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Starry Sky Photo Card

Good morning everyone, guess what it’s me again, bet you were not expecting the same person. You never know what we will come up with, and next year is full of even more surprises! Who will you see next week? Hmmm…

The Hero Arts blog keeps changing as you give us comments and feedback so keep giving your input — we do listen.

When designing a holiday card you have to take into consideration the amount of time you have for being creative and the supplies you will be using. We all know how little time we have during Christmas. This photo card was created in minutes and the “mess” was kept to a minimum by using only a single color of ink. So before deciding on your design, think (honestly) how much time you will have to create, there is nothing worse than adding another deadline to your “holiday have-to’s”. You will notice I used packs of Pearl Accents and White and Cream Art Flowers because I can mix and match the different sizes and colors to create many cards using the same design, another thing to consider.

When you have a picture that makes you smile each time you see it, that’s the one to use on your holiday card. This picture certainly made me smile, so I designed a card for my niece. Knowing how little time she has to color, cut and stamp I came up with this easy sketch which can be adapted to the background colors in your photo. The card shown on Wednesday will use the additional stamps in the Sprinkle Your Holidays set.

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Card by Nancy Taylor. Get full supplies and instructions here.

Thanks for joining me today. I will be back tomorrow with more holiday inspiration.

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57 Responses to “Starry Sky Photo Card”

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    karen from MI said: November 15th, 2010 at 10:18 pm

    Hi Nancy! I just thought that I’d take a peek and see what’s going on in the “Hero World” and there you were!
    What a sweet card. I must admit that I LOVED what you said about choosing a photo for your card based on if it really makes you SMILE each time you see it! What PERFECT advise. I’ll be thinking about your suggestion every time that I choose a photo…..thanks so much. Have a FUN week. Love, Karen

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    Heather Maria said: November 16th, 2010 at 5:38 am

    Nancy, this photo made me smile too - she’s adorable! Such a great way to incorporate the photo into the card and I love how your embellishing ties in perfectly with the little cutie’s hairband!

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    sue w. said: November 16th, 2010 at 6:34 am

    what a great way to show off that sweet baby! stamping sue

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    Greta H said: November 16th, 2010 at 7:55 am

    Such a great photo card! I’m determined to make one this year! Thanks for the ideas!

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    Geraldine McCormick said: November 16th, 2010 at 9:43 am

    It has to be Fabulous Flourish! The minute I saw it I bought it. Just gorgeous.

    That little reindeer is soooo cute.

    Ger x.

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    Chris said: November 16th, 2010 at 11:47 am

    Nice card. Great idea matching the ribbon on the card with the cute little girl!

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    Jenny said: November 16th, 2010 at 2:12 pm

    What a super cute card, and what an adorable baby girl… awww!!! such a cute smile!! :) :) :) :)

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    Jenifer Ann said: November 17th, 2010 at 5:04 pm

    This is adorable! Love this Holiday photo card :)

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    rebecca keppel said: November 17th, 2010 at 6:03 pm

    Super cute!

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    nancy ward said: December 3rd, 2010 at 8:27 am

    Hi!

    I wanted you to know I posted a link to this tutorial today on my blog, PaperFriendly.

    Nancy Ward
    PaperFriendly
    http://www,nancywardcrafts.com

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