Happiest of Holidays

Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great week. I'm in D.C. for work, and I'm really looking forward to seeing some local crafty friends at the end of the week. :)

I'm guesting with the My Favorite Things Challenge and Inspiration team again. Yeah! It's a sketch challenge this week, and you can see the sketch HERE.

Here's my take on the sketch:

Isn't the elf adorable?? I love him and had to use him. I colored the little guy from the My Favorite Things Santa's Elves set with Copics. For the bell, I added a little Wink of Stella over the coloring (yes, I know; it's hard to see).

The elf was tucked behind the two die-cut panels. On the bottom layer, I stamped the awesome Sweater Stitched Background stamp and then die-cut the panel with Cross-Stitch Square STAX. On top, I die-cut patterned paper using the Zig Zag Stitch Square STAX.

Below the elf, I wanted to make it look like the elf was dropping the jingle bell into the stocking. I stamped the stockings using the same Santa's Elves set, and then colored and paper pieced them.

Be sure to stop by the MFT Challenge and Inspiration blog. I hope you have a chance to play along!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Supplies

Stamps: (Santa’s Elves, Sweater Stitch Background) My Favorite Things

Dies: (Santa’s Elves,  Zig Zag Stitched Square STAX, Cross-Stitch Square STAX) My Favorite Things

Ink: (Field Day Hybrid Ink) My Favorite Things; (Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Paper: (Wild Cherry Cardstock) My Favorite Things; (Ellen's Essential Linen) Ellen Hutson; (stripe polka dot papers) Studio Calico kits

Other: Clear Wink of Stella pen; Copic markers