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Monday 21 November 2011

Daisy Doodles Challenge #47



At Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges we have a new challenge today
The Spool That Stole Christmas
We want to see a card without any ribbon

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For my card I have used Christmas Praise which is a fab image for cold and frosty Christmas Cards. You can will receive this image in 3 formats for only $2.
Head over to the Daisy Doodles Store to check it out !


I have used the latest sketch from Pals Paper Arts for the layout. The base card is a dark blue irridescent cardstock that has a lovely shimmer to it. I used a snippet of snowflake paper that is actually a wrapping Paper from Paperchase. It is one of my fave ‘go to’ papers for blue Christmas cards J

The image has been coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. The pale blue is one of the new Flexmarker colours and I love using the flexible brush for large areas as you get this really textured look that you would with a watercolour brush. The snow is the new antique white, love the faint hint of colour that dulls down the bright white the paper was originally. I created extra layers of the church, the star and the tree so I could later the images. I used Woodware puffy applique for the snow on the church room and along the edges of the path, added gold stickles glitter glue to the star in the sky and on the tree and lots of twinkly spots to emulate snowflakes falling.

The sentiment is a wooden plaque that I got from the Hobbycraft sale in January. I got 6 of them for only 49p, bit of a bargain for use on larger cards I thought. I just dressed it up with some stickles glue and called it finished. Quite a simple layout but this them gives the image the emphasis that it deserves. 

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I hope you will pop over to the blog to see the lovely creations on there from the rest of the DT and we look forward to seeing your entries in for our ‘Spool That Stole Christmas’ challenge.

I'll see you again next week with another lovely Daisy Doodles design.


Materials Used in this card are as follows:-
Card Size – A5
Patterned Paper – wrapping paper by Paperchase
Embellishments – Gold and Diamond Stickles glitter glue, Woodware puffy applique, wooden sentiment plaque
Tools - Scissors, 3d Foam pads, Promarkers & Flexmarkers
Techniques – decoupage

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-



23 comments:

Linda said...

This image is wonderful and you coloring is outstanding!

Darlene said...

Oh Mandy ... this is just PRECIOUS!! LOVE the snow on the roof of the church! Adorable creation!
Thanks so much for joining our "Anything Goes" challenge at Shelly's Images! Please come back and join us again real soon!!

Darlene
Shelly's Images DT
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

Tine said...

Hi Mandy. Love the snowy roof. Lovely card. Thanks for joining us at I ♥ Promarkers.
Tine :)

Jan Garber said...

Great idea with the sentiments! It';s a very pretty card! Thanks for joining us at DYSU!

Miranda said...

adorable card Mandy, great colours and I love the little wooden plaque, looks lovely
thanks for joining our challenge this week
hugs
Miranda
DYSU DT

Nannieflash said...

Gorgeous card love your image and your papers. Thanks for joining us at tPS, good luck with the challenge. hugs Shirleyxxx

My name is Wynneth said...

What a wonderfully sweet Christmas scene and beautifully coloured. I do so like this type of traditional card and your design is lovely. Thanks for joining us on I Love Promarkers this week.
hugs
wynneth
x

WencheP said...

Great card, beautiful image. Thanks for joining us at Do You Stack Up.

-Wenche

carol said...

fab card, thanks for joining in with our challenge at CRAFT x carol

Aunty Sue said...

Great take on our theme this week and thanks for sharing with us at CRAFT

Nina Dee said...

What a great card! I love that fluffy snow! :) Thanks for playing along at Pals Paper Arts!

Cely said...

congrats on winning this week at lia stampz!

Mary Jo said...

Wonderful image and beautiful card! Thanks for joining us at Do You Stack Up.

Jen Leeflang said...

Thanks for entering your ever so pretty Christmas card in our "Anything Goes" Challenge at Shelly's Images.
Love
Jen
SHELLY'S IMAGES DT

Unknown said...

So sweet! Thanks for joining us for the Do You Stack Up Challenge Blog Splash of Blue Challenge! Please join us again for the next challenge!

~Heather

Unknown said...

Wow how great is this thanks so much for joining in with with the colour challenge over at OSCC this week.

Kerry

Unknown said...

Hi Mandy honey. this is wonderful. what a darling scene... Thanks so much for playing along at CES xx

CraftyC said...

Beautiful card Mandy. Thanks for playing along with this weeks CES Challenge
Clairexx

Chrissy said...

Fabulous card Mandy..love the little scene, so peaceful, and great papers too.

Thanks for sharing with us at ‘Make it Monday’

Luv CHRISSYxx

Don’t forget. .if you leave a comment on another entrant, mention that you saw their card on ‘Make it Monday’ for a chance at second prize.. the more you comment on and mention MIM, the more chances at winning second prize.

Shuly said...

excellent card! i love the image and the background, it's quite unusual to see a village on the challenge cards and it's a pleasant successful change!
thanks for sharing on make it monday!

Sheri Gilson said...

Lovely holiday card!! Thank you so much for playing along with this months Christmas Challenge over at ABC DT Challenge!!

Lisa Minckler said...

Truly a very beautiful Christmas card and what a wonderful job on all the layering that you've done. :)
Thank you for playing along with us at Make It Monday!
Remember, for a chance to win the prize from our sponsor, leave a comment for another entry and mention that you saw them on Make It Monday.
Lisa xx

Sonia said...

Wonderful Creation! Great Job!
Thanks for joining us at Lollipop Craft, good luck!
-Sony
http://sonia-studio60.blogspot.com/