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Saturday, 6 December 2014

Christmas Bling

Hi Bloggers

Here I am back today on a busy Saturday.We have already been out to the shops and got back. Most of the Christmas shopping is done now. My husband is doing lots of Christmas jobs and I have just found a little bit of time to myself.

This card started with the topper. I was lucky enough to win some Kanban toppers in a draw on Bev Lowe's blog - thank you. It was such a beautiful topper it inspired the rest of the card. I thought it would be good to enter the Crafty Musketeers Challenge 20 Use Bling and Delicious Doodles Non Traditional Christmas Challenge.


The finished card is 8" x 8". The background was created by stamping different sized snowflake stamps with CS Perfect Medium and heat embossing, one at a time, with silver glitter, clear and white embossing powder. 


I made the frame with a Spellbinder corner die cut four times in silver mirror card (which is really difficult to photograph). 


The final touch was to add a bow made with the My Craft Studio bow maker which I must say is very easy to use. I decorated the knot of the bow with snowflake made with two Spellbinders dies and i placed  a dazzler in the centre. 

As something a little different I thought I would share the chocolate vanilla marble cupcakes my daughter made earlier this week. We didn't get to try any as they were for a friend's birthday. We did get to lick the icing bowls (role reversal) which tasted delicious. 


Well that is all for today. Present wrapping is beckoning me as I 
type. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.


Happy Crafting.

Hugs Jackie




24 comments:

Linda Simpson said...

Oh my Jackie, this is stunning, I love the gorgeous card design and those cakes look delicious.
Hugs
Linda xxx

Foil Play said...

Beautiful card, Jackie - well done on your wins!

KarinsArtScrap said...

wow stunning card and elegant Jackie
Gr Karin

Anonymous said...

Absolutely gorgeous! Love the colours! xx

Unknown said...

OMG I adore this Jackie! I love the layout, the layers and your colour choices are just gorgeous. I would be so happy to receive a card like that xx awesome!
hugs
Sandie xxx

janna'scraftingattic said...

That is gorgeous , love the colours too. Well done you for getting christmas sorted :-) x

Brawny x said...

A gorgeous card Jackie. Love the colours the topper inspired. Guess we were both lucky as I too won a pack of Kanban goodies. X

Carole Z said...

Gorgeous card Jackie, love the colours..well done on getting on top of the shopping, mine's almost there, just those last few difficult ones...and I'm still making cards! Hugs Carole Z xx

pam said...

Gorgeous card design Jackie, lovely colour and embellishments.
Those cakes look yummy!!!.
Hugs Pam x

Kate M said...

Wow - this is awesome - love the design - so elaborate - really beautiful card, love the colours and that luscious bow too.
xx

Holley (Tondre) Barnhart said...

Beautiful cards and those cupcakes look yummy

Heike said...

A gorgeous and really opulent card.
Heike xx

Jackie said...

Oh wow, stunning card, love the cakes too, making my mouth water :o)
Jackie xx

Anonymous said...

stunning card, love how you have done the ribbon

Carole Pollard said...

Jackie this is so beautiful its a very elegant card I love everything about it but especially the background snowflakes and stunning bow. I think that might be something for my wish list. The whole card is brought together with the beautiful words on the sentiment. A perfect card. and your daughters cakes look delicious a talented family !! Love and hugs Carole

Julieanne..aka pinkjools said...

Stunning card Jackie...love the design and colours....and the cakes look yummy....Joolsx

Laine said...

This is fabulous Jackie. Love all of your stunning detail and the cakes look delicious.
Laine
xx

Alyx said...

Fabulous! So beautiful and such great colours...and the card's ok as well! :D

Just kidding. The card is beautiful and so elegant. Love it.
xx

Unknown said...

such a beautifully stunning card the colours and bling are beautiful xxx mmmmmmmmmm cake lol

Thank you so much for entering the 'Use Bling' challenge over at Crafting Musketeers

Hugs Kerrie xx
CM DT

Andree said...

A wonderfully elegant card Jackie. The background, bow and sentiment are lovely x

Anonymous said...

Hello Jackie, A beautiful card and love those lush colours.

Teighan

Mrs O crafty blog said...

Absolutely stunning, Px

Diane Green said...

Hi Jackie. What a great use of a sentiment. The whole card is beautiful. The cakes look yummy too! Love Diane xxx

Fran said...

Beautiful , thank you for joining us at the Crafting Musketeers this month , Fran (DT) x