Anything Goes
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For my project I have used this
gorgeous scene Christmas
Window which you get in 3 formats. It is on sale at the moment for only $1.
Go on and treat yourself, you know you want it J
Head over to the Daisy Doodles Store to check it out and all the other great digi’s that are
available !
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This is probably one of the most elaborate
decoupage jobbies I have done using a digi stamp. As soon as I first saw this
image I could picture the different layers I could create adding a lot of depth
to the card.
I started with a sheet of brown A4
card as my base. Printed off some brick patterned paper, a freebie from Kinley Scraps which is still
available here
The Christmas Window image was printed
many times, layers as follows:-
Bottom (layer 1) - Window
frame on patterned paper (for wallpaper) stuck to a
card base covered with brick paper.
Layer 2 - Window frame and tree only (with glittered star & baubles)
Layer 3 - Window frame and Curtains
Layer 4 - Window Frame & Robin (with puffy paint snowdrifts)
Layer 5 - Window ledge and Robin
Layer 6 - Robin
All layers are stuck together with a thin dimensional foam so even though there
are so many layers it is only 2cm thick. There is a close up below which shows the layers better. In hindsight it may have been better to use a thicker foam to see the layers better but I didn’t want to make it too thick and heavy so opted for the thinner version.
card base covered with brick paper.
Layer 2 - Window frame and tree only (with glittered star & baubles)
Layer 3 - Window frame and Curtains
Layer 4 - Window Frame & Robin (with puffy paint snowdrifts)
Layer 5 - Window ledge and Robin
Layer 6 - Robin
All layers are stuck together with a thin dimensional foam so even though there
are so many layers it is only 2cm thick. There is a close up below which shows the layers better. In hindsight it may have been better to use a thicker foam to see the layers better but I didn’t want to make it too thick and heavy so opted for the thinner version.
I am
really chuffed I was able to pull this idea off. It was fiddly to cut out
at times, I had to be very careful not to rip the window panes but it has come out so
well I amaze myself sometimes.
at times, I had to be very careful not to rip the window panes but it has come out so
well I amaze myself sometimes.
I hope you will pop over to the blog
to see the lovely creation on there from my DT Team mate Emma and we look
forward to seeing your entries in for our Challenge.
Materials
Used in this card are as follows:-
Digi Paper – Roger Rabbit
by Kinley
Scraps
Designer Paper – Back to Basics Christmas by
Dovecraft
Embellishments – Stickles
glitter glue, Woodware applique puffy snow, sentiment from stash
Techniques – Decoupage
I would
like to enter this card into the following challenges (in
Alphabetical Order):-
- 2 Sisters Challenge #120 – Christmas Sparkle
- A & T Digital Designs #19 – Anything Goes
- Addicted To Stamps #44 – Christmastime
- Artistic Inspirations #18 – Anything Goes
- ATC’s & Cards With Attitude – Anything Goes
- Avadares Challenge #6 – Anything With A Digi
- Broken Box Stock #15 – Happy Holidays
- Bunny Zoe #30 – Winter
- Catch The Bug – Anything Goes
- Challenges 4 Everybody #8 – Anything Goes
- Corrosive Challenge #163 – Anything Goes
- Craft Your Passion #139 – Snow
- Crafts 4 Eternity R#100 – Any Christmas Project
- Crafty Blogger’s Network #6 – Anything Goes
- Crafty Boots Challenge – Anything Goes
- Crafty Ann’s #79 – Birds or Animals
- Creative Stamp Friends #65 – Christmas
- Crimbo Crackers #29 – Anything Goes Christmas
- Critter Sketch Challenge #144 – Anything Christmas
- Diva’s By Design #63 – Glitter & Sparkle
- DL Art Thankful Thursday – Any December Holiday
- Drunken Stampers #108 – Fire & Ice (snow on the outside looking into a warm home)
- Fat Pages & Cards With Attitude – Anything Goes
- Forever Friends #50 – Glitter & Sparkle
- For Fun Challenges – Christmas With Sparkle
- Fussy & Fancy #77 – I Love Christmas
- Great Impressions Stamps – Anything Goes
- Hooked on Crafts #27 – Christmas
- House of Gilli #47 – Anything Goes
- I Love Promarkers #145 – Anything Goes
- Inspire Me Fridays #87 – Anything Goes
- Jellypark Friends – Stars
- Jingle Bells – Anything Holiday Goes
- Lady Anne’s Stamp Challenge – Anything Goes
- Ladybug Crafts #4 – Christmas and/or Winter
- Lexi’s Creations #78 – Christmas
- Little Red Wagon #161 – Tree
- Lollipop Crafts #95 – Happy Holidays
- Love To Create #44 – Holiday Cheer
- Make It Monday #118 – Anything Goes
- Mema’s Crafts - Anything Goes
- My Craft Spot #78 – Merry Christmas
- My Graphico #141 – Anything Goes
- My Sheri Crafts #99 – Tis The Season
- No Matter Which #5 – Christmas
- One Crazy Stamper – Sketch or Holiday Theme
- Oozak Challenge #9 – Anything Goes & Red
- Outlawz TT112912 – Anything Goes With Winter Friends Twist
- Paper Playtime #90 – Christmas Colours
- Paper Shelter #92 – Christmas is Coming
- Papercraft Star #122 – Holiday greenery
- Papertake Weekly – Free For All
- Pixie Dust Studio – Winter Holiday Creations
- QKR Stampede #16 – Christmas
- Simon Says Stamp – Anything Goes
- Simply Create #12 – Anything Goes
- Sketchy Colours #142 – Red Green & White
- Squigglefly #48 – Winter Wonderland
- Stamp & Create – Sparkly Christmas
- Stamp Your Life #1 – Anything Goes
- Stampavie & More #182 – Anything But Square
- Stampin’ For The Weekend #22 – Texture (applique puffy snow, decoupage, lots of glitter)
- Stempelsonne Challenge #77 – Anything Goes with a Stamp
- Tammy’s Scrapin Corner #39 – Anything Christmas
- Tanda Teaser #203 – Anything Christmas
- That Craft Place – No Squares Allowed
- There’s Magic in The Air – Sparkle
- The Squirrel & the Fox #32 – Summer or Winter
- Through The Craftroom Door #46 – Anything Goes
- Totally Gorjuss #160 - Anything Goes With Glitter
- Tuesday Throwdown #125 – Lots of Layers
- Unique Crafters Challenge – Christmas
- Wags n Whiskers #93 – Christmas
- Whimsy Inspirations #53 – Traditional Christmas Colours
- Whoopsi Daisy – Christmas Cards
50 comments:
Fabulous card! I love that you took a single stamp and layered it up like that! It looks wonderful!
Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Throwdown.
<3 Emily L.-DT
What a great project, yes it worked really well. That little robin is the perfect finishing touch.
Thanks for joining us this week at The Paper Shelter 'Christmas is Coming' challenge, and good luck
Eileen x
This is a fun and creative card! I'm not sure what sketch you used but we'd love for you to join us again at Papertake Weekly :)
Lovely window card, Mandy. That looks like a real brick wall.
Thanks for playing again at Avadares Challenge blog. You can enter unlimited times when you use an Avadares images, including this month's adorable mouse digi.
Blessing hugs,
Teresa
Great card Mandy. Thanks so much for sharing with us this week at QKR Stampede. Hope to see you again next week. joann sassy raggedy
Oh, das gefällt mir sehr sehr gut. Toll gemacht.
Danke für deine Teilnahme an der Stempelsonnenchallenge.
LG Dreja
A great card, Mandy - well worth all that fiddly cutting out.
Thank you for sharing it with us at Crafty Ann's
x
Lovely card Mandy, I love how the robin looks like he's trying to get a peek inside the house! Thank you for sharing it with us at Crafty Ann's
Ann x
Such a great scene! I love all the layers.
This is gorgeous. I love the way you have layered up that fabulous image and the colours are beautiful.
Thank you for taking part in the Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge
Sue
Thank-you for sharing your gorgeous card with us at Crafts 4 Eternity this week :)
Perfect card and thanks for sharing. Thanks for taking part in Crafty Ann's Challenge this fortnight and best of luck. We hope to see you back again very soon. Best wishes, Kym, Crafty Ann's Design Team xxx
This little scene is just too cute. Thanks for joining us at Stamp Your Life.
Wow, such a lot of work in this card. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Love to Create this week.
Hugs
Laine
X
Another great project!!! Thank you so much for entering our colour challenge at Sketchy Colors this week :)
Hugs, Lena Katrine
Lovely scene you created. Thanks for sharing at Stamp Your Life!
This is gorgeous Mandy. Lovely scene. I spotted you over at MIM and popped over for a closer look and I am so glad that I did.
Hugs
Cathy
xxxxx
hello mandy,
a great card, thankyou for joining us at creative stamp friends, greetings from sonne
Love this card! TFS!
Another lovely card...thanks for playing along with the Fire & Ice challenge at Drunken Stampers this week.
lovely card! thanks for joining this weeks challenge at catch the bug!
Jodie
http://www.bugaboostamps.com
http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.ca
Very pretty card. I love the details the colors and the whole card is awesome. Thanks for joining us this week at Catch the bug.
I love the dimensions you have built into this card,it looks fab.
Thank you for sharing your work with all of us at Crafty Boots Challenges.
Dionne
This is great too - Thanks for playing with us Drunken Stampers.
Lovely Christmas card - thanks for joining the challenge at Forever Friends, Lisa (DT) x
Mandy this is darling! I love your brick background and the dimension to your window scene. Thanks for playing in Squigglefly's challenge this week!
Lovely window card, Mandy. Thanks for joining us at Avadares for this challenge.
This is such a cool card! I love the brick background and the snow filled sills! Thanks for playing at My Craft Spot!
I saw your beautiful creation on Make It Monday and had to visit and take a closer look. Gorgeous! TFS!
My entries are: #9, #12, #30, # 87, # 126, #127, #128, #157, #172, #173 and #176.
I would love to have you visit my blogs: Paper and Scraps Creations by Julia and Me and Myself on the Dark…
Hugs,
Julia
Hi Mindy,
Gorgeous card! Love all the layers.We're so glad you share with us at Tammy's Scrapin Corner. Good luck this week, hope to see you next week also : ) Elisa DT
Hey Mandy,
Wow that is a lot of challenges. I can't keep up with checking up on the ten I enter at a time never mind so many at once. Your card turned out really well.
I wanted to reply to your comment you left on my blog but couldn't find an email address for you so I'm leaving my note here. First, thanks for following the link from Ike's. She was really sweet to post a link to my blog. It was my honour to include her in the showcase just as I felt it was my obligation to write about Jessica's situation. I'm so glad you were able to help her out. Thank you so much for the very sweet comment you left on my post and for becoming a follower. I really appreciate your interest in my blog. I hope you continue to enjoy my future posts.
Lisa D.
Thanks for joining us at Jellypark. :)
Thanks for joining us at Forever Friends Glitter and Sparkle Challenge. Good luck in the draw. Diane x
What a neat card! LOVE how you made the window! So glad you joined us this week at My Craft Spot!!!
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I love to look through windows and see how everyone decorates their Christmas tree. This is a fab card and love the memories it brought back. Thanks for joining us at Make It Monday!
Beautiful card, love the window idea!Thanks so much for joining us at NMWC this month
Claire xx
Lovely card.Love how you've layered the image up so effectively and the snowy details.Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion.Hope to see you again next week :D
Lisa x
Love this card. Very cool the way you have created the open window scene. It's so effective. Thanks for joining our snow challenge at Craft Your Passion. I hope we see you again soon.
love the added snow in the window!!! so glad you joined us on SYL
Wow Mandy your card is beautiful and your coloring is Fabulous!! Thanks for joining us this past week at Tammy's Scrappin Corner. We hope you will join in the next challenge.
Hugs and smiles
Laine
DT - Tammy's Scrappin Corner
By the way - I love your blog and am now your newest follower. I will be back for another visit.
What a lovely scene! Thaks a lot for joining our Stempelsonnenchallenge,
hugs, Andrea
Hi Mandy
I love your xmas card... Absolutely Beautiful. Great JOB!
Thanks for joining us at Lollipop Crafts. Good Luck!
-Sony LC-DT
http://sonia-studio60.blogspot.com
Beautiful card. Love the pattern paper. Thank you for sharing and joining in at NMWC. Hugs, Velma
This is beautiful, I love the christmas window scene, so sweet. Thanks for sharing your creation with us over at Fussy and Fancy Friday. Ann xxx
Just lovely! Thanks for joining us in the Stamp Your Life Anything Goes challenge
Fantastic card! I just adore the brick background! Thanks for joining us at Unique Crafters Challnge.
Hugs and sunshine,
Cissy
Another fabulous card! Thank you for playing with us at Mema's Crafts and I hope to see you for more monthly challenges. If you haven't already done so, remember you qualify to enter your name for our $50 shopping giveaway via e-gift card. Good Luck!
Lesia
DT Member - 613 Avenue
www.memascrafts.blogspot.com
Cute, cute, cute! Another great entry! You did a fab join with the layers...the little birdie is a wonderful touch!
So glad you could join us in the Great Impressions Stamps December Challenge! Hope to see you again soon!
Cute, cute, cute! Another great entry! You did a fab join with the layers...the little birdie is a wonderful touch!
So glad you could join us in the Great Impressions Stamps December Challenge! Hope to see you again soon!
Hello Mandy. Me again only this time it is to come over and congratulate you on yet another win. This time I saw your name when checking up on the winners over at The Crafty Blogger's Network. This card certainly deserves it's day in the winner's circle!
Hugs,
Lisa
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