Monday, 8 June 2015

Sparkly Santa


With a whole day to myself, after catching up on my chores, I retreated to my craft room. This felt like an earned treat after ironing, vacuuming and destinking the kitchen sink ;-)

However, rather than put myself under lots of pressure trying to meet challenge deadlines, I thought I'd fish out some images to play with and see what happened.

Before I came confident enough to use all the stamps I had (! - definitely still learning) I mostly used paper crafting kits and upcycled old greetings cards. Lots of that still hanging around taking up space. I guiltily flicked through and picked out half a dozen images, one of which was this die cut centre of an old Christmas card. Most of the images have now turned into cards, quite a few for Christmas, and mostly using layouts from sketch challenges for which I hadn't managed to meet the deadlines. Very satisfying.

So there I was, minding my own business, and before I know it I've got a card I'm really proud of, and what do you know, it meets a few challenges all by itself!





Friday Mashup #212 - Realised it had got unconsciously ombred! The glittery centre almost counts as an embellishment all on its own!
Jingle Belles - Shake it Santa Baby
Shopping our Stash - Red, Red Wine
Clean and Simple FTL-15: Take Two



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11 comments:

  1. Natasha8 June 2015 at 18:24

    Cute card! Great use of old Christmas card1

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  2. brrenwick8 June 2015 at 18:24

    What a fun card! I love the ombre shades of red and little bit of glimmer! Thanks for playing along at Friday Mashup!

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  3. lauren bergold9 June 2015 at 00:46

    what a fab and sparkly holiday card! such a festive take on our "red red wine" challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH! :)

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  4. Leslie Hanna9 June 2015 at 18:11

    Way to recycle! And using up saved parts-is-parts is quite gratifying! Also, I firmly believe a challenge is still good, even past it's expiration date. I mean, it's still a challenge, right?

    Thanks for joining us at Shopping Our Stash!

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  5. Lisa10 June 2015 at 03:31

    Very fun and sparkly Christmas card!

    Thanks for joining us at The Friday Mashup!

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  6. SmilynStef10 June 2015 at 12:31

    I am lovin' that glittery die die cut ... and the ribbon sort of looks like Santa's belt .. so very glad you joined us at Jingle belles.

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  7. Barbara11 June 2015 at 10:51

    Very nice indeed! Love the glitter and the font of the "sentiment".

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  8. Donna11 June 2015 at 15:37

    Great Christmas card! Love the pretty red glittery paper!
    Thanks for joining the SHOPPING OUR STASH crew for our "Red Red Wine" challenge!!
    ~*~*donna~*~*

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  9. lauren bergold12 June 2015 at 14:30

    what a fun and sparkly card! so pleased you could join our "shake it, santa baby" fun at JINGLE BELLES! :)

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  10. Chana Malkah13 June 2015 at 00:07

    Great card and I love the color! Just right for our Red, Red Wine Challenge at Shopping Our Stash! Thanks for playing.
    Hugz,
    Chana, DT

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  11. Marianne16 June 2015 at 21:14

    What a great way to recycle! Love the glittery tag.

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