Yeah - that's what I said... This was last Friday's prompt for the Jingle Belles challenge - we're to make a humorous Christmas card. Uh-huh...umm...drawing a blank here... That trend continued for most of the week. I Googled and Yahoo-searched "Christmas jokes", "Christmas cartoons", etc., but came up with nothing but riddles and redneck jokes. While that could have been amusing, it's just not what I had in mind.
A couple of days ago, inspiration struck while I was working on the last few of the 70 bed scarves I was sewing for a new hotel, so I switched my searching for clip art or digital stamp images that would allow me to execute my plan - nothing...
Finally, last night I decided to just bite the bullet and use my somewhat limited cartooning abilities and draw it myself, so I did. Here's the result of that scribbling and some computer-generated wording:
I know it's kind of hard to read on this little picture on the computer screen, so I'll fill you in on what it says:
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree...Christmas Songs for Seniors Includes the title track, plus: Do You Hear What I Hear? (or is my hearing aid acting up again?); What Child Is This? (I keep forgetting their names...) ...and many more!
I know - kind of silly, but I believe that's the whole point of the prompt/challenge, yes? I'm just happy that I came up with something, because I was having a trouble there for quite a while...
After I got my old folks and their pup and tree drawn and colored, I added some gold pen garland and star and some Liquid Pearls ornaments and stuck the whole thing on a card base of Stampin'Up! Real Red cardstock. It's totally flat (go, me!), but will still require extra postage because it's 5 3/4" wide by 5 1/2" high, so it's probably oversized for regular postage.
Okay - I've got several projects in the works and my sister is coming to visit next week with her husband, so I've got to whip my home into shape, too, so I've got to GO! Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by!
Hee. Love it :)
Posted by: Jennifer Styles | April 06, 2011 at 08:59 AM
Ok Miss Smarty Pants with the big words on Blog comments..... hahahahaha :-)
Seriously, thought I'd drop by and return the favour. This is a FABULOUS card... laughed my sicks off I can tell you.
Hugs
Ike xxx
Posted by: Ike www.ikesart.com | April 06, 2011 at 09:37 AM
A-MAZ-ING! Did you DRAW THOSE PEOPLE!? And what a clever idea to make it a song collection spoof. (It IS a spoof, right?!)
Posted by: leslie (crookedstamper) | April 06, 2011 at 11:02 AM
This is WONDERFUL!!! How absolutely super funny!! :) I know quite a few people who would get a kick out of this card. :D Fabulous!
Posted by: Lisa - papergrace | April 06, 2011 at 02:10 PM
holy freakin' xmas guacamole, missus!!!!!!!!!!! ok, i thought this was a drop-down ♥FABULOUS♥ card when i scrolled thru and thought it was a DIGI-STAMP... and then... i read the text and discover YOU DREW EVERY SINGLE BIT OF THIS?!??!???!!!!! HOLY. WOW!!!!!!!!! i'm in awe! seriously. wow. ♥♥♥♥♥!
(ps: clearly the best thing that can happen to you, creatively, is to be completely STUMPED... cause when you BREAK THRU... you REALLLLLLLLLLY break through!!!) :) :) :)
Posted by: lauren | April 06, 2011 at 02:45 PM
ps: 70 bed scarves??!?!??! ...there's a story there, i'm thinkin'...
Posted by: lauren | April 06, 2011 at 02:46 PM
so imaginative! very clever and so amusing!!! funny!
Posted by: Lisa | April 06, 2011 at 02:48 PM
This is so cute! Love it :)
Posted by: June Houck | April 06, 2011 at 03:31 PM
WOW! That is something Hallmark would sell. Awesome card!!!! (cartooning and sentiments [senior titling] is just... WOWEE!)
Posted by: lisa, too! | April 06, 2011 at 04:54 PM
Oh my word ... you are just too stinkin' funny ... and you drew that ... seriously A++++ for you ... thanks for joining our jingle belles mayhem.
Posted by: SmilynStef | April 06, 2011 at 08:57 PM
OMGosh Sue...this card is too funny! .. such the Clever Girl aren't you!! I LOVE It! Everything about it...and NOW I'm singing Rockin' around the Christmas Tree! You have such a talent for drawing I hope to see more of it in the near future, maybe you should make a couple of these and put them in your Etsy Shop! I'd buy one for sure! Oh and I agree with Lisa, I bet Hallmark would LOVE to see/sell this card!
Posted by: Sherry Dobreski | April 08, 2011 at 09:22 AM
Sue this is AWESOME!!!! fantastic humor and drawing girl :)
Posted by: Rose | April 09, 2011 at 07:46 PM
Had to stop by after seeing your PB card on SCS. I LOVE this card - it's hilarious!! ROTFL!! And hand-drawn - wow - you should make a ton and sell them on Etsy.
{{hugs}} Jocelyn
P.S. It's comforting to know that I am not the only Renaissance soul around.
Posted by: Jocelyn aka JoBear2 on SCS | July 06, 2011 at 09:27 PM