Saturday 9 April 2011

Two in one ....

... I've had a very busy morning in my craft room and have made lots of cards - but you'll have to wait and see!!  I know, it's a tease;))

However, I do have a card to share with you now.  I've combined two challenges - this week's colour challenge from The Play Date Cafe - which is absolutely gorgeous, and Less Is More's one layer challenge to focus on a sentiment. 




I've made a Christmas card - keeping up with those resolutions - and used some slightly neglected stamps too!



I stamped the large word with Versamark and embossed with silver.  The letters have been painted with Twinkling H20s - which look really lovely in real life, but never seem to work in photos!!  And I added some snowflakes in a very subtle blue.  Should have stamped the word "Christmas" in London Fog!!  I'll try to do another card before I go away so see the difference, but I may not get the chance.

Stamps:  Stampendous - Christmas words (I think); Inkadinkadoo - Snowflakes a plenty
H2Os:  Guatemalan Green, Autumn Skies, Wild Blueberry
Inks:  Memento - Summer Skies

I think that's all for today.  I'm going to make a late lunch (early tea) for Kathryn and me!!  Then I'm back in my craft room to make some more cards.  Don't forget to check in tomorrow for the new CR84FN challenge - Mona has picked some fabulous colours!!  Do join us.

44 comments:

Jane said...

Love your card fab colours you have chosen xx

Loli said...

Hello Deb, thank you for to visit my blog, i'm so happy to see you another week.
I love christmas season...i love your christmas card.
a hug from Palma de Mallorca

Maureen said...

A great card, lovely colours and one for the christmas box!!

Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...

Lovely CAS card, great use of this weeks colours on MERRY and you ate very organised adding to your Christmas cards. Thank you for joining in the challenge at The Play Date Cafe. Tracy Evans x

Ruth said...

Love the colors and snowflakes!
Ruth C

Helene said...

Cool card with such lovely colours

Pauline said...

Lovely and vibrant Deborah!

Lexxie said...

Fantastic sentiment Deb, and the colours are fab
Love Sarita xx

Linby said...

Great sentiment for the challenge-lovely card.
Linbyx

Sarn said...

Really LOVELY . . . and it's great to have another Christmas card made ready isn't it? I have a similar set of stamps for birthdays!
Hugs, Sandra

Sylvie said...

I know who twinkly those letters must look.. H2O's really do add something don't they.. I love how you have used them on your very pretty card. Hug
Sylvie xx

Mandi said...

Super card Deborah, thats a FB Merry
Chrissie did one fairly similar a while ago I loved hers then
Thanks Deb
mandi
Less is More

Clare said...

great CAS card! love the touch of snowflakes!

Lauren Hatwell said...

smashing. I'm trying to use some neglected stamps too. Doesn't it make you feel righteous... LOL Lx

Jose said...

Stunning card, fab colours
Jose

Susan said...

Deborah, I think I agree that Christmas should have been stamped in a lighter color...it's still a great card. I sure wish the twinkling h2o would show up better!

Tara Cardwell said...

I like the strong colour of christmas - I think it needs it to stand up to the large merry. I think its a great layout :-)

Rosemary said...

fantastic christmas card!

Andrea Ewen said...

Fabulous CAS card, Deborah, the colors are perfect and the embossing and subtle snowflake stamping are beautiful! Thanks for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe!

kelly said...

what a fab idea, the greeting being in all different colours, love it
kelly x

Chrissie said...

I used these stamps for a OLC recently and they are perfect for this challenge!
Super card Deborah
Enjoy the sunshine!
Chrissie
"Less is More"

~ Ali Robertson ~ said...

This is fabulous Deborah, love it

Have a fab day

Ali x

Shirley said...

Great card, I love the bold colours.

Enjoy the sunshine.

Shirleyx

Colleen Dietrich said...

Hello Deb! I like that you chose a CHristmas theme for your card using our colors this week. It's a shame that shimmery/sparkly cards never look the same in a pic as IRL. I can imagine this one shining up a storm! THanks for playing with us at THe Cafe.

Carla said...

lovely, sentiment and colors are great

Sandra said...

Beautiful card...love the colours you've used on the sentiment...

Take care
San x

Paula (PEP) said...

Brilliant way of doing the LIM & quite stunning with the H20s. I don't know how you do it all - I blink & you've got several posts up....
Paula (PEP)

massofhair said...

Nice to see a xmas card and in such lovely colours. H2o's really do give a lovely finish and i can see why you wanted to use London Fog to ink up your christmas. Great card for both challenges.

I've done something slightly different for the PDCC challenge this week:-)

Tricia Williams said...

Such a great card!! Like it Deb :O)

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful card. I love your choice of colours for this one!

Aileen said...

Love the blues in your Merry. Very contemporary. x

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Lurve those colours great card

Unknown said...

Fab card Deborah!
Lizy x

Lynne said...

I love this Deborah. Very bright and cheerful.
Far too early for Christmas cards for me though lol.
Lynne xxx

Sarah said...

Love the all different blue tones - bright and - I would say fresh - but let's go for frosty!


Sarah at 127

http://blueboxbabe.blogspot.com/

Stella said...

A brilliant take on both challenges; love it.
Great CAS card and it's breathtaking!

G Peplow said...

Great card Deborah, love Twinkling H2o's too and you're so right, they just don't photograph well but we all know how fab IRL, love your card :0) xxx

Vicky Hayes said...

Just brilliant! And such beautiful colours too!

Karen Aicken said...

Wow - what a great OLC for the LIM challenge!! WOW - TFS!

Ruby said...

I love your CAS design and that it's for Christmas too! Thanks for playing along with us this week at the Play Date Cafe!

Rachelxx said...

Great card - love the detail of the embossing of the letters.

Jaclyn Miller said...

What a fabulously unique color combo for a Christmas card - it totally works! Way to think outside the box. Love the CAS design of it. Thanks so much for playing at The Play Date Cafe.

Jinny Newlin said...

Wow! Such a great, CAS card! All that color really pops on your white base! Soooo need to work on one-layer cards more! Thanks for the inspiration! And thanks so much for playing with us this week at The Play Date Cafe!

Cheryl said...

Love this! I like the large letters and the colors. Great take on the challenge!

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...