2009 Photo Finish Holiday Cards
I have always secretly wanted to play with the idea of altered art. I love the idea of taking a picture pretending like there is something else in it entirely. I went to work with the girls posing in the backyard for me. “Put your hands like this” “Look like this”, it was a lot of directing, so I do recommend this obviously for older kids, but I just loved how it turned out. Here are some of the pictures I ended up taking. The first one is the one I decided on to make my card.
I could see so many possibilities with this one. Emma is just blurred in the background and her hand is crystal clear, really bringing into focus your altered item. Wouldn’t a snowman or Santa be adorable here?
I ended up loving this picture , so I went to work on my computer resizing it to be about 4×4. Then I printed it out to find a stamp that would work well with the image. The little gift box from Lisa Johnson’s “Out of the Box” set was a PERFECT fit! Adding a sentiment from Holiday Button Bits along with snowflake stamps from Snowflake Serenade was a perfect complement to a very easy photo card!
Just glittered the gift boxes adding a pop of sparkle and color along with a colorful sentiment and you have a sweet altered greeting that takes no time at all to make! Go and see what other wonderful inspiration there is from the senior team and our guest Annabelle O’Malley!
Annabelle O’Malley {Our Distinguished Guest!}
Stamps: Out of the Box, Holiday Button Bits, Snowflake Serenade
Paper: Stamper’s Select White, Smokey Shadow
Ink: Smokey Shadow, Pure Poppy
Other: Prisma Glitter
Finished Card Size: 5.5 x 5.5
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October 31st, 2009 at 11:09 pm
WOW – your girls are gorgeous — and what a terrific execution on this challenge. I love it!
October 31st, 2009 at 11:18 pm
What a fabulous card; so classic! Your girls are beautiful!!!
October 31st, 2009 at 11:31 pm
Aren’t you the CLEVER one? This is darling, Becky!
October 31st, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Amazing idea! I have a two year old, so I’m not sure if I can get him to cooperate. But I’m sure going to try! LOVE THIS!!!
October 31st, 2009 at 11:39 pm
WOW! Becky that is SOOO seriously cool. I love this idea. You rocked it out
October 31st, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Meant to say how stunning your girls are too
October 31st, 2009 at 11:50 pm
What a cool idea! And what gorgeous girls you have!!!
By the way, I grew up in Germany and enjoy your posts about Germany and everything.
Anette-snowmom13
October 31st, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Becky, this is amazing! I love your photo card concept because it starts from the photograph to the card! AMAZING idea! Thanks for sharing it!
November 1st, 2009 at 1:21 am
What an awesome idea!!! It came out amazing!!
November 1st, 2009 at 1:53 am
Super cute card, and great pics too.
November 1st, 2009 at 2:08 am
Becky,
I LOVE this card. you really did a great job on it. Of course the subjects are beautiful but I really like the incorporation of the 3D element to the picture. Great job!
~*Krissa*~
November 1st, 2009 at 4:41 am
Love this! Great idea, and the girls keep getting gorgeouser and gorgeouser.
November 1st, 2009 at 4:42 am
this is such a fun idea!
November 1st, 2009 at 5:22 am
Wonderful photos of your gorgeous girls Becky. I love this idea of altering the photo – all I need to do is persuade some one to pose for me – not an easy task!
November 1st, 2009 at 5:57 am
I like this – a very neat idea!!
November 1st, 2009 at 6:05 am
Just FANTASTIC!! I love your idea. And that card is just gorgeous. Simple but with some pop. Your girls are beautiful!
November 1st, 2009 at 7:24 am
Your girls are beautiful. I love the photos you took. They are works of art in themselves. But the finished card is just stunning. Thanks for sharing it.
November 1st, 2009 at 7:32 am
OMGosh, this is the absolute best idea!! LOVE IT!!!
November 1st, 2009 at 7:34 am
This is such a great idea! Your card is beautiful!
November 1st, 2009 at 8:15 am
What a GREAT idea! So adorable and CREATIVE!!!
November 1st, 2009 at 10:20 am
This is a beautiful card! Your daughters are lovely! Great idea for the second photo – maybe a sparkly Christmas fairy sitting in her hand? :<)
Barbara Diane
November 1st, 2009 at 10:30 am
You ROCK my friend! Pure and total genius!!!!!!!!!!
November 1st, 2009 at 10:31 am
What a FUN idea.. (we did this in Disney.. never THOUGHT to use my stamps at home!!) BEAUTIFUL photo of your girls too!!
November 1st, 2009 at 10:32 am
Way cool!!!
November 1st, 2009 at 10:36 am
Very classic, very elegant and how artistic… Terrific idea posing your gorgeous daughters with their hand out to hold the tiny presents. Absolutely fantastic.
November 1st, 2009 at 10:50 am
What a lovely card!
I love the way the photo is black and white but you’ve added the coloured stamped images. And the girls are beautiful!
November 1st, 2009 at 11:26 am
Becky, this is such a neat idea and I love how it turned out! Beautiful photo, beautiful girls, and beautiful card!!
November 1st, 2009 at 12:49 pm
OMG!!!!!! You are brilliant! Wow….I am in awe of my BFL…but that’s nothing new. hUgS.
November 1st, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Oh, this is such a terrific idea!! The girls did a great job posing and such gorgeous subjects!!
November 1st, 2009 at 2:22 pm
What a fabulous idea and what a wonderful result. Your card is very inspiring.
November 1st, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Oh well, first you have to have perfectly ADORABLE girls, wearing perfectly adorable hats, with the sweetest smiles I EVER saw…..and then you have to be incredibly creative and talented to think of having them hold a hand out. Oh my, Oh my, if there were a photo-card Olympics, I’m POSITIVE you would take the Gold!
Now I think I’ve seen the very best Christmas card I’ve ever seen in my 74 years of looking at Christmas cards! Thanks for posting it.
Bahb
November 1st, 2009 at 3:11 pm
I LOVE IT! My boys just got winter hats that I thought were goofy today! But now…i’m thinking. Such a cool idea!
November 1st, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Oh my Goodness – - I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this card! Great job!
November 1st, 2009 at 6:06 pm
What a beautiful card–and so clever and creative! Your daughters are so darling and perfect subjects–love the combination of black and white, with touch of color!
November 1st, 2009 at 7:21 pm
WOW…I am just so in awe of this project! I am a regular to your blog but this just blew me away! Thank you soooo much for generously sharing this idea!
November 1st, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Fun-tastic idea!
November 1st, 2009 at 9:10 pm
I love love love the card – the photo is sooooo cute and the card is wonderful!!
November 1st, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Absolutely stunning! Very clever indeed. Your daughters are precious. Would love to try something like this with my grandchildren. Wish me luck!
November 1st, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Fantastic card. Since having a baby last year I feel that photo cards are a must for us at Christmas. I love how you have mixed handmade and a photo card into one and kept the design really simple. It really is just perfect and something I’m going to HAVE to copy! Hope that’s ok!!
Your girls are gorgeous and look a lot like their Mama!
November 1st, 2009 at 11:36 pm
I’ve been creating photo Christmas cards since my son was born 6 years ago. I love what you created, Becky! So creative. You and all the PTI designers just ooze creativity.
November 1st, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Your photo and card is beautiful. You had beautiful subjects to work with. Nice!
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:06 am
PERFECT My favourite out of the bunch!!
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:42 am
1) Your daughters are so gorgeous! Obviously a reflection on their mother!
2) I love this idea! Your cards are amazing!
3) How cool that you did them in B&W so the stamped image stands out…even without the glitter!
4) THANKS SO MUCH for sharing such an amazing idea!
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:30 am
Awesome…is all I can say.
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:33 am
what a cool idea!!!
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:39 am
I love your blog and these pictures are awsome, I think I’m gonna give it a try
Thanks for the inspiration
Diana
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:05 am
I LOVE the black & white, I LOVE the red presents, I love the square card, I am LOVIN’ everything you did with this card!
And………your girls are gorgeous!!!
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:33 pm
I can’t stop looking at this… it’s beautiful!
What a creative mind you have. LOVE it!
November 2nd, 2009 at 4:03 pm
What a super cool idea! Oh my goodness – you are so clever! I’m definitely going to have to try this!
Thank you so much for sharing!
Hugs,
Renee
PS. Beautiful girls!!!
November 2nd, 2009 at 6:41 pm
what an awesome idea!
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Absolutely darling picture made into a unique card! Great idea!
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Becky… wow. Stunning girls and the whole concept is just incredibly original. LOVE IT!!
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:43 pm
LOVE this!! The b/w just makes those presents POP and draws the eye to the whole layout!
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:22 pm
What a fantastic idea!
Charmaine
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:15 am
How incredibly creative! That’s wonderful, and your girls are beautiful
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:00 am
I am in LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!! with this card! How creative and fun. I’m chuckling over your “going to work with a lot of directing” when trying to get a photo. I used to have my kids sit on a quarter that they could keep if they stayed in one spot long enough for a picture! I can just see the looks on their faces if I asked them to pose for a picture like yours…they are now 22, 24 and 26. Thanks for bringing back great memories of holiday “photo shoots” of the past!
November 3rd, 2009 at 3:34 pm
This is absolutely fabulous!!! Your girls are adorable and your idea…well, genius!
November 5th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
I love this idea! Amazing work…TFS
November 7th, 2009 at 7:26 am
This is such a great idea! I LOVE that picture of your girls—what beauties! You got great shots of them—that’s half the battle on a picture card, right? I love the idea–thanks for the inspiration!
November 7th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
BECKY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, first of all, it took me like five minutes just to scroll down past all of those comments to get to the comment box! LOL I LOVE these pictures! You are an amazing photographer…I should have taken advantage and asked for some pointers while we were in Philly! Maybe next time ;]
Love the idea of the photo card, and the clean, elegant look with the outlined border. Also love how you had the girls hold their hands out so that you could put a pressie in them! Tooo clever!
Just remember….no photo cards with any unapproved pics of me from Philly! Ha ha ha ha ha ha
It was great meeting you this weekend and your class was so much fun! I’ll be sure to stalk your blog regularly.
November 10th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Becky,
These photos (and ideas) are simply wonderful!!!
Also, I loved meeting you in Philly – your energy and enthusiasm is so inspiring!
November 13th, 2009 at 2:46 am
Such a great idea! I gave you a shout out on my Friday Faves