CR84FN42 - Merry Christmas .....

... gosh, it's so hard to believe that we're already into November - and according to various counters out there in Blogland - there are only 48 days - yes, really, only 48 days until Christmas!!  Now, I've been making Christmas cards since January thanks to a number of different challenges, and I have about 60 cards already made but I still need more.  About another 60 cards!!!  And I think the colours we have for you in our CR84FN challenge are just lovely and are perfect for Christmas cards.  Our colours - oh yes, black, pale pink and a neutral.  Lush!!!

I think our inspiration photos are fabulous - not remotely Christmassy, but so pretty and elegant; they are courtesy of Beccarillo photography - a place where you can spend quite a while looking at the fab photos!  Actually, I sort of got the inspiration for my card from the centre photo - the cake.  I like the black and white with the touch of pink in the roses.

I started off with an A4 sheet of card from Kanban which I simply folded in half.  I love the snowflake design on the card and added a touch of sparkle to the flakes with my glue pen and glitter.  I used the lovely 2011 Heirloom Ornament dies from Spellbinders to cut a number of shapes in black and in pearly pink.  The very large die was cut and then embossed with one of my Cuttlebug folders - it's quite subtle (not quite enough shims!).  To stamp the designs on the baubles I used one of my new sets from Waltzingmouse.  I inked the images with Versamark and embossed the designs with Black sparkle embossing powder.  Then I arranged the baubles on the card and added some bows.  I think this is a really elegant card - it's black and white with a touch of pink!

Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - 2011 Holiday Ornaments
Inks:  Versamark;  Memento - Tuxedo Black
Spellbinders:  2011 Heirloom Ornaments (S4-334)
Accessories:  Kanban snowflake card; Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder; Pearlescent pink card, ribbons and glitter - all from stash

Joining us as our Guest Designer for the next few CR84FN challenges is Mackie from Mackie Made Paper Creations - so check out the CR84FN blog to see inspiration cards from Mackie and the rest of the team, or go directly to their blogs by clicking on the links below:

Sue

Andrea

Stephanie

Suzanne

Heather

Mona
Lisa

 

It was so noisy around here last night - fireworks going off all ove the place!  We could see them through the windows in the lounge, so pretty!  Today we're going to have a quite day at home - I've got some housework bits to catch up on, Kathryn needs to tidy her room and Mum just wants to sit quietly and read today.  Once I've done the bits I need to do, I plan to escape to my craft room and make some birthday cards - I've got lots coming up. 

That's all for today.  Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving comments - I read each and every one - they are very much appreciated.  See you soon!