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Thursday, 28 January 2016

My First Christmas Card of 2016

Hi My Crafty blog Friends

How is your week going? It was certainly nice to see some sun today even if it was a bit cold.

I do have to apologise that I have made a Christmas card. I did promise myself that I would start making them in January and up until today I hadn't made one. Also I was rather naughty and I had bought quite a lot of Sue Wilson's Festive dies from the last release and I hadn't got round to using some of them. This made me feel a bit guilty so I decided today was the day to make an effort. After all if I only make one Christmas card a month I will only have 12 when we get to Christmas.


This card was made entirely with Sue Wilson dies. I am loving the double pierced squares and rectangles sets a and b. When I was at Newbury John Lockwood showed me how to use them in a different way. I cut a wide frame with two of the dies from the double pierced rectangles set then I cut an inner frame in a contrasting colour and stuck it over the top of the first frame. I cut the snowflake background die in white to go behind the frame. On a piece of dark blue card with a double sided sticky sheet cut to size. I stuck the background to the sticky sheet and then covered the whole thing with Diamond Sprinkles.


I cut lots poinsettias with the Classic Poinsettia dies in a pale blue and I inked the edges I did shape them with a ball tool. 


I added the sentiment to the centre of the design. 


I was very pleased with how this card turned out. I now have an idea for a 50th birthday day card that I need to make.  Enjoy the last day of the week the weekend is nearly here. 

I would like to enter Challenge 15 at A Snowflake's Promise ,Challenge 289 at the Fab'n'Funky Challenge Blog,  Pixie's Snippets Playground Week 213 and Christmas Cards Challenges 8.

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie
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25 comments:

  1. Brawny x28 January 2016 at 20:28

    Sue Wilson is my absolute fave Jackie. A gorgeous card. Just love it x

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  2. Donna Ellis28 January 2016 at 20:35

    Soooo gorgeous! I want to start my Christmas cards, too! Thanks for the inspiration, Jackie

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  3. Laine28 January 2016 at 20:56

    Stunning Jackie. It will be a few months before I get exciting again about making festive cards!
    xx

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  4. Dawn28 January 2016 at 20:58

    It's gorgeous! You can never start too early Jackie!! Thanks for the lovely card btw!
    Hugs
    Dawn Xx

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  5. pam28 January 2016 at 22:14

    Gorgeous Christmas card Jackie, love the colour.
    Hugs Pam x

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  6. Unknown29 January 2016 at 06:18

    Stunning Christmas card Jackie, I love the colour and those dies look fabulous. Hugs Jennifer xx

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  7. Diane Green29 January 2016 at 08:39

    Hi Jackie
    Really gorgeous card, love the poinsettia, it's such a useful die.
    Take care
    Love Diane Xxxxx

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  8. Sandra Carey29 January 2016 at 10:26

    Hi Jackie its truly stunning Hugs Sandra xx

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  9. Kathy29 January 2016 at 11:36

    Lovely card - that is a very beautiful die cut

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  10. Alison5929 January 2016 at 11:48

    WOW stunning card :-)

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  11. Julieanne..aka pinkjools29 January 2016 at 12:30

    Beautiful christmas card Jackie...lovely dies and colour...Joolsx

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  12. Anonymous29 January 2016 at 12:36

    Hello Jackie, A fabulous Christmas card, Love the colours and those dies are gorgeous.

    Jade

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  13. Holley (Tondre) Barnhart29 January 2016 at 15:04

    Wow, so many gorgeous die cuts on this card. Lovely Christmas card

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  14. KarinsArtScrap29 January 2016 at 18:31

    this is gorgeous Jackie, love it.
    Gr Karin

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  15. Unknown29 January 2016 at 21:11

    wow amazing little "c" card Jackie ... I cannot get my head around making "c" cards yet lol ... love the dies you have used ... hope you have a great weekend ... happy crafting and love sandy xx

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  16. karenlotty29 January 2016 at 23:38

    I promised myself that every time I needed to make a card I'd make a Christmas card too - failing! But I will start them soon Your card is terrific

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  17. Rema DeLeeuw30 January 2016 at 06:15

    Beautiful card! Thanks for playing along with us at Christmas Card Challenges.

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  18. Di30 January 2016 at 10:12

    Wow Jackie! This Christmas card is worth more than the 27 or so I've already made here - it's a stunner! LOVE all the die cuts with the flowers - and I'm sure that's the same sentiment die I have tucked away in the toy box as a future prize :) Wonderful mix of the white and blues too.

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  19. JoAnn30 January 2016 at 12:46

    Beautiful card. Love the poinsettias. Thanks so much for joining us at Christmas Card Challenges

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  20. ALI30 January 2016 at 13:05

    Beautiful card, the poinsettias look lovely in the blue.

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  21. AlisonC30 January 2016 at 15:34

    Beautiful intricate die cuts which look perfect in blue and white. Your flowers are gorgeous.

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  22. Unknown30 January 2016 at 20:24

    Hi - love all the blue tones on this card, beautiful. It's all gorgeous but the poinsettias are stunning.
    Hugs,
    Bev xx

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  23. Alison31 January 2016 at 17:45

    Fantastic use of those die cuts and I love the 2 big flowers in such a beautiful shade of blue, Thank you for joining us at Fab'n Funky.
    Alison x

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  24. Gwyneth1 February 2016 at 21:49

    A lovely Christmas card. It's a good idea to get started on them early.

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  25. Kraftyscot (Donna)3 February 2016 at 15:49

    Lol what are you like ... but what a great idea to start now!! It's gorgeous!!
    Hugs Donna xx
    Kraftyscot Handmade Crafts

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