I started Greenland Santa on January 2, 2015 as part of Debbie's Ultimate Crazy January Challenge. When I posted about him, I noted that I had yet to remove the dark grey stitching on the sweater, which had been stitched with the wrong color. Glad I wrote that somewhere because there are about 3,000,000 greys used in this piece and I never would have known.When the rotation turned to Greenland Santa, he looked like this. Now don't get too overwhelmed by my progress...
LOL. I did skip stitching on in on Friday night in exchange for stamp night! I made some fun things.
It's that time of year where I churn out masculine cards for the 9 of 11 boys and men in my family with birthdays before June. My plan is to stamp three each of four designs. This will make it easy for my BILs and their sons to get different cards (as well as the Sunday dinner crowd). (The extra card, if I play it right, can be a Father's Day card. So clever.)
For these, I was inspired by this card that I found on Pinterest. I didn't want it to be so patriotic, so I changed the colors to silver, island indigo, and gumball green. And then when I was combing through my friend's stamp collection, I found that phone booth and thought stamped in blue, it just might resemble a tardis (for my Whovian BIL). That's the only card of this set that will have the tardis.
The second card was a direct copy of another card found on Pinterest. (It was getting late.) Anyway, it's funny how you can be totally tapped out from lack of sleep and waking up in the total darkness, and still find a way to stamp with your friends until 11:00 pm!
On to my 2016 anniversary sampler... (I'll surprise you next time.)
For these, I was inspired by this card that I found on Pinterest. I didn't want it to be so patriotic, so I changed the colors to silver, island indigo, and gumball green. And then when I was combing through my friend's stamp collection, I found that phone booth and thought stamped in blue, it just might resemble a tardis (for my Whovian BIL). That's the only card of this set that will have the tardis.
The second card was a direct copy of another card found on Pinterest. (It was getting late.) Anyway, it's funny how you can be totally tapped out from lack of sleep and waking up in the total darkness, and still find a way to stamp with your friends until 11:00 pm!On to my 2016 anniversary sampler... (I'll surprise you next time.)
11 comments:
I especially admire your card-making because I failed cutting and pasting in first grade! (Glue in my pigtails, one pigtail cut slightly shorter, etc.)
Good for you - sticking to the rotation. I always want to do a rotation, but never can get it together. Nice cards too.
Santa looks great and the cards are awesome Nikki.
Linda
the cards are pretty
I like the cards you created and glad to see your Santa saw some stitching time. Looking forward to seeing your selection for you 2016anniversary sampler!
I love your cards! They're so interesting. I always head to the store for my cards (if I ever remember a birthday/anniversary/occasion)
Any progress is good progress for Santa.
Love the Tardis card too.
The Tardis cards would go over great in my family!
Considering how much time reverse stitching can take, you made good progress on the Santa! :)
A handmade card is such a special gift, yours are lovely.
Nice stitching on your Greenland Santa.
These cards you created are amazing. I love such creative cards and would love to make cards like these myself. But then I realize that my creativity is a bit limited, and the supplies I can get around here as 2well, lol. So I get satisfaction from admiring the cards that other people create :)
Better progress on Santa than you're giving yourself credit for.
Love the cards.
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