Thursday, December 29, 2011

Christmas Blessings


I've unmounted all my wheels and have fallen in love with them all over again.  They are just so much more flexible now that I can use any ink on them and I can actually see where they will be stamped.  I should have done this years ago!  I even gotten half of one of my craft drawers back.

I love how this card turned out but I can't take the credit.  The layout comes from Susan Raihala's (aka.  Lateblossom).  I've tried to find the post but am having trouble with blogger at the moment.  I loved her one layer version.  I didn't have the nice pens though for bordering the image so I've layered a scrap of white card stock with my stamped image onto two small strips of real red.  I love the red bling on this card.  My LSS was blowing out red bling one year after Christmas and I bought the entire stock just so I'd have lots for this stamp.  And now I'll finally use it since I have rediscovered this pretty holly image.


Challenges this Card Meets:
Christmas Card Challenge #4
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
Everybody Art - Anything Goes
Mark's Finest Papers - Anything Goes
One Stop Craft - Winter Wishes
Paper Sundaes - Celebrate
Simon Says - Anything Goes

10 comments:

  1. Gorgeous card Christine :-) I love the holly design and the CAS style ,,, perfect :-)

    Wiahing you a Very Happy New Year :-)
    thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge :-)
    luv
    Lols x x x

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  2. Very elegant. Thanks for joining Speedy the Cats Friends.

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  3. Beautiful card, thank you for sharing with us at OSCC. Happy New Year, Janet

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  4. Gorgeous! Love the holly stamp and the green, red and white CAS design.

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  5. What a beautiful card. Thanks for joining us this week at Christmas Card Challenges

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  6. Very pretty, Nice clean lines. Thanks so much for joining in at Paper Sundaes this time
    Hugs Julie P

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  7. I love your card, it's very elegant and the bling makes everything sparkle! Thanks for joining us this week at CCC and I hope to see you again next challenge. Brigitte

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  8. The bling is the perfect finishing touch to that pretty image!
    Thanks for joining our sketch challenge at 2012 Christmas Card Challenges!

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  9. Beautiful card, thanks for joining us at Creative Inspirations this week.
    Shell xx

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  10. That wheel was my very first wheel purchased and used for my Christmas cards that year. I used a small (non SU) hole punch to punch out all the berries spots and backed it with red paper so the red showed through the holes.

    I would love to unmount my wheels, but have nothing to mount them onto. I sold all my background stamps since with advancing multiple sclerosis, I was no longer able to grip them to stamp them.

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