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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

exploration STAMPlorations sentiment builders: christmas (CTS, LIM, SSS)

Back with another installment of Exploration STAMPlorations and it's about Christmas again. And about words.

Tangent: Peroneus brevis. Two words. One more word. Ouch. Don't know how those cows grazing in the Alps do it, but after one day manually harvesting grapes on Nierstein's Red Slope my peroneus brevis are beseeching me to not go out and do it again today. But alas off I go...

So back to Christmas words. There are 29 of 'em in this set, 3 big sketched ones and 26 little ones. How's that for flexibility (unlike my ankle muscles)?

Sentiment Builders: Christmas


This is what I did with five of 'em.


Decided to concentrate the "wishing you" above and the "a merry" below the main "Christmas" sentiment. Stamped them in green then trimmed the panel into four strips. Inked all strip edges. Heat embossed the main sentiment red and adhered it with dimensional adhesive. A strip of washi and rounded corners finished the card off.

I was once again inspired by wonderful card challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Less is More - Mostly Words
CASE this Sketch #94


Thanks for coming by. You can check out all the stamps in the September release here. Leave a comment on my posts this week and you may be the lucky winner of one of the stamp sets I used. On Monday, October 6 I will randomly select a winner from all comments posted on my Exploration STAMPlorations posts.


Supplies :
Paper:  CS Bringmann
Stamps: STAMPlorations
Ink :  Lettuce Adirondack, Versamark
Tools: 
Other: red embossing powder Ranger, washi

21 comments:

  1. SidSeptember 30, 2014 at 8:42 AM

    Loving your Christmas card Maria. I have also become your latest follower !

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  2. HussenaSeptember 30, 2014 at 12:58 PM

    Love your card ..Such a fabulous take on the Case sketch !!

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  3. Happy DanceSeptember 30, 2014 at 2:17 PM

    Maria, this is just brilliant, gorgeous and fun! Great colors, and a super take on the sketch. Love this little card! Bev

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  4. UnknownSeptember 30, 2014 at 6:34 PM

    Lovely and modern design, love it, Maria! xx

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  5. cmSeptember 30, 2014 at 6:34 PM

    Brilliant take on the sketch, and clever use of the STAMPlorations set! Awesome! Hope your eroneus brevis is/are feeling better today! Nothing like standing on 'slopes' for hours at a time to inspire those tendons/muscles to make their presence known! Harvesting grapes, for wine (I presume), though...well worth it, methinks *grin*
    ~c

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  6. LindseySeptember 30, 2014 at 7:18 PM

    I totally love this! The way you cut the background text to represent the stripes is just brilliant.

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  7. Maarit at Violets CornerSeptember 30, 2014 at 8:07 PM

    Very clever design, well done!

    Warm hugs
    Maarit

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  8. UnknownSeptember 30, 2014 at 9:53 PM

    Just love this card, such a clever idea. Karen x

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  9. Virginia L.September 30, 2014 at 10:49 PM

    GREAT take on the sentiment stamp with the sketch, Maria! I love the festive Christmas colors you chose for this design. Thanks so much for playing Simon Says Stamp Wednesday “Anything Goes” Challenge!

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  10. Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin)September 30, 2014 at 11:13 PM

    Fun fun, I especially like the washi at the bottom. Why don't you organize a wine card hoo?

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  11. Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin)September 30, 2014 at 11:14 PM

    That was suppose to say hop

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  12. Shona ChambersOctober 1, 2014 at 8:54 AM

    This is such a fantastic idea!! Amazing how the eye can see parts of the words and yet know exactly what the sentiment is. Very clever and love the little strip of washi at the bottom too. Good luck with your harvesting and hope the weather is being kind.

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  13. MarianneOctober 1, 2014 at 11:44 AM

    beautiful Christmas card

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  14. Sazzle DazzleOctober 1, 2014 at 3:10 PM

    Superb idea and great use of the CASE this Sketch sketch too - isn't it satisfying when you can combine challenges.
    Thanks so much for sharing and taking part.
    Sarah xx
    Less is More

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  15. ChrissieOctober 1, 2014 at 8:22 PM

    This is a terrific design, the sentiment works so well chopped up like that!
    I must try it!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  16. AnneOctober 1, 2014 at 9:55 PM

    Maria what a super card, our word challenge has teamed very well with the sketch you used!
    Thanks so much for joining us at Less is More
    Anne
    LIM Designer

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  17. shirley-beeOctober 1, 2014 at 11:11 PM

    What a noble sacrifice in the pursuit of good wine ;) Love how you've used the text.

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  18. Kim HegginsOctober 2, 2014 at 6:20 AM

    What a sweet Christmas card!

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  19. Leigh PennerOctober 2, 2014 at 6:51 PM

    Oh, so fun! Fabulous take on the sketch!

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  20. donna mikasaOctober 4, 2014 at 6:10 AM

    Such a clever take on the sketch! I love how the sentiments are "readable", too!
    Thanks for linking this up at CASE this Sketch!

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  21. Anita in FranceOctober 5, 2014 at 1:23 PM

    Cool. One word. Fun. Another one. Unike harvesting by hand (or ankle!). Anita :)

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