Merry Monday & ATSM

Welcome to a post to announce the start of the latest challenge over at ATSM. This week it is our theme of -

HOLIDAY

Here is my card for your inspiration.

Not your usual Christmas colours but the one's featuring over at Merry Monday. I've missed them over the summer but now they are back from their break it makes sense to use the inspiration!

The layout is from the sketch at Paper Players, and rather than use my Woodware wreath stamp I winged it with the use of assorted buttons, pearl and bling additions! Don't know if you can tell, but there is an aperture in the middle of the wreath which I was going to keep but decided I rather liked the white. The background panel was made by stamping and embossing in white a Stampendous Christmas background stamp, then inked up with some Spun Sugar DI. Before popping up the white panel on pads I added some silver Christmas thread as a hanger and a bow, so that fits in with the challenge over at Less is More!

This week we are sponsored by

SLSlines is the work of Sal Scheibe, a freelance illustrator and graphic designer who loves to draw and create fun illustrations. Sal works as the Art Director of ArtTrader Magazine. Prior to freelance illustrating, she worked as a Creative Designer for a music firm working with TV and advertising clients. 

Sal spends her nights drawing geeky things like RPG characters, zombies, fairies, awkward people, pretty girls and odd animals. She offers a broad range of fun digital stamps in many themes from geeky to cute and whimsical to realistic. Her digital stamps start life as sketchy little doodles which are then cleaned up digitally in Photoshop and made presentable and perfect for you.

Sal's favorite tools are Wacom pen and tablet as well as Copic markers, lots of fineliners and many types of erasers (which are used often). Her favorite artists include John Singer Sargent, Norman Rockwell, JC Leyendecker, Joe Sorren and Phil Hale. And Steve Epting too.

If you'd like a custom digital stamp made or have some suggestions, feel free to write to Sal with themes you'd like to see in the Etsy store.

Prize: 2 digital images
So for more holiday inspiration why not pop over to the ATSM blog and check out the rest of the DT.



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