Hello crafty friends! Apologies for my absence yesterday – My very busy week culminated in a very busy Saturday and something had to give… (and it wasn’t going to be dinner with my friends!) Anyway, here I am back in action with another Christmas card, this time using the ‘bijou 12 Days of Christmas‘ stamps from ClarityCrafts. I was inspired by the overall theme at Festive Friday (I took pink, shimmery jewels, gifts & birds from their inspo list), together with the colours from Color Throwdown and the Christmas theme from Cardz4Galz.
I started by stamping the 2 & 5 from the ’12 Days of Christmas’ set onto a small square of stencil card, using ‘library green’ Archival ink. I added ‘December’ below them (from ‘Barbara’s months & numbers‘ stamp set), followed by the little phrases to go with each number. I then coloured the turtle dove with pink Pergaliners and used gold & pink metallic gel pens for the rings (they ahve a lovely sheen, although it’s difficult to pick up in the photo)
I then used a square embedder and a ball tool to emboss a frame on the front of a 5×5 card blank, added a green mount to the topper and attached it to the card front.
I have to confess that I still haven’t got all my Christmas cards posted – I need to get my act into gear this week!
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This is such a clever card. I love how you incorporated the song and the colours. I just love it!
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thanks so much Johanna x
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So pretty and festive!
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Thank you Leslie x
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Deborah, this and the Silent Night card are both beautiful xoxo
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thanks so much Em xx
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Really beautiful design and clever image!
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Thanks Vicki x
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Unofficially you already know how I feel about this card. Officially as part of the team, I think your design is wonderful and your colouring is perfect. Thanks for joining us at cardz4galz, Johanna DT
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Thanks so much!
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What cool stamps and I love your soft coloring of them! Thanks so much for playing along in our Color Throwdown challenge this week!
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What a great, unique card Deborah!! The pink, green and gold is stunning! Thanks for joining us at Festive Friday Challenge. Blessings, Beth 🙂
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Fabulous card Deborah. Love the colours and the use of the two numbers. It’s great to see you in our gallery at Cardz 4 Galz xx Lynda/Loopyloo xx
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Thanks so much Lynda x
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This is a really unique card … love the colours that you have used. Thanks for playing along with our Festive Friday challenge 🩷
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This is a really unique card … love the colours that you have used. Thanks for playing along with our Festive Friday challenge 🩷
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