Monday, 11 October 2010

First Batch of Christmas Cards - DONE!

Since getting into card making a few years ago, I have made individual Christmas cards, for special people like my mum; sister and a couple of very good friends, but I have never been brave enough to attempt to make all the cards I need from scratch.

I totted up at the beginning of last week how many I actually need, it is over 70 - eek. So I have bitten the bullet and made a start on this daunting task.

Over the past few months I have seen some fab Christmas embossing folders, and fell in love with the sizzix set I have used on this card. I love the simplicity of the Christmas tree folder that I have used, and with a few added flat backed gems, I think it looks elegant and classy.

I did do 5 cards using different colours to see which one I liked the best, and the glittery blue just looked so right that I have made 20 of these that are all the same.

This card has simply been matted and stuck together with DST. The white embossed trees were matted onto silver card, and then 3d pads added to give the card a bit of dimension before being matted to the blue, and very glittery card, that I saw in Hobbycraft a while ago. Blue flat backed gems were then added to the trees in various places to give the card an extra bit of sparkle.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

A Spoon Full of Sugar - sparkle and shine
Glitterbabe's Challenge - anything goes
Alphabet Challenge - X is for Xmas
Ellephantastic Challenge - anything goes
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17 comments:

  1. Uma11 October, 2010 22:21

    well done on getting 20 lovely cards done :)

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  2. Stef H11 October, 2010 23:28

    caroline! this is gorgeous!!!! simple and gorgeous! thank you so much for sharing it with us at glitterbabe's challenge.

    hugs :)

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  3. craftygranny11 October, 2010 23:56

    Stunning i love these. Well done on doing so many.

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  4. Addams12 October, 2010 08:07

    Lovely card, I love that embossed image

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  5. Scrappy Scatty12 October, 2010 08:47

    Oh wow thats fabby xx

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  6. theboelemas@aol.com12 October, 2010 11:09

    Stunning and well done on making so many. x

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  7. Helen Laurence12 October, 2010 13:23

    Really pretty yet simple card I love it.
    Thank you for joining us at Ellephantastic this week.
    Hugs Elle DT x x

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  8. Karen12 October, 2010 15:11

    Fabulous, love glittery and sparkly at Christmas. Well done on making so many too xx

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  9. dragonllew12 October, 2010 20:22

    Fab card love the glitter

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  10. ileana12 October, 2010 20:34

    Hi Caroline! this is stunningly beautiful! love how clean and simple your card is! love the rhinestones you added, great creation! thanks for playing with us at Glitterbabe´s challenge this week, hugs!

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  11. Carolina12 October, 2010 21:16

    Very pretty christmas card.
    Thank you for joining Alphabet challenge this week.

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  12. Anda12 October, 2010 21:35

    Thanks for the entry to the MSE challenge - you're on my list!

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  13. Susan (aka TomsMom)12 October, 2010 22:41

    Lovely card and a great idea for doing batch cards. My friend has just loaned me an embossing folder with baubles on, I really should get my botty into gear and try something like this.

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  14. Angie - Bumble Bee's Craft Den13 October, 2010 02:17

    Fab card Caroline - simplicity is often the key. The embossing looks great with the glittery card behind it.

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  15. Stacie (craft-princess)13 October, 2010 22:59

    Simple but beautiful! Love the embossing and blue sparkly!! Thanks for sharing at Glitterbabes!

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  16. Vanja14 October, 2010 23:27

    Gorgeous card! Thank you for joining us at Ellephantastic challenges this week! :)

    Hugs, Vanja

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  17. PepPop03 November, 2010 16:29

    Gorgeous Christmas Card. I love the embossed trees and the gems make that little bit more special. Jaqui x

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