Hi Crafters,
I'm posting my CCC card a day early as I have another DT card due tomorrow.
Kate is our hostess this time and has chosen the theme of 'icicles'.
Recipe
Memory Box Die - Cute Cottage & Frosted Roof and Ledges
Sizzix Striplet Die - Stacked Words - Christmas
Paper Smooches Stitched Dies
Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean
Perfect Pearls Shimmer Mist
Crafts Too Embossing Folder
Black Brad
Glitter Card
I made my own sky background for this card. I used water colour paper and my distress inks and swooshed the wet paper through the inks on my craft mat, dried it a little with my heat gun and then sprayed the Perfect Pearls Shimmer spray, which is very shimmery in real life but a little shy here.
Dried the paper again, embossed the snow using the embossing folder, then ran a white ink pad carefully over the raised bumps and used clear embossing powder to further highlight them.
The cottage and words were cut from textured core'dinations cardstock and I sanded the cottage after running that though a wood-grain embossing folder. This card has lots of texture and lots of shimmer too, hope you like it.
Challenges I'd like to enter:
That Craft Place - ATG
Creative Moments - #87 ATG / Wet / Dry Embossing
Crafty Catz - #312 CAS, No DP
Brown Sugar - #186 ATG
Creative Fingers - #103 ATG
Country View Challenge - Make your own background
Crafty Girlz - #12 ATG
The 12 MoC Link Up - #14 ATG / Winter Wonderland
CHNC Christmas Challenge - February Challenge
Creative Moments - #87 ATG / Wet / Dry Embossing
Crafty Catz - #312 CAS, No DP
Brown Sugar - #186 ATG
Creative Fingers - #103 ATG
Country View Challenge - Make your own background
Crafty Girlz - #12 ATG
The 12 MoC Link Up - #14 ATG / Winter Wonderland
CHNC Christmas Challenge - February Challenge
I have quite a few Christmas cards made already this year and am feeling rather pleased about that, looking forward to a 'no rush' approach to Christmas this year.
Enjoy your weekend and see you tomorrow,
Lorraine
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Super card and I love your background sky. The blue makes it feel very icy. Hugs Christine xx
ReplyDeleteYou have made a pretty little scene Lorraine, I think with different colours would work well for a new home card as well.
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B x
love your background Lorraine the shades of blue really give the impression of an icy day, lovely Christmas card
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Lorraine! I love how you layered the text so it looks like it has a shadow, very cool!! The embossing background is fabulous, looks just like a snowy day! hugs :)
ReplyDeleteA super Christmas card Lorraine, you have created a lovely winter scene with lots of fabulous texture.
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What a lovely Christmas card and you have done a great job of the background it looks fabulous!
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Gina xx
Fantastic, festive card Lorraine the die cuts, the glitter and card design is ACE
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lorraine x
Lorraine, your winter sky looks lovely as does the wee house covered in snow.
ReplyDeleteIt's making me feel cold!
Hope you are having a super weekend, hugs Erika. x
A gorgeous card Lorraine, love the scene you've created and fab icy colours
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Pretty Christmas card. Thanks for joining us at Brown Sugar this week for our "Anything Goes " challenge.
ReplyDeleteA lovely winter scene and a gorgeous card. Hugs, Carol S.xx
ReplyDeleteThis card is just loaded with texture. Makes you want to run your fingers over all those snowflakes and icicles. Great card Lorraine! Hugs!
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ReplyDeletelove it Lorraine your background is fabulous and there is so much texture and shine in your card really wintery....what a fab die cut ....perfect xxxxx
Fabulous card Lorraine. Love those pretty icicles. Hugs Rita xxx
ReplyDeleteBrrr! Definetely a cold card Lorraine..LOve the little scene you've created..
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Icicles, icicles, we all love icicles! Icicles make me think of cold and your card is definitely cold. Love the texture on the house too. Wonderful cold icicle card and just in time for Christmas too!
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Wonderful card Lorraine and just perfect for the challenge, I love the image and the fabulous dies, great design too, wonderful colouring for your background too, Kate x
ReplyDeleteOh Wow, did you ever nail this challenge so perfectly! Enjoyed reading how you've created all these wonderful elements, and it's such a beautiful card for the icicle challenge. Love the snow hills, the 'dotted snow' and the house....oh my...does it ever have the icicles. Great work! TFS & Hugs
ReplyDeleteBrrrrrrr....feeling chilly looking at this - lol! All the texture and shimmer you added to your design looks fabulous and that shadow effect on the text really makes it pop...such a great idea :-)
ReplyDeleteBig hugs, Kat xx
this works brilliantly Lorraine - clever lady!!! Big huggles rachel x
ReplyDeleteFabulous Christmas card great dies and love the embossing and all the sparkle
ReplyDeleteCarol x
Loving your incredible background. It looks super. Love your icicled house too. fits Katre's challenge perfectly. Hugs Mrs A.
ReplyDeletep.s Have re followed you. I really don't understand what blogger is playing at with all our follower lists. I can't access my readers list at the moment either from my ipad.
super card Lorraine. Love the modern look! Zx
ReplyDeleteFantastic card, you must end up with a huge box of Christmas cards by the time it rolls around, wish I was that organised! :) xx
ReplyDeleteI like the blues in this card and the different textures. Thanks for sharing with us at Crafty Hazel Nuts Extra Challenge
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Great use of die cuts and lovely colours. Thank you for joining us at The 12months of Christmas Linkup. Helen DT
ReplyDeleteHi just popping back to say--Thank you for Joining us at Crafty Girlz
ReplyDeleteCarol DT x
hiya Lorraine - just popping back to say thanks for joining us at Countryview challenges this month and good luck. Hugs rachel x
ReplyDeleteOhhh love this so cute! :)
ReplyDeleteFabulous wintery card Lorraine, love the icicles. Carol x
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