Christi's Creative Crew: Not So Ugly Christmas Sweater and Suit

Today I decided to go off the grid a little bit and make some UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER type cards.

I was working on a project for my Christmas Card Class coming up on October 30th and ran into some retired Designer Paper called NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. I decided to just have a bit of fun and use up the last few sheets of 6x6 paper.

My hubby wears a t-shirt under all of his shirts so I had to add a white t-shirt under his (not-so) ugly reindeer sweater. I ran the patterned paper through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine using the CABLE KNIT (retired - sorry) embossing folder. Using the LAYERED CIRCLES DIES gave me the neck line.

Adding the sleeves made my card too big for our standard A2 envelopes, but I keep some larger envelopes on hand so such a time as this.

I thought that I would give it a try with a (not-so) ugly suit coat and tie using the HANDSOMELY SUITED DIES.

A second pattern is a fun Christmas lights tie with the plaid suit coat. I had some small wood buttons left on hand to use on the suit coats

Please don't focus on the patterned paper which is retired but take the challenge to use the Handsomely Suited Stamp Set and Dies to create you own (not-so) ugly sweater or suit coat and tie. I would love to see what you come up with. You can share your creations HERE and I will then share what you made on my blog. Wouldn't it be fun to see your creations on my blog??

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