This Thursday It's All About..."Naughty or Nice"! Our sponsor this week is Cosmo Cricket, and I can't say enough wonderful things about the fabulous Christmas pack the they sent my DT mates and me to play with!
But, if you join-in on this week's challenge and win the draw, what you'll get is even better! The prize this week at This Thursday is Cosmo's Chemistry paper pack (perfect for Valentine's day), and a packet of Cosmo's "buck naked buttons and more"! So be sure you pop on over to the TT blog and add your artwork to the challenge so you'll have an entry in this week's draw. The winner will be announced next week as usual, but after this week's challenge, all of us at This Thursday are taking a little holiday break and we'll see you back again on January 15th! ArtiphyTheHeart will go strong through the holidays, so be sure to stop by often and see what I'm creating and concocting! I feel some journal pages coming on........
In the meantime, take a look at the snowman (above) and my two cards (below), all created from the Cosmo studio papers in the Joy kit!
You know me, I'm really not usually a "kit' type of person, but I have to tell you that Cosmo just may have converted me! I have discovered that every single item in these kits are fabulous as-is, or, even better, can be customized a gazillion ways!! I'm still playing with the papers and die cuts in this package, but here are my first three samples for this post.
For the snowman at top, I used Cosmo's punch-out die cuts, adding a lot of my own embellies, like the red, flocked pom pom on top of his hat, the black metal eyelet eyes, and the faux pieces of coal for his smile. I modified the snowman himself with a light brush-over of peeled paint distress ink, and added the adorable photo--a freebie from my friend Willy. The Christmas tree die cut is a Cosmo cut-out included in the kit. I added the red gros-grain ribbon and backed the ornament with the second (yes, you get two!) snowman in Cosmo's "Joy" kit. Now, the question is, has this young man been "naughty", or "nice"? I think he's far too adorable to be naughty, but there might just be a hint of mischief there....
The next two cards are definitely "nice". My Joy card uses no fewer than 5 of the papers from Cosmo's Joy kit! If you look closely, and possibly enlarge the card by clicking on it, you can see that the background paper design is the same as the large star. The ribbon strip at the bottom of the card is cut from another Cosmo paper, and the two smaller stars, while they are die cuts punched from the kit, are the styles of two other full sheets also included in the kit. I cut black cardstock to match the stars and mounted them just off-center behind the patterned paper. I used red metal eyelets in the centers of the smaller stars and threaded a length of green silk ribbon through the larger one. The letters in the J-O-Y on the card are chipboard from Making Memories, covered with lush red suede paper that is so soft and fuzzy to the touch I wish you could feel it in person! You'll have to use your imagination here...if you think of each of the letters as being as light in color as the lightest part in the photo, then you'll get the idea. All of the darker areas are the shadows from the closely clipped pile of the suede fibers. I edged each letter with a Krylon gold leafing pen, and dotted them, as well.
My Christmas music card uses three different and coordinating papers from Cosmo's joy kit. I cut four flowers, two from Cosmo paper and two from black cardstock, using a Sizzix die. I set four red metal eyelets in each of the two patterned paper flowers, threaded cuts of khaki silk ribbon through two of the eyelets and tied them off, leaving short tails, then mounted the patterned paper flowers onto the black cardstock flowers, just off-center. The circles on the left side of the card are off-cuts from the flower centers. Both the "Merry Christmas" and the snippet of The First Noel, are downloads from Artella. The rest of the card was just placing and gluing, although there is some shabby shutters distress ink edging the music and behind the sentiment.
Absolutely much more fun than I expected to have, and I'm definitely wanting more, more, more, from Cosmo Cricket!! Don't forget to stop by This Thursday, check out the fab prizes, and enter the draw by participating in the challenge!!
Have a great day, Everyone!
love your cards, the paper are really stunning ..great idea to use the snowman as a tag with the picture inside
Posted by: laury55 | December 20, 2008 at 04:44 PM