Guest Designer - JUGS - #849 Word Week

 Hello Crafty friends,

It's my second week guest designing for the Just Us Girls challenges, and this week is -

Word Week; and the word is MERRY

Merry - Joyful and Festive or Slightly intoxicated (merry - a polite or mild way to describe someone who is tipsy/ a little drunk).... which way should I go, maybe combine them both?
I knew exactly what stamp set I was going to use for this merry - joyful, festive and a little tipsy card, but then I found this little cutie in my stash, and I just had to use her and her open arms ready for a warm embrace to wish everyone MERRY everything & happy always!

I started by die cutting the letters for the word "merry" in red. Next, I stamped and cut out the image, and began colouring it. But then I thought: why not use patterned paper to create the clothing? So, I stamped the image again - this time onto various patterned papers: one for the coat, and another for the scarf, hat, mittens and dress. I carefully cut out the pieces and "dressed" the little girl. Since the red in the patterned papers are significantly darker than the red of the letters, I decided to die cut the letters again, this time in gold. I die cut a panel for the front of the card, and before dry embossed it, I die cut the word "merry" near the bottom. When I inserted the letters for the word, they seemed to almost disappear into the panel, as if they were sinking in. To fix this, I added an extra layer to the letters by gluing the white cut outs behind the gold ones. I positioned the girl - with some sprigs of evergreen beneath her feet - so it looks as though she is standing on the letters. I stamped the word "everything", heat embossed it and attached it to the card. I framed the edge of the panel in red before gluing it onto the card base. To complete the greeting, I stamped the second part of it on the inside of the card, and inspired by Denise aka The Crafty Den I decorated the inside of the card.

Products used for this card
Dies: "Small Dotted Rectangle Stackables" and "Henry's ABCs" die set both by Lawn Fawn, Delivering Joy Sleigh by Spellbinders 
Stamp: By hÄnglar&Wings (name unknown, a challenge win from them, came without the package), "Smitty's ABCs" by Lawn Fawn
Embossing folder: "Geometric" by Sizzix
Markers: Copic sketch and ciao
Papers: "Nostalgia" by Maja Design, "Mirror Card" by Tonic Studio, Neenah Solar White and scraps from my stash
Embossing Powder: WOW! Opaque Bright White Super Fine

I hope you are inspired to join in this fun and merry challenge over at JUGS! You have until 6pm (est) on Wednesday, the 18th of November, to create, upload and link your MERRY creation to the Just Us Girls challenge blog. Hope to see you there!


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge #530 - Diecuts and/or Stencils

Craft Rocket challenge #142 - Christmas and/or Winter

Daisy Chain challenges #113 - Christmas and/or Winter

NBUS challenge #92 - Never-Before-Used-Schtuff (my NBUS - the hÄnglar&Wing's stamp set and the embossing folder)

The Sisterhood of Crafters November challenge - Getting Ready for Christmas

Happy Crafting, and don't forget to check out all the amazing inspiration by the JUGS' Design Team!

Jane
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