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Saturday, 13 February 2016

52CCT - Colours ....

.... Hello from an arctic cold and rather snowy Northville. The weather is just right for making Christmas/winter cards, which is fortunate as it's time for our colour challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown - 52CCT06-16. April has picked some fabulous colours - BLUE, CREAM AND GOLD. Here's my card:

Holly Jolly - photo by Deborah Frings - Deborah's Gems

Stamps: My Favourite Things - Grand Holiday Greetings, Seasonal Sentiments; Waltzingmouse - Festive Foliage
Inks: Stampin' Up! - Whisper White (pigment), Night of Navy; Brilliance - Galaxy Gold
Dies: WMS - Holly; Memory Box - Postage Rectangle Layers #3
Accessories: Cream Lustre Card; SU Card - Night of Navy; SU DP - Night of Navy; Gold Mirri Card; White Signo Pen


I really wasn't sure what I was going to do with these colours, but I'm really pleased how this turned out. Over at Merry Monday - MM#191 the team would like to see the "Chalkboard Technique" and at Jingle Belles - JB:16:04 they want to see TEXT. So I thought text and chalk boards go together and my board is dark blue!! I cut a panel of design paper slight smaller than the base, ran a gold pen around the edge and adhered it flat to the card. Next I die cut a rectangle of navy card and stamped this bold greeting in white pigment ink and heat embossed with white powder. I doodled a border in white pen and then adhered the panel to some gold card and attached it to the front of the card. I finished the front with some gold die cut holly, complete with blue berries! On the inside I made a mat from navy card. On the white card I stamped a Christmas greeting and added some gold holly leaves.

Edited:  I've just added my card to the Merry Monday challenge and I think I must have been subconsciously CASing Betty!  Her card is absolutely fabulous

Holly Jolly inside - photo by Deborah Frings - Deborah's GemsHolly Jolly sq - photo by Deborah Frings - Deborah's Gems

Don't forget to visit our blog to see what the rest of the team have created to inspire you. You've got plenty of time to play along - deadline is midnight (GMT) Friday 19th February (7.00pm for those of us in the States). I hope you all have a super weekend, I've a busy one planned with some fun stuff and some tax paperwork too! Well, it can't be all fun! See you soon.

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12 comments:

  1. Betty13 February 2016 at 15:40

    i am very flattered that you cased my card and it's gorgeous done in blue - i often see cards on blogs, pinterest, wherever and then make a card not realizing i've cased someone - and so pleased that you entered the MM challenge.

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  2. Jacqueline13 February 2016 at 17:25

    Sounds jolly cold where you are Deborah - you've made a gorgeous card though - very pretty - Jacqueline xx

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  3. Sharon Traynor Designs13 February 2016 at 18:40

    Fabulous card Deborah. Love the bold sentiment and the background paper. Great doodling too.
    Not heard of the chalkboard technique...must check that out.
    Sharon xx

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  4. Elizabeth13 February 2016 at 21:38

    How fun to do the "chalkboard" in a non traditional color! Love your card!

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  5. Bonnie14 February 2016 at 01:05

    I love your blue chalkboard, Deborah! So much more lively than black! Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday!

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  6. Kajcyika14 February 2016 at 08:09

    This is really beautiful! :) xx Kaja

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  7. SmilynStef15 February 2016 at 01:49

    Love how your sentiment si the star of the show ... so very glad you got TEXT-y with us at Jingle Belles.

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  8. Paper Lily Leaf16 February 2016 at 16:54

    What a lovely card! Xx

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  9. Fabiola17 February 2016 at 10:28

    Magnifique Déborah, j'aime les sujets que tu as assemblé, le résultat en vaut la peine, biz

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  10. Julie20 February 2016 at 01:56

    Beautiful card
    Julie T

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  11. Sybrina K21 February 2016 at 17:58

    Deborah, What a lovely card! The palette is so pretty, and I love your take on the chalkboard look.

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  12. lauren bergold22 February 2016 at 16:50

    what a gorgeous palette and a brilliant use of that super-pretty sentiment card! thanks for joining our texting fun at JINGLE BELLES! ♥♥♥

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