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Friday, 29 April 2011

Well, I've made a start..........



.... 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! ;)
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48 comments:

  1. Denise 29 April 2011 at 09:23

    Gorgeous and your colouring of the little bear is fantastic. Hugs Denise xx

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  2. Pink Dandelion29 April 2011 at 09:26

    Fab card, lovely traditional colours. Your colouring of the FF bear is gorgeous. Well done on starting your Christmas Cards. Debs xx

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  3. CraftyC29 April 2011 at 09:54

    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

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  4. Unknown29 April 2011 at 09:57

    OMGoodness Alison! You amaze me. Absolutely beautiful card. Your coloring is ... perfection!

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  5. KarinsArtScrap29 April 2011 at 11:57

    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

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  6. Dawn29 April 2011 at 12:34

    Alison, What a beautiful Christmas Card! Thank you for joining us at paper playtime.

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  7. Claire29 April 2011 at 12:54

    Well done Alison on making a start with your Christmas cards - this is absolutely gorgeous. Hugs, Claire x

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  8. Shell Shearer Swinscoe29 April 2011 at 13:05

    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

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  9. craftieodmae29 April 2011 at 13:05

    WOWED again! this is beyond beautiful! I love the glitter too!

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  10. Vicky29 April 2011 at 13:14

    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

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  11. Suzilou29 April 2011 at 14:24

    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

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  12. MacKenzie29 April 2011 at 15:26

    This is fantastic Alison - so cute! I'm so glad you joined us for our "favorite image" challenge over at CSAYL.

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  13. Deb29 April 2011 at 16:01

    it is so beautiful Alison, love the bright, bold colours and fun image!
    Happy Royal Wedding Day and Happy Crafting, Debxx

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  14. coops29 April 2011 at 16:25

    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

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  15. Flutterby Trina29 April 2011 at 17:11

    very cute! thanks for playing along at Pear tree designs this week with our colourful challenge! xx

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  16. Michele Spera29 April 2011 at 17:26

    How adorable! Love the coloring:-) Thank you for joining us at C4E
    Michele S.

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  17. pinky29 April 2011 at 17:40

    Its just gorgeous, love all the sparkle. Thanks for playing along at C4E this week.
    Pinky

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  18. Lacey Stephens29 April 2011 at 18:39

    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

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  19. Anonymous29 April 2011 at 19:30

    What a start it is too!! Love the image and the pointsettias - just beautiful! xx

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  20. Sande29 April 2011 at 20:10

    I love your christmas card! Fabulous!

    Thanks for joining our fortnightly challenge at Forever Friends!

    Hugs, Sande x

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  21. Mrs.B29 April 2011 at 20:43

    Great Christmas card - the bears are coloured perfectly and those papers are so vibrant.
    Avril xx

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  22. Kat29 April 2011 at 20:43

    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

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  23. XxJULESxX29 April 2011 at 21:31

    wow gorgeous take on the FF chall!!! thanks for joining in!

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  24. Barbara29 April 2011 at 22:01

    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

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  25. DesignerDiva29 April 2011 at 22:12

    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

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  26. D K Crafts29 April 2011 at 22:34

    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

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  27. Paula (PEP)29 April 2011 at 23:18

    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)

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  28. lisbeth30 April 2011 at 06:43

    This is beautiful. Lovely little santa bear. Thanks for joining us at Forever Friends!

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  29. debby400030 April 2011 at 07:59

    Love your gorgeous, adorable card Alison.
    luv
    Debby

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  30. Bea30 April 2011 at 10:32

    Just adorable :o) It almost made me miss winter, snow and christmas ;o)

    Thanks for joinig us at Creative Inspirations this time

    Bea

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  31. Maggie's Crafts30 April 2011 at 12:42

    So pretty!

    Thank you for joining us at Top Tip Tuesday is SQUARES challenge.:)

    Maggie
    xx

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  32. Poppy30 April 2011 at 13:23

    Great card,Thanks for joining us at Forever Friends.
    poppy.

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  33. aqualeiga30 April 2011 at 14:44

    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

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  34. Iulia30 April 2011 at 15:17

    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

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  35. Rachael30 April 2011 at 19:27

    Fab card! I just love all of the sparkle!
    Thanks for joining us at Forever Friends challenge!!
    Rach :) xx

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  36. having a {me} day30 April 2011 at 23:42

    What a fabulous Christmas card! You will have quite a collection if you start this early. Thanks for joining us at c4e. keeley

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  37. Teresa - My Crafty Heart1 May 2011 at 11:30

    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

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  38. Theresa1 May 2011 at 16:00

    What an adorable card. The bear is just too cute. Hope you're doing well. Theresa

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  39. Louise1 May 2011 at 23:45

    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!

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  40. Suzi Mac2 May 2011 at 08:31

    Fabulous Christmas card, love that sweet image and the glittery effect. Thank you for joining us at Creative Inspirations this week.
    Hugs
    Suzi x

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  41. Miranda2 May 2011 at 19:59

    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

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  42. Val3 May 2011 at 02:02

    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

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  43. Kim3 May 2011 at 03:44

    This is gorgeous. The glitter and brads add such a beautiful accent. Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Throwdown.

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  44. Janna Werner3 May 2011 at 06:18

    lol Alison... a xmas card! Well you can not really start early enough, can you? It´s lovely! TFS Janna

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  45. Marion3 May 2011 at 15:12

    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

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  46. Unknown3 May 2011 at 20:06

    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

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  47. michele4 May 2011 at 22:21

    Fabulous card! thanks for joining us at c4e this week hugs x

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  48. Maria Matter8 May 2011 at 21:05

    gorgeous hun, love the sparkle!
    hugs

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