Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Getting into Shape for the Holidays

Jumping into the special creative challenge over at CCMC227 which is to make a shaped card...so taking my inspiration from a few other ideas, I turned the Grinch into an easel card and the saying says "Even the Naughty Deserve Something Nice". Appropriate for a guy whose "brain is full of spiders and (has) garlic in his soul", at least according to his theme song :)
Card Recipe (All from Stampin' Up!): Big Shot, Top Note Die, Perfect Pennant Die, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder and Tags for Christmas stamp set. Card stock/Ink: Old Olive, Summer Starfruit, Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White, Early Espresso. Punches: Scallop Square, Stamp, Scallop Border, 1" and 1/2" circle

Luckily for Mr. Grinch, he discovered that Christmas doesn't come from a store: Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more! And they say that the Grinch's heart grew three sizes that day!

Ahh...one of my favorite Christmas stories (that I can recite from memory) and even my adult kids will sit down to watch the video :) What is your favorite children's Christmas books? Share it in the comments below and I'll send my Grinch card to one of you!

7 comments:

Deb said...

LOVE this!! How clever to come up with a grinch card! The sentiment goes perfectly with him!! And I love this movie, too!! Thanks for playing the challenge at Create with Connie and Mary!

Narelle Farrugia said...

Super cute and super cool Christmas card! Your grinch made me smile - I have watched the movie over 100 times with my boys, so I'm a huge fan of him. Thanks for playing along with us at Create with Connie & Mary this week!

Debbie Henderson Debbie's Designs said...

Haha, he made me giggle. So creative and I like how you turned him into an easel card. Thanks for sharing with us this week at Create with Connie & Mary!

Mary Brown said...

Oh this just made me smile! Just soooo creative! Thanks so much for playing along in the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge!

Karren said...

This is just too cute! I'm loving those eyebrows! Thanks so much for joining us at Create with Connie & Mary this week.

Lisa Martz said...

He's a mean one...Mr. Grinch! One of my all time favorite Christmas movies! Love your punch/die art! Very creative and clever. Thanks for playing the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge this week!

Connie Babbert said...

This is such an AWESOME fun card! Love the Grinch...so expressive! Thanks for playing along with the shaped card challenge on Create with Connie and Mary!