Let's Face It

Another week has come and gone and here I am again with my Saturday Our Creative Corner post.  Marjie Kemper is our hostess with the mostest again this week and her challenge for us is Faces.  She wants to see faces on our paper craft projects.    It might sound a little daunting, but it was actually very easy to find a subject.  I had it narrowed down to about four possibilities.   This one won out.  It's my absolute favorite Santa image.  I've used it in the past and will probably use it again.  I just love the color palette and the woodsy feel of it, which is why I pulled out the Distressed Stripes EF from Cuttlebug - nice and rustic.  Again this week I went to the Mojo Monday sketch to get me started.  I actually worked late on Friday night and hadn't even started a card for this challenge.  I had an idea using another image but tossed it aside at the last minute so I really was starting from scratch.  Using the sketch really simplified the project and made it pretty quick and easy.

For the distressed stripes, I used a cream colored paper called Naturals Ivory from SU and the bottom panel was stamped on the same paper with Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink using the Wendy Vecchi gingham stamp from her Nature's Art set that has become a favorite of mine.  I used a strip of wide, dark brown lace and dyed my seam binding with Vintage Photo distress ink to match all the ink distressing I did with the same ink.  The corner filigree is from my Etsy shop and I have been playing around with rusting it.  So this one is quite nicely rusted (I know, it's hard to see in the photo). I used an older Spellbinders die to cut the snowflake from the corrugated cardboard that is also sold in my Etsy shop.  Oh and the dark brown burlap thread in the button is also sold in my shop.

There you have it - another Our Creative Corner challenge met.  I hope you will stop by the blog to check out what the other designers have made.  We'd love to have you play along.

POST UPDATE:  Sorry I forgot to mention that the Santa image is from a Luna Girl vintage holiday CD that I have.  It's this set, which is pretty pricy, but worth every cent.  The images are clean and sharp and beautiful!

Hope you have a lovely weekend.