Christmas day, the Aussie way

I’ve got a non-traditional Christmas card to share featuring Summer Time Betty from the new Summer Babes collection from Simply B Stamps.

Yes, I’ve put a swimsuit wearing, summer themed Betty on my Christmas card.  Why?  Well my sentiment says it all, this is an Aussie Christmas when the sun is baking hot, the water is warm and togs (swimwear) are the perfect apparel.  I just covered the bow on her hat with some holly and berry and gave her some Christmas coloured spots on her swimmers.

To make up my card I followed the current card sketch over at Feeling Sketchy, swapping out the butterflies for some Christmassy white berries and a seashell.  I also printed my sentiment (a mix of my own and the word art that comes with the image) on a die cut that looked a bit like a sun rather than just having a plain circle element.

Christmas is the theme over at Crafty Catz so I am entering my card in their current challenge.  I’ve also used a lot of green on my card so I’m aslo entering it in the current challenge at Crafty Hazelnuts’ Christmas Challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes B32, B39, 0

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit G12, G14, G16, G19, R24, R29, R46, R59, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Shapeabilities ~ Ironwork Accents

Embellishments

13@rts ~ Berries

Holly and Berry Shrinkie (handmade)

Live & Love Crafts ~ Seashells

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Chocolate, Gold & Orange

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Scattered Straw & Wild Honey

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Nixon

BoBunny Silver & Gold ~ Silver & Gold, Stripes & Winter

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Summer Time Betty

Challenges

Crafty Catz #255 ~ Christmas is Coming

Crafty Hazelnuts’C hristmas Challenge #203 ~ Go green

Feeling Sketchy ~ Card Sketch #108

 

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