Good Morning & Happy Wednesday!
My card for today is for our 'Celebrations' challenge this week over on the Cheery Lynn Designs blog, and the lucky winner will recieve a $20 voucher to spend in the online store - brilliant prize! :)
Now I decided to make a Christmas card for our 'Celebrations' theme this week, without using any obvious christmas dies, papers or embellishments just to see if I could still make it look jolly festive! :) lol.
My card base is 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, as this Penny Black stamp is quite large and I didnt want to squish it up or cramp it and I coloured the image with PM's
I hand-stitched Memory Box papers to taupe coloured bazzil card and tucked the Anastasia border just underneath to the left. I then layered the Horizon Coved reflection die in contrasting colours and the gorgeous little mini-doily was from the Polynesian Sails die (its a little extra in the middle of the die and so cute! :)) I made the flower in the top right using one of the corners from the Lace Corner Deco D die set and used a pearl brad to hold it together.
The wintry looking flower in the bottom left was made using 4 layers of a 3 leaf die and stamen from the Build a Flower set also held together with a pearl brad.
All dies used on this card are:
I really hope you find time to join in our challenge this week, there is still lots of time to enter and I cant wait to see what everyone is celebrating! :) Dont forget there is always fresh daily inspiration from the rest of the very talented DT over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration blog too!
Papertake Weekly - Make your own - Flower
Stamptacular Sunday - to Die for
2 Sisters Challenge - Christmas in July
Totally Gorjuss - Leaf it In
Crazy 4 Challenges - Stitching
PaperPlay Challenges - Christmas in July
Willow Sketchie Challenge - Christmas in July
Crimbo Crackers - Animals or penguins
Delightful Challenges - Christmas in July
Lexis Creations - Christmas in July
Paper & Such - Stitching
Thanks so much for visiting my blog today and I hope the sun is smiling on you wherever you are and whatever you are doing! :)
This is gorgeous!! Love the image and the colours look great. As always your use of the dies is fantastic - love it!
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Gorgeous once again. Wishing you a great Wednesday.
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Desíre
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Gorgeous card the image is adorable and the layout is fab. Caroline xxx
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous,love the perfectly coloured image and layout.xxx
ReplyDeleteoh gosh Hun this is just gorgeous love that image,and the colours are so beautiful and just love the layout,hugs Cherylxxxx
ReplyDeleteAnother gorgeous creation. I love the Penny Black image, and it's not one I've seen around before. Love the die cuts and the pearls.
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this is stunning and gorgeous card Alison.
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greetings karin
wow!! Stunning card. I love the image and all the wonderful detailing.
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This is so beautiful Alison, love the rectangle dies and the fabulous image.Gorgeous colouring, love the layers and design, the flowers and papers, all of it is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteluv CHRISSYxx
Super card, Alison! Love the image and your embellishing looks fab!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful card. I love the layered elements - the border and the coved rectangles are stunning and will have to go on my wish list! Hugs, Tracey x
ReplyDeleteStunning Christmas card. Really love those little celebrating hedgehogs and mouse - too cute. Gorgeous layout and totally beautiful die cuts!!
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Denise xx
A gorgeous piece of art!!!! I have got to get going on Christmas cards too......
ReplyDeleteSuper colours & I love that taupe colour against the pale minty green. Thos pearly brads are wonderful & I love the the way you coloured those little creatures - they really have dimesnion to them. Intrigued by your colouring of the bubbly in the glasses - so effective.
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Paula (PEP)
Oh WOW, love the colours, layering and super image. Carolxx
ReplyDeleteAlways loved those PB Hedgies.. and you did a fantastic job...
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Debbie
Absolutely gorgeous Alison, such a fab image, and those die cuts are wonderful. A beautiful Christmas card!
ReplyDeleteThis is adorable Alison, sweet image and lovely colours! Jo x
ReplyDeleteHi Alison - what a great card! Non-traditional colours for Christmas but still incredibly effective. Love your lacey die-cuts and flower! Thanks for joining us at Lexi's Creations for our "Christmas in July" challenge.
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Hi Alison, how cute is this, wow, so lovely, all the details are fantastic and the dies you used just great.
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I love this card Alison, you certainly did make it festive, such a cute image and great use of all your gorgeous die cuts.
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Pauline
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Brilliant card! I love the dies and the image is sooo cute! :)
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This is stunning Alison and so well put together. This is one less to make nearer the time!
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Gorgeous card Alison, I do love all your wonderful dies and such a cute stamp.
ReplyDeleteI took the plunge on Sunday and brought myself a Silhoutte, which came yesterday but only just had chance to start playing with it as work is crazy atm. Hopefully get more time the weekend, may have to pick your brains though on the best papers to use, but oh boy the possibilities seem to be endless hehe xx
Aw this is gorgeous Alison, I love the cute PB image, beautiful vinatge colours and lovin all the dies too! :)
ReplyDeleteKelly.x
Aww this is stunning Alison. I love the image and all your fabulous details. Gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteHugs Debbie x
so gorgeous alison.fab sweet image and i love your beautiful soft colours and details :D
ReplyDeletexx coops xx
stunning card thanks for sharing with us at 2sisters this week Tracy x Dt
ReplyDeleteStunning card Alison, adorable image.
ReplyDeleteWendy xx
I just spent 15 minutes looking at this card to see how you put it all together! Wow! Just stunning! Thank you for playing along with the Delightful Challenge Team!
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Chriss
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Love this Alison! Such a cute layout :D
ReplyDeleteLove the non-traditional colors for a Christmas card. That image is dear also. Thanks for playing along with us at Paper and Such!
ReplyDeleteLovely papers and colors, and there are so many lovely details to this card. I especially love the die cut frames, and the leaves are so elegant too. It's a gorgeous card!
ReplyDeletewow alison this is totally gorgeous..beautiful layout, love my memory box papers..pam
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet card! I love the image and how your hedgehogs are colored and, oh my, you do have such great "dies" here... Thanks so much for playing with us at Stamptacular Sundays. We are so excited to add a new feature to our challenges- each week there will be "Top 3 Winners" in addition to the random prize drawing! We hope you join us again next week for more great prizes and a chance to be on our Top 3 list! Next week's challenge, which begins on Sunday, is "Three or More Patterned Papers"! Good Luck on your entry!! xxx Ann Marie
ReplyDeleteOoh this is gorgeous Alison! I love the image and your colouring is perfection! Love gorgeous colours… the scrummy papers and embellies.. the pretty die cuts.. it's a real stunner!
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Sue xx
So lovely, Alison! Beautiful coloring of the sweet image and loving the intricate frame die cuts and how you created the flowers using different die cuts!
ReplyDeleteSuch sweet card Alison! Love this image, too cute :)
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Oh Alison how did I miss this one! It is gorgeous, I just spotted it had made the top three over at 2 Sisters. Congrats! So well deserved! Judy x
ReplyDeleteHow do you do it? So many layers but still looking organised and neat. Super! xxx
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