Guest Design for Try it On Tuesday

Card Kits, Christmas, Holidays, My Favorite Things (MFT), Seasons, Winter

Hello friends!  I hope that you’ve had a great start to your December month!  I promise I haven’t been hiding, but it’s a busy time of the year and I’ve been doing all of the Holiday things, so my time has been limited.  I’m glad to have just now finished up some Christmas cards!😉

Speaking of Christmas cards, I have something fun to share with you today!

TioT Guest Designer 2023

Last month I had won a top 5 in a challenge and was asked to be a guest designer for this Try it on Tuesday challenge!  I really enjoy playing along in the challenges to keep motivated, so I was thrilled!   For THIS challenge, the theme is “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” which inspired me to pull out this fun Santa stamp for a chuckle:

So, this is Santa’s excuse for being late!  Like me, he’s NOT hiding…just delayed!😆

The stamps and die cuts came from an older My Favorite Things card kit I had called “Stuffed Santa“.  I had fun putting this one together and was the beginning of the cards made to send out this year. (It was my plan to be early, but you know how THAT goes!)

For the background:  I ink blended in a couple of blue oxide colors with the center panel fading to the lightest color.  I sprayed the panel with some shimmer spray for that cold frosty shimmer sky.  I then splattered some white opaque Copic mixed with water for the snowfall.

The Santa, hands, sentiment bubble, and lights around the chimney were all stamped and colored with Copic markers.  I die cut them out along with the chimney, snow and rooftop pieces.  I die cut the pieces with white and used my Copic markers to color in the chimney, roof, window and lights around the roof line.  For the sentiment panel on the house at the bottom, I cut it to size and used my Copic markers to color the same as the roof peek.   I added the sentiment to it, and made this the “base” for the house.

To finish it off, I added some chunky glitter to the die cut snow on the chimney and roof.  I also used a glitter pen to add some sparkle to the inside window panels and the Christmas lights.  I also used some foam squares to pop up the sentiment bubble and Santa’s mittens.

Hope you’ve enjoyed my card today and that you’ll play along with this fun challenge over at Try it on Tuesday as well!  Thanks so much for dropping by!

Challenges:

  1. Pammie’s Inky Pinkies – 2349 Anything Goes
  2. Ally’s Angels – Anything Goes
  3. Crafty Catz – #662 Anything Goes
  4. Daring Cardmakers – One Word Prompt: LIGHT (Christmas lights and window light)
  5. Gem of a Challenge – Anything Goes
  6. Inkspirational – Designer’s Choice: Add Glitter
  7. Krafty Chicks – Stamp Act
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22 thoughts on “Guest Design for Try it On Tuesday”

  1. First of all, congrats on your GD spot and you’ve really created a cute and fun card for this challenge. It brought me a good chuckle with that plump Santa stuck in the chimney! As always, I just love all the details with a great snowy background and a hilarious sentiment! This card is definitely a stamped smile – pun intended! Take care 🙂

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  2. I love the idea of a stuffed Santa Vicki. That quote is a riot. What a fun card! And I’m glad you were able to be our guest designer this time around, Have a super holiday too. hugs-Erika

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  7. What a cute, fun and gorgeous card Vicki with the sparkly snowy roof and Santas getting down the chimney, hopefully, and congratulations on your GD postion,fabulous card..

    luv CHRISSYxx

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  8. Vicki, Thanks for being such a wonderful friend. Your comment today lifted my spirits~ It’s prep day for colonoscopy tomorrow. (ugh) Having another eye surgery this coming Monday. Your card is so cute and funny and just awesome on so many levels. You truly are such a talented card maker and looking at what you make always brings a smile to my face. So thankful to have you as a blog friend. I am only going to design for Inspiration Station starting the first of January. I can manage their once a month challenge. So I hope to see yo there. Hugs and Smiles and may you be blessed this Christmas! Kathy

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  11. Congratulations on your GD spot Vicki,and what a fantastic fun card,love the way you put this together it’s absolutely perfect and made me smile,Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

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  12. Thank you for being out Guest Designer at TioT’s. Its a fun, happy card and fantastic inspiration for the theme.
    Yvonne

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  13. Thank you so much for joining us at Krafty Chicks Challenge this week for our STAMP ACT week!

    Lori
    KCC DT

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  14. Glad to know I’m not the only one just finishing up cards (or beginning at the last minute in my case)! Congratulations on your guest DT – adorable and so detailed. The twinkling lights are so cute. I hope all is well!!

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  15. I love this fabulous rooftop scene with this adorable Santa!! Sensational blended sky with its awesome falling snow, Vicki!! And how much fun is that hilarious sentiment!!

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  17. What a fabulous card, Santa looks quite happy up there on the roof! Hope he doesn’t snack too much! So pleased you are our GD this time. Apologies for my lateness – it’s been a heck of a week!
    Hugs Chrisx

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  19. A great card, love that jolly Santa, such fun.
    Thanks for being our Guest Designer at Try it on Tuesday.
    Avril x

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  20. Such a wonderful card, so much fun! I love the Santa and sentiment that you used and all the magical sparkle that you added – perfect 😊. Sorry I haven’t been around, we’ve been visiting family and went to Prague for a few days, it was very Christmasy and we had an amazing time. Wishing you joy and happiness, Merry Christmas! Hugs, Jo x

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  21. Congrats on guest designer. Nothing says Christmas like a Santa – and this one certainly brought smiles to my face. I’ve needed a few smiles lately and I know where I can always find them.

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