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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Freshly Made Sketches # 14

Another card for Freshly Made Sketches and even though I have sent out all my Christmas cards, I just can't seem to stop making those cards...so maybe I am ahead of the game for next year!!  Check out the site, there are some great cards for this sketch...and the designers have wonderful inspiration cards.
 First I colored my "bricks" with copics, using about 4 different colors, then using the blender pen I drew in the mortar lines for the bricks.  I cut a piece of coaster board and embossed it with a wood grain, then I dabbed on some pearl Dabber acrylic paint to give a nice shine for the mantle...the paper is from Basic Grey/Nordic Holiday.

9 comments:

José said...

What a great card Colleen! I love that stocking. Great background. I cannot believe you already sent all your cards! Wow. I haven't even finished HALF of the cards I wanted to make, so I will be sending non-home made ones as well :-(
Hugs, Jose
PS I ordered some goodies from MFT and they are on their way to you!

Linda Callahan said...

Love how you did the chimney effect behind the stocking! Cute!

Linda said...

Very cute card Col. Nice job.

Lauri said...

Love that stocking and what a great Chimney! Thanks for joining Freshly Made Sketches!

Jen Mitchell said...

What a great chimney! And I totally love the stocking! Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches!

Cornelie said...

What a great card Colleen. I love the stocking. very nice!
Bye Cornelie

None None said...

So cute - love the coloring you did and the bricks look so realistic! Thanks for playing along with Freshly Made Sketches this week!

Jen Timko said...

What a great little stocking! Never too soon to start making cards for next year when they are this cute. So glad you joined us at Freshly Made Sketches!

Cindy Hall said...

What a great "fireplace" scene. Wonderful job, and I love the colors. Thanks for playing with Freshly Made Sketches this week!