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Sunday 4 September 2016

Eight Cute Christmas Cards

Hi My Crafty  Blog Friends

I hope you are enjoying the weekend. This is the last day of my holiday it is back to work tomorrow but only in the mornings. Unfortunately my husband has to work today but he has promised to take me out for a meal when he gets back. So no cooking and lots of crafting that isn't a bad way to end the holiday.

Talking of my husband he set me a challenge. When we were getting ready to send out the Save the Date fridge magnets for our daughter's wedding we had a sort through my envelopes and we found a lot of C6 ones. They weren't quite right for the Save the Dates but he challenged me to use them for Christmas cards. This is the first eight I have made that fit that size of envelope. They are also nice and flat for posting.


I started by cutting down some card blanks so that they would fit the envelopes. I found the red spotty card in my stash and the sentiment too. 


I found this cute little stamp in our local charity shop for just 50p. It was all dirty and I wasn't sure if it would stamp okay but after a good clean it was fine. I used black archival on water colour card so that I could use my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens to colour the image. I used them to colour the background as well. 


Just to prove that I did make eight. 


I hope that you have a great week. I am back to work tomorrow. There are some things that need sorting out with my job so I am not sure how it is all going to work out - watch this space. 


Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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28 comments:

Dawn said...

Gorgeous bright & cheery Christmas cards! Well done on rising to the challenge!
Hugs
Dawn xx

Alison59 said...

Well done on accepting your hubby's challenge ;-)

Lovely set of cards and what a bargain stamp :-)

McCrafty's Cards said...

Gorgeous cards Jackie I like the sweet image and the colours
Kevin xx

Barbara said...

Brilliant cards, love them.....red & green with lots of white is so very Christmassy, and it's a fab image. Glad you were able to 'rise to the challenge' ;-) xx

KarinsArtScrap said...

sweet and very beautiful cards Jackie
Gr Karin

ALI said...

Great xmas card, I love the use of the spotty paper, I'm just working on xmas cards.
Hope all is well with the job!

Donna Mosley said...

Gorgeous card Jackie, love the cute image and pretty polka dot paper.

Linda Simpson said...

These are gorgeous and what a fabulous find a beautiful stamp. Good luck with work tomorrow.
Hugs
Linda xxx

Nataliascraft said...

Such a beautiful set of Christmas cards, love the cute image and your colouring is brilliant. Have a lovely day at work tomorrow xx

pam said...

Wow beautiful Christmas cards Jackie, love this stamp..
Good luck at work tomorrow.
Pam x

Carole J said...

Jackie - this is a beautiful Christmas image (and a bargain stamp too!). Love the cheery red card and paper. Hope all goes well at work tomorrow. x

Andree said...

A wonderful batch of cute Christmas cards Jackie. Well done on the stamp, it's so sweet. I hope you have a good week back at work xx

Julieanne..aka pinkjools said...

Hi Jackie....Lovely set of christmas cards....sweet image too....Joolsx

Katie said...

Lovely cards

Unknown said...

These are gorgeous Jackie. I love the Robin stamp and the dotty paper. Hope you have a good day back at work. Cathy x

Unknown said...

Well you certainly met the challenge head on Jackie and I must say I think you have won. Fabulous set of card and the stamp for 50P is fabulous. Hugs Jennifer xx

Shabneez said...

You certainly nailed that challenge didn't you Jackie?! Hope your husband has another one lined up.....Beautiful cards - I love robins on Xmas cards too and your glittery ones are wonderful. Shabneez xxx

Donna Ellis said...

Jackie! These are lovely, festive, cheerful and so fun! Gorgeous cards! hugs, de

Laine said...

So cute Jackie, your Christmas card stash is definitely growing.
Laine
xx

karenlotty said...

Sorry ai've missed a few of your posts Hope work went ok Theae are lovely cards and that stamp - what a cutie and a real bargain as well

Brawny x said...

What a bargain stamp Jackie. Fab cards x

Anet's Crafting said...

Beautiful Christmas card Jackie. Thank you for playing along with our Challenge at Winter Wonderland. We would love to see you again ... Anet DTx

Kraftyscot (Donna) said...

Fabulous collection of cards, loving the designs!
Hugs Donna xx

Holley (Tondre) Barnhart said...

These are super cute. Love that image. These cards are just precious

Dwie lewe rączki said...

Lovely card. Thank you so much for joining our challenge at Winter Wonderland.
Hugs, Iwona

Susan Powell said...

This is really cute! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Christmas Card Challenges.

Kate M said...

You certainly rose to that challenge - well done!... and eight of them too!
Fabulous cards, really bright and cheerful, lovely design.
xx

La Papera Gialla said...

Very beautiful set of cards!
Thanks for joining us at Christmas Card Challenge this week!
Monica - CCC DT