This year, the Path of Positivity is challenging you to Embrace the Unexpected! This month's theme is "Unexpected colours for a holiday [of your choice]" (More theme information can be found HERE.) Note- This theme is optional, so as long as your creation is positive or encouraging in some way, enter it into the POP challenge for a chance to win $6 worth of images from our sponsor, Scribbles Designs, and/or be honored as one of our special "picks"! My card features a wonderful digi from Scribbles Designs named "Woodland Santa" and the "Unexpected Christmas Color Scheme" is blue and brown... with lots of plaid!

Supplies:
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Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique
markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen
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Front Sentiment- from a Sande's Poema
Nordic Winter set (Obtained via a weekly email newsletter which you can join HERE,
or check out the FB page HERE
for additional info.)
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Inside Sentiment- “... Cozy Christmas,” a
freebie from Birdscards.com (Blog now
closed)
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Patterned paper, vellum, and other misc. items and tools from my stash.
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I made several Halloween cards earlier this
month, and this is one of them! It features a Halloween
digi from an amazing artist named Mo Manning. (Sadly, this digi was just
retired, but Mo has other wonderful digis on her new website HERE) My siblings and I loved watching old B&W monster movies back in the
60’s, and Creature from the Black Lagoon was a favorite. So I had fun making
this Halloween card, which I plan to send to one of my brothers. I think he’ll
get a kick out of it!
· Background-Freebie from Di’s Digi FB page (Join Di’s
FB page HERE, you can find this digi HERE.)
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Halloween Digi- from Mo’s Digital Pencil (Troy's Monster Pack). This digi
is retired, but you can find Mo’s new website HERE
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Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique
markers, Sakura Gelly Roll White & Sparkle gel pens
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Front Sentiment “Got
candy?” is
from a Beccy’s Place Digi set that is no longer available. (Business recently changed to clear stamps/wholesale only)
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Inside Sentiment- a freebie from skogstokiga.blogspot.com (Sadly, blog is closed)
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Pumpkin candy holder- upcycled from a newspaper Halloween candy ad
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Sookwang double-sided tape- Available from several sources on the web.
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All other misc. items and tools from my stash.
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Outlawz-
Tuesday Color Challenge- Color Board-Oct (twist-Halloween/Jack-o-lanterns)
It’s Breast Cancer
Awareness Month, and this card is for the new challenge at Simon Says
Wednesday, with the theme “Think Pink”! I used a beautiful digi image from Pink & Main
(the sponsor of the Challenge.) It is a freebie named “Sakura Wallpaper,” and it’s
intended to be used as wallpaper on a laptop. However, I thought it would work
beautifully on a card… and I think it does! A lacy punched border embellished with ribbon added a nice touch. However, after cropping a few of the pretty flowers from the digi, printing, coloring, fussy-cutting and adding them to the border with a bit of ribbon finishes the card with a Voilà !
I’m entering this card
into several challenges, including Pink & Main:
Favorite Things (one of my favorite things is making cards to send to friends
and family who might need some encouragement or comfort. This one will be sent
to a dear high school friend who had three strokes a few months ago and is going
through a tough time. I send her a card every week, and it provides a wonderful
way to keep in touch with her!)
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Pre-colored Digi with sentiment- Pink & Main freebie (Sakura Wallpaper)
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Shading and highlights added with Spectrum
Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen
· Inside
Sentiment- from
a Jan’s Digi Stamps set (Company is no longer in
business)
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Martha Stewart Crafts Punch Around The Page-Swirling Lace Punch Set (occasionally
available on EBay, etc.)
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Sookwang double-sided tape- Available from several sources on the web.
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All other misc. items and tools from my stash.
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