Wonder & Cheer

Mornin' y'all!  Ryan is happy that he gets to wear jammies to school today, and they're watching The Polar Express so he gets to bring in a blanket and a pillow too.  Hmm, maybe I should get cozy on the couch and watch a Christmas movie while he's at school :)

Or maybe I'll spend some more time in my craft room.  Check out today's new card:

Okay y'all, I'm not really one to do a lot of different techniques and things like this card are the reason why.  The background is done with Stampin' Blends and 91% isopropyl alcohol, Ruth made it look easy when she described how to do it but it took me at least 4 tries and a full sheet of vellum to get this and really I gave up rather than keep experimenting because I only had a little bit of time before I had to go pick Ryan up from school.  I did do another technique on the green die cut trees though, I scrunched up a piece of plastic wrap from my kitchen, dabbed it on my ink pad, and then tapped it on the tree die cuts.  Gave them a nice texture that I think complements the style of the stamped trees.

So here is this week's excellent Freshly Made Sketch:

And here is the Color Throwdown:

I used Cucumber Crush (retired), Rich Razzleberry (also retired), Starry Sky (retiring next summer), and gold foil.  Part of my problem with the Blends background was that the Starry Sky kept overpowering the Rich Razzleberry, maybe I should have tried it with Blackberry Bliss instead.

So that's it for me today.  Ryan has his first taekwondo belt test this afternoon, I hope he does well for that.  And then we're going out for dinner at a hibachi restaurant per his request.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Above It All
Ink:  Cucumber Crush, Versamark, Stampin' Blends in Starry Sky and Rich Razzleberry
Paper:  Thick Basic White, Starry Sky, Vellum, Starry Sky DSP, gold foil
Accessories:  Above It All dies, Timeless Labels dies, gold EP, Wonderful Gems, Dimensionals