Christmas card challenge blogs this week!

The Jingle Belle Christmas Card Challenge... cute sketch this week!

http://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.com/2011/03/another-sketchy-holiday.html

and

Sparkle Creations Weekly Christmas Card challenge... simply use an elf!

 http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/03/2011-christmas-card-challenge-15.html

Have a peek at the sketch...

I know! So FUNky!

As you can see this sketch was created by Allison Fillo.

At first I was just pushin' cardstock around....but then...

I started stampin' !!!

And I just couldn't STOP!!!

Here's what happened...

I stepped away from the table many times with this one...

lol...

I felt like I needed "fresh eyes" every so often.

Here's what I used...

Stamps - CTMH, Merry Pursuits

[These little guys are so stinkin' cute!!! LOVE them!]

- SU sets: Every Little Bit [63/232]

: Winter Post [64/232]

: Sense of Time [65/232]

: Season of Joy [66/232]

: The Snowflake Spot [67/232]

SU Inks - Bermuda Bay

- Cool Caribbean

- Going Grey

- Basic Black

- Green Galore

- Gable Green

- Basic Grey

- Pretty In Pink

CS - SU Bermuda Bay

- M's Recollections Cream

- White

- scrap of speckled Grey

Circle punch

Coluzzle circle

Yellow Green and Silver pencil crayons

Ocean Zig Writer

The second strip of cs underneath the elf is custom stamped.
I was going through all of my pps and I could NOT find anything that worked with my colour scheme.
Suddenly I thought, "What are you doing?"
I had a "lightbulb" moment, grabbed a bunch of snowflakey stamp sets along with a few more colours of ink and went stamp crazy!
I really love how it turned out and I may have to make some more so I can use it in a BIGGER capacity!
It's SO fun!
Also...

I am not a big colourer.

This little guy just needed a li'l sum'n-sum'n though...

I'm sure there are many of you "marker queens" out there that could make him look superb, but I am not one of them!

I think he looks pretty good though.

I am making 8 of these...

I just wanted to post this one to make the deadline for the Sparkle Creations challenge.

I will be taking the other 7 sets of elements and assembling them on Monday when some friends and I get together to play with paper and chat!

So I'll count them all now so I don't have to come back and edit everything!

Thanks for stopping by today and checking out this cheeky little fellow!

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Card Tally for 2011 = 201 [ 80 are for Christmas! ]
SU Stamp Sets used in 2011 = 67/232