Happy Saturday my crafty, bloggy friends! How was your week? Whatcha doing this weekend? Lots going on, right? Whew....2013 is almost a memory. Last night here in Sacramento we were up late waiting for it to SNOW! It never really happened though. It snowed about 15-20 miles east of us, but not here. Darn it! It's been so (weirdly) cold here the past week. I was so super busy at work this week and it feels nice to just be sitting in the craft room having some coffee for a moment and writing a post.
I have a card to share with you that I made last weekend...and it's proof that you can find crafty inspiration anywhere and everywhere. This card was 100% inspired by the Old Navy Black Friday print ad! We were going through the paper looking at all the ads and the Old Navy ad JUMPED out at me. So fun and funky and pretty.... I said to the hubs "set that one aside, I'm going to make a card" and I'm pretty sure he gave me an eye roll. Who's laughing now?!
The letter dies are from Memory Box and the snowflakes are two different Martha Stewart punches. I used the Doodlebug textured cardstock and some gems in the centers... I layered some stripes of paper to mimic the different tones in the ad.
My finished card is 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 - to make room for the word Christmas. As you can see, I barely squeezed it all in there! The Merry die is from Stampin' Up. LOVE it.
Here is my work table...in progress. See the cool ad!? At first I added some navy too, but it didn't look right to me, so I left that out. I loved the combination of the bold font with the more flowing font...and of course the colors!
And there you have it!
I hope you have a delightful weekend doing whatever makes you happy. Thanks for your support all year, and thanks for coming by today. My goal for the year was to get to 500,000 blog hits. If you look in my left side bar, you'll see I'm at 496,981. Do you think I'm going to make it?
So clever! I love the colors. I just used those snowflakes on some Christmas tags. ♥
Posted by: Wendi | 12/10/2013 at 06:30 AM
Love, love, love those Letters! :)
Posted by: Kathy Martin | 12/09/2013 at 05:44 AM
Fun card, Wanda! We got about half an inch of that predicted snow. That was pretty to wake up to but by noon it was gone!
Hope you reach your goal, I have a feeling you will!
Have a great week!
Posted by: Natalie H | 12/08/2013 at 05:07 PM
Your card is so fabulous, Wanda! And, I think you're going to hit your goal!! XOXO
Posted by: Regina Mangum | 12/08/2013 at 11:26 AM
Another Great card! So Bold, yet so descriptive and colorful. Love it. Love the size too... Only Wanda could make a card from checking out the adds! Your so creative!!!
Posted by: Fonda Jo | 12/08/2013 at 09:20 AM
Wanda this is brilliant! Ii love your design and need to get all the things I don't have yet to make it! ;)
Posted by: Tracey McNeely | 12/08/2013 at 09:15 AM
Super cool card..love the whole story behind it!
Hugs Holly.
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 12/08/2013 at 01:48 AM
Wow!! This is Fabulous Miss Wanda!! LOVE every detail Sweet Lady!! So Clever and so Wonderfully Festive!! 8-)
Hugs
Shannon
Posted by: Shannon White | 12/08/2013 at 01:47 AM
congrats again! You're featured on today's blog named Hero post for another one of my favorite cards!
Posted by: julie | 12/07/2013 at 02:28 PM
I can't believe you made that beautiful card from that ad. You are so creative! I love that little Merry die cut.
Snow is dropping off the trees here, but the sun is shining.
Posted by: julie | 12/07/2013 at 12:48 PM