Happy holidays, everyone! This week we're teaming up with Glue Arts to bring you some holiday fun along with a chance to win some October Afternoon and Glue Arts products. I (Vivian) am a huge fan of Glue Arts' Glue Glider Pro - I love how easy it is to use and to refill! My six-year-old daughter loves it as well, so I have to keep my eye on it or else it disappears! :)
Today's sketch offers a quick and easy design for holiday cards and layouts:
I shared the sketch with Roree, who came up with this adorable holiday card:
I love how she interpreted the three photo slots across the center as trees and the lines of journaling as stitching. In fact, let's get a closer look at that fabulous stitching detail!
I took the sketch and mirror-reversed it to create a layout showcasing a piece of holiday art my son created:
I stretched the artwork across two of the photo slots and placed my journaling in the third slot. The sticker at the bottom left takes the place of the lines of journaling in the sketch. I had a lot of fun using the pipe cleaners from the Holiday Style Miscellany to create my title letters:
If you create anything using today's sketch, please post it to our October Afternoon Flickr gallery - we'd love to see your creations!
Glue Arts is offering up a wonderful prize package if you go and visit their blog...
We'd like to give you a bit of Holiday Style too! Along with our GlueArts products! Just post a comment today...we really do enjoy hearing from you...and we'll enter you to win a collection kit from October Afternoon's NEW Holiday Style along with a GlueArts Embellishment Kit!!! ( Includes (1) Roll Ribbon Adhesive, (1) Roll Extreme Adhesive Squares, (10) Sheets Vellum Adhesive, (1) Sheet U CUT IT Foam, (16) Squares Raisen's, and (300) Micro Adhesive Squares.) We'll select one random winner and post their name on Christmas Eve!!
I print the card, great inspiration to create some Christmas cards with the kids.
Posted by: La Zaz | December 23, 2011 at 03:31 AM
The card is so cute!
Posted by: Paulo | December 23, 2011 at 03:30 AM
I am so going to have to get my kids to do the fingerprint reindeer tomorrow! Thanks!
Posted by: Cori | December 23, 2011 at 12:19 AM
These projects are so cute!
Posted by: Gayle215 | December 22, 2011 at 11:35 PM
Adorable card! Love all OA, but especially holiday style!
Posted by: Rhonda Haun | December 22, 2011 at 10:37 PM
I just love all of October Afternoon, but the Holiday collection is so fabulous. I'd love to win anything associted with OA.
Posted by: Annette Kelly | December 22, 2011 at 10:33 PM
Adorable card and very cute layout! Thanks for sharing and the chance to win!
Posted by: Amber R. | December 22, 2011 at 10:31 PM
Love all glue art products but most of all October afternoon
Thank you glue arts & O . A for a chance to win.
Merry Christmas.
Posted by: Cinnibinni | December 22, 2011 at 10:29 PM
What a great sketch, can't wait to use it and Glue Arts and OA...it doesn't get much better than that!
Posted by: Kim M | December 22, 2011 at 10:04 PM
Fun sketch. Definitely going to try it. Love your holiday collection. I'm like you, I love my GA Pro Glider as well. I actually bought one for my best friend for Christmas so she can join me in the obsession with it. :)
Posted by: Lisa P | December 22, 2011 at 09:50 PM
Oh goodness...October Afternoon and Glue Arts? What a super combination! And I am SO glad I can now sign up for email delivery of your blog news! yay!
Posted by: Shartl | December 22, 2011 at 09:21 PM
Love those little finger print deer. So cute.
Posted by: Kathy R | December 22, 2011 at 09:17 PM
Great takes on the sketch! Roree's card is adorable with the stitched Xmas trees, and I love the fingerprint art! So clever to use the pipe cleaners for the title.
Posted by: Cynthia B. | December 22, 2011 at 08:41 PM
Cute snowman card and love, love, love how you incorporated your child's artwork into the layout.
Posted by: Cheryl S. | December 22, 2011 at 08:34 PM
Fabulous snowman card! Happy Holidays!
Posted by: Angie Simonet | December 22, 2011 at 08:33 PM
I love the scrapbook page along with your son's art piece. How memorable is that!!!
Posted by: Brenda Lubrant | December 22, 2011 at 08:31 PM
Fun sketch and awesome card and layout!
Posted by: Lisa Moen | December 22, 2011 at 08:05 PM
OHHHHH! These cards and LOs are soooo cute! THANKS for the chance to win--sbmmhoover at yahoo dot com
Posted by: Sav O'G | December 22, 2011 at 07:58 PM
Love the cards, but can't find Holiday Style anywhere in Calgary...do you know if there is a store anywhere in Alberta that ordered it?
Posted by: Lee-Ann Lally | December 22, 2011 at 07:55 PM
so cute, really love the look and would love to win!
Posted by: jennifer | December 22, 2011 at 07:49 PM
Very cute card. I really like the layout too. The sweet artwork shines on that layout!
Posted by: Jeannine H | December 22, 2011 at 07:16 PM
I really, really love that card!!!
Posted by: ruth tacoma | December 22, 2011 at 06:29 PM
It is interesting to see how the card and layout came about from the same sketch. Love them both.
Posted by: Pam Spradlin | December 22, 2011 at 06:19 PM
Yeah!! LOVE the sketch and the AWESOME samples!! THANKS SO MUCH for the chance to win and have a FABULOUS HOLIDAY WEEK!! =)
Posted by: Larissa Heskett | December 22, 2011 at 06:09 PM
WONDERFUL inspiration! Thank you so much!
Posted by: Karin | December 22, 2011 at 05:36 PM