Sunday, 31 January 2016

Christmas in January

Today is Candlemas, so our church service this morning was a slightly odd combination of a Mozart mass, worship songs, incense and candles. It serves as a reminder that Christmas truly lasts 40 days, so I pulled out this Candle stamp to honour the day.

If it'd be more organised I'd have used it last week for 52CCT, but I wasn't :-)

I was playing around with faux panelling yesterday, and decided to repeat that today to transform the CAS Colours and Sketches image into a one layer version. I think I pulled it off OK.


Color Throwdown 377: Kraft, Grey and Yellow
CAS Colours and Sketches #158
One Layer Christmas #24
Addicted to Stamps and More #178: Holiday


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11 comments:

  1. Skylark31 January 2016 at 21:28

    In our house we try and observe the 40 days of Christmas by taking the decorations off the tree at Epiphany but leaving it in situ with it's lights on until Candlemas, so we've just taken it back outside this weekend. I love the fact that your card is just one layer, the background sets off the image beautifully. Thanks for joining us at CC&S this week. Stef x

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  2. Wanda Cullen1 February 2016 at 00:52

    Love the background and the double stamping shadow effect of the sentiment! Thanks for joining us at Color Throwdown!

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  3. karen h1 February 2016 at 01:07

    Amazing faux panel and I love the double stamping on the sentiment. Thanks for playing along with us at CC&S!

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  4. Vickie Y1 February 2016 at 02:19

    Great technique! Beautiful card. Thank you for sharing with us at OLCCC.

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  5. EdenLand Designs1 February 2016 at 14:06

    This is very pretty!!! I love the technique you used to make this a one layer card! Thank you so much for joining us at ATSM this week!
    Susan DT

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  6. Jane1 February 2016 at 22:18

    I'd say you definitely pulled it off, I've had to go back and look really carefully and check out your faux panelling - so good! Thanks for playing at CC&S.

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  7. Barb Ghig1 February 2016 at 23:40

    Gorgeous background, beautiful coloring, and I love, love, love your sentiment! Such a lovely and elegant card! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at ATSM!

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  8. Vickie Z1 February 2016 at 23:48

    Fun use of the challenges! Honestly I didn't realize it was one layer at first! So glad you joined used at CTD!!

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  9. Patricia Hays3 February 2016 at 23:36

    Wow! You did an amazing job with the faux layer effect! The "background" pattern coordinates really well with the swirls of the candlestick. You did a super job combining the challenges. Thanks so much for making CC&S one of them!

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  10. Beverley4 February 2016 at 12:49

    Love how you have stamped to create the faux layer - WOW! Thanks so much for sharing such a pretty card and for joining in at CC&S this week. Hugs Bev x

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  11. Unknown4 February 2016 at 18:36

    I love that "background" layer. And I get a real feeling of calm from the candle image, somehow. A lovely CAS card. Thanks for joining us at CC&S this week. Caro x

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