Freshly Made Sketches: Ho Ho Ho

It's time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches! Today we have a sketch by Linda and here’s what I did with it!

 

I didn't follow the sketch perfectly but I think you can see it. I thought through a number of ideas that differentiated those top two rectangles from the bottom one because it seems to me that that is implied in the sketch with the top two being scalloped.  But as I was thinking through options, the idea of three words came up and then it was an easy leap to "ho ho ho".  So I was definitely inspired by the sketch but put a little bit different twist on it. Once I saw it in my head, I had to do it and I love the results!

The letters and the Santa are all Sizzix/Tim Holtz.  I added a little gray ink to the edges of Santa so he would stand out on the white background. The speech bubbles are random bubbles - all from closed companies - that I selected just because they fit the words. The sentiment is from Impression Obsession that I just had to have because it's full of snarky sayings that are going to be just perfect for my sons for a number of years. 

I hope to see you playing along with us this week at Freshly Made Sketches.

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Stamps: Impression Obsession Dear Santa

Dies: Sizzix/Tim Holtz Cool Yule and Alphanumeric Cutout Lower, various speech bubbles selected because of the direction of the speech part!, 

Paper: Doodlebug Buffalo Check Woodgrain Petite Prints in Lily White, Stampin' Up cardstock in Real Red, Granny Apple Green, Parakeety Party, Basic Gray and Going Gray, My Favorite Things In the Buff cardstock