Holiday Doodle Joy

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Welcome back!  Happy Sunday.  Hoping you will have a chance to be creative today.

Today, I created a simple little holiday card.

I am playing with: Double Trouble (#228) and the 3-2-1 Recipe: Three Doodles, Two Layers, and One Sentiment; Partnering with Try A Sketch on Tuesday (#708) for the Layout; and choosing Facebook’s Colour INKspiration (#220) Palette substituting Crushed Curry for Darling Duckling.

Here is the result, with some inspiration from Pinterest:

HEARTS COME HOME – DT228 – TSOT707 – CI220

Steps:

  • Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Crushed Curry cardstock.
  • Card Front: (4¼” x 5½”) Basic White cardstock.
    • The Hills, Trees and Star images were lightly sketched with a Pencil.
    • Using a Blending Brush, Cajun Craze ink was lightly applied to the Hills.
    • The Trees were colored with the Light and Dark Pretty Peacock Stampin’ Blends Markers.
    • The Star was colored with the retired Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blendabilities Marker (still in my collection).
    • Using the Black Stampin’ Up Journaling Pen, the Hills, Trees and Star Doodles were defined and then the pencil marks were erased.
    • The sentiment, Joy to the World, from the retired Hearts Come Home stamp set was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
    • The Card Front was then die-cut with the (3¾” x 5⅛”) Rectangle die from the retired Deckled Rectangles Dies set.
  • Additional Doodles were added around the Card Front after it was adhered to the card base.

And that is a wrap!

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Published by Jolanda Johnstone

Owner of THE INQUE SPOT STUDIO - Creative Space for Stamping & Paper Crafting and Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator in South Carolina.

20 thoughts on “Holiday Doodle Joy”

  1. That “doodling” style turned out great, I really love how the border looks, need to try that! Wonderful card, thanks for playing along with us at Double Trouble.

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  3. Love the doodled Christmas scene with the little touch of color. Lovely card. Thanks for joining in at Double Trouble – Crazy Cousin Suzanne

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  9. Your card is wonderful! I love the simplicity of the doodling and colors you added, while keeping lots of white open space. And coordinating the star with the card base color really makes it pop. Thank you for joining us at the Double Trouble challenge.

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