.... on my christmas cards that is!! :) lol
I have been meaning to make a christmas card for weeks, and am perpetually shamed when I visit so many blogs with beautiful cards all made nice and early and organised for xmas.
So, I followed the great sketch on the Forever Friends blog, and coloured this gorgeous digi-stamp (Do-crafts F.F.cd) with my pro-markers. I spent hours last week sorting my colours and trying different combos to try and get the right shades for these bears - Im such a perfectionist! lol
I made the poinsettas from Marianne Dies, and edged the red paper with a ruby PM. I found this fabby glitter in a small packet tucked inside a kit, and it looks amazing in RL! I used HOTP papers, MS punch and sentiment from a Forever Friends kit.
I am entering this card in the below competitions:
Forever Friends - Great Sketch
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss - Bling it on
Stamptacular Sunday - Pile it On
Creative Inspirations - Digi Day
The Crafty Pad - Circles
Pear Tree Designs - Colourful
Paper Playtime - Digi Friends
The Crazy Challenge - 3 different DP
Craft Your Passion - Show us Your Layers
Top Tip Tuesday - Squares
Tuesday Throwdown - Brads or Eyelets
Christmas Stampin All Years Long - Favourite image
Moving Along with the Times - Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts - Glitter
Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything Goes
Wags n Whiskers - Dies or Punch
Thanks so much for looking, hope everyone has a great BH weekend, Im now off to watch the wedding! ;)
48 comments:
Gorgeous and your colouring of the little bear is fantastic. Hugs Denise xx
Fab card, lovely traditional colours. Your colouring of the FF bear is gorgeous. Well done on starting your Christmas Cards. Debs xx
Well done on getting ahead of yourself, wont be doing any for a few months yet lol. Love the traditional colours and all the sparkle
Clairexx
OMGoodness Alison! You amaze me. Absolutely beautiful card. Your coloring is ... perfection!
it's a great christmas card alison.
the image is very cute and your coloring is great.
I already made some too, but put not my blog jet.
greetings karin
Alison, What a beautiful Christmas Card! Thank you for joining us at paper playtime.
Well done Alison on making a start with your Christmas cards - this is absolutely gorgeous. Hugs, Claire x
Just gorgeous hun, love the colours & FF bears are my favourite!!!
Thank you for sharing with us at Craft Your Passion & MAWTT this week, good luck!
hugs shell xx
WOWED again! this is beyond beautiful! I love the glitter too!
Hello my sweetie this is gorgeous hun love love love the image its really is fabulous. Love the poinsettia's they are beee-ute-ti-ful
I said I would make 1-2 a month ready for crimbo....mmmm so far I've made wait for it...............1 yep 1 crimbo card arnt I doing well hun lol.
Hope you have a fabby bank hol weekend hun.
Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx
OMG Alison, Christmas cards!! Not even given them a thought yet hehe.
I do love your FF bear though, I have got the black & gold cd which I haven't used yet but now I have my new printer I might just dust it off and see what I can make with it :)
have a fab weekend and see you in blog land :) xx
This is fantastic Alison - so cute! I'm so glad you joined us for our "favorite image" challenge over at CSAYL.
it is so beautiful Alison, love the bright, bold colours and fun image!
Happy Royal Wedding Day and Happy Crafting, Debxx
stunning card alison.the vibrant colours are gorgeous and i love the fab ff bear and your lush flowers.
you are really organized starting your christmas cards, i`m always last minute.lol :D
xx coops xx
very cute! thanks for playing along at Pear tree designs this week with our colourful challenge! xx
How adorable! Love the coloring:-) Thank you for joining us at C4E
Michele S.
Its just gorgeous, love all the sparkle. Thanks for playing along at C4E this week.
Pinky
Great card! Wonderful take on the Diecuts and punches challenge. Thanks for playing along with the Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge.
~Lacey
www.stampandcreate.com
Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps
What a start it is too!! Love the image and the pointsettias - just beautiful! xx
I love your christmas card! Fabulous!
Thanks for joining our fortnightly challenge at Forever Friends!
Hugs, Sande x
Great Christmas card - the bears are coloured perfectly and those papers are so vibrant.
Avril xx
Love your Christmas cards. Image looks really nice with traditional colours and all that lovely glitter. Thanks for joining us at TG this week.
Kat x
wow gorgeous take on the FF chall!!! thanks for joining in!
OHHHH, how pretty Alison. Love the bright Chritmas DP, the adorable image, the punches...everything!!Thanks for joining us this week at Craft Your Passion for our current challenge:"Show us your layers." We hope that you will stop by again on Monday for our next challenge. Barbara GDT
Beautiful! and I'm so jealous I haven't started my Christmas cards! Thanks for joining us at MAWTT for Pami's Anything Goes challenge this week and good luck
Hugs Laurie x
Hi Alison. Gorgeous card. Love the papers and the image is adorable and beautifully coloured. I had hoped to start my Christmas cards early this year too but so far I have only made two. Good luck with your challenges and have a good weekend. Donna
I just love that little robin & your colouring of the bear - well worth all the sorting & trying out of colours to get it. Love the sparkly fur on his hat too.
Paula (PEP)
This is beautiful. Lovely little santa bear. Thanks for joining us at Forever Friends!
Love your gorgeous, adorable card Alison.
luv
Debby
Just adorable :o) It almost made me miss winter, snow and christmas ;o)
Thanks for joinig us at Creative Inspirations this time
Bea
So pretty!
Thank you for joining us at Top Tip Tuesday is SQUARES challenge.:)
Maggie
xx
Great card,Thanks for joining us at Forever Friends.
poppy.
Hi Alison! great Chrissy card (although it gave me a cold sweat to think about Xmas in April!!!) It's perfect for our Circles challenge at THE CRAFTY PAD this week, thanks so much for joining in! Hugs, Ali x
Lovely Chrissy card, Alison! You say people start making them already! Well I guess I shall panick a few weeks before that as usual! I really don't feel like making Chrismas cards when it is so shiny and colorful outside:) But I love looking at them for a change:0
Love all these reds and the bright shiny colors too!
Hugs, Iulia
Fab card! I just love all of the sparkle!
Thanks for joining us at Forever Friends challenge!!
Rach :) xx
What a fabulous Christmas card! You will have quite a collection if you start this early. Thanks for joining us at c4e. keeley
Hi Alison,
My word, a christmas card and a fab one too at that! I find I strangely like looking at them this time of year as well!...love the colouring of the bears and the glitter, Hugs, Teresa x
What an adorable card. The bear is just too cute. Hope you're doing well. Theresa
Very jolly Christmas card Alison and well done for being super-organised. I'm afraid I don't 'do' Christmas cards - just can't manage them but yours is fab. Hope you enjoyed watching the Royal Wedding and that you caught the Perspectives prog this evening. Mine's on record to enjoy later!
Fabulous Christmas card, love that sweet image and the glittery effect. Thank you for joining us at Creative Inspirations this week.
Hugs
Suzi x
have been very busy lately no time to hop by, but I missed quite a few gorgeous cards Alison, like them all, and this Xmas card is very gorgeous too
hugs
Miranda
Gorgeous card, Alison. Love the colour scheme and image. Thanks for playing along at MAWTT with us this week. Please come back again.
Hugs
Valxx
This is gorgeous. The glitter and brads add such a beautiful accent. Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Throwdown.
lol Alison... a xmas card! Well you can not really start early enough, can you? It´s lovely! TFS Janna
Wow Alison, This is fabulous and such a great start to your Christmas cards. You have some wonderful cards on your blog since I have been away. Also congrats on making the I love Promarkers DT.
Have a good week.
hugs
Marion
This is lovely Alison, love the Christmas colours :) .. me too wanted to do a Christmas card a week.. started but didn't continue ha ha keep it up :) Hugs xxx
Fabulous card! thanks for joining us at c4e this week hugs x
gorgeous hun, love the sparkle!
hugs
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