Christmas 2015 #32

Most of my 2015 Christmas cards have been green with white or cream, but I decided to try something different.  Over the years I have saved quite a few card fronts, and it is hard for me to figure out how to recycle them and still have  the look of a hand crafted card.  I hope I succeeded with this.  I felt the Mojo sketch lent itself to using a recycled card through the window,  though for the sketch I should have positioned it a bit higher on the base.   I inked the Sizzix Time Holtz brick embossing folder.  The red strip is Washi tape, the window die by Poppystamps,  and the sentiment is computer generated.  I printed a few sheets on different papers - with sentiments in varying shapes - handy to have ready to use as needed.
Sketch:                http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/
Christmas:         http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/
                             http://craftyfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
                             http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2015/11/dlart-thankful-thursday-challenge-169.html 
                             http://www.addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com.au/
Tis the Season:   http://creativeknockouts.blogspot.com/
Traditional:         http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.com/
                            http://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/

Recycled shabby and shiny

(This may not have the same appearance on the screen as IRL.)  Actually, what I see on the screen may look better!  Well, not everything...  The stripes at the bottom are pieces from an old Christmas card - dark burgundy and gold.  The top is a bit from a metallic gold gift bag, with the Snowflake embossing.  IRL it is much too shiny for my taste, and I sponged with cream color chalk to tone it down - not really showing here.  I also sponged (chalk) the edges of the image - again, much smoother looking IRL.  I roughed the edges to add to the shabby look.  I colored the Stampendous image with Prismas.  As I have mentioned previously I am having difficulty coloring this - still waiting for suggestions!
Sketch (flipped):  http://seemsalittlesketchy.blogspot.com/
Chalk (sponged):  http://chalknstock.blogspot.com/
Recycle (old card, gift bag) with snowflakes:  http://digistamps4joy-sa.blogspot.com/2013/10/challenge-77-recycling-snowflake.html
Shabby:  http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.com/
Sparkle (gold):  http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.com/