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.
I would like to enter Challenge 39 at Christmas Card Challenges and the Challenge at the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog.
Happy Crafting
Hugs Jackie
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Gorgeous bright & cheery Christmas cards! Well done on rising to the challenge!
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Dawn xx
Well done on accepting your hubby's challenge ;-)
ReplyDeleteLovely set of cards and what a bargain stamp :-)
Gorgeous cards Jackie I like the sweet image and the colours
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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
ReplyDeletesweet and very beautiful cards Jackie
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Great xmas card, I love the use of the spotty paper, I'm just working on xmas cards.
ReplyDeleteHope all is well with the job!
Gorgeous card Jackie, love the cute image and pretty polka dot paper.
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous and what a fabulous find a beautiful stamp. Good luck with work tomorrow.
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Linda xxx
Such a beautiful set of Christmas cards, love the cute image and your colouring is brilliant. Have a lovely day at work tomorrow xx
ReplyDeleteWow beautiful Christmas cards Jackie, love this stamp..
ReplyDeleteGood luck at work tomorrow.
Pam x
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
ReplyDeleteA 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
ReplyDeleteHi Jackie....Lovely set of christmas cards....sweet image too....Joolsx
ReplyDeleteLovely cards
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous Jackie. I love the Robin stamp and the dotty paper. Hope you have a good day back at work. Cathy x
ReplyDeleteWell 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
ReplyDeleteYou 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
ReplyDeleteJackie! These are lovely, festive, cheerful and so fun! Gorgeous cards! hugs, de
ReplyDeleteSo cute Jackie, your Christmas card stash is definitely growing.
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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
ReplyDeleteWhat a bargain stamp Jackie. Fab cards x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Christmas card Jackie. Thank you for playing along with our Challenge at Winter Wonderland. We would love to see you again ... Anet DTx
ReplyDeleteFabulous collection of cards, loving the designs!
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These are super cute. Love that image. These cards are just precious
ReplyDeleteLovely card. Thank you so much for joining our challenge at Winter Wonderland.
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This is really cute! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Christmas Card Challenges.
ReplyDeleteYou certainly rose to that challenge - well done!... and eight of them too!
ReplyDeleteFabulous cards, really bright and cheerful, lovely design.
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Very beautiful set of cards!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at Christmas Card Challenge this week!
Monica - CCC DT