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Wednesday, 7 September 2011

Scrapbook Sisters Card Challenge 51 - Ho Ho Ho

Hello!!



I went through all my Father Christmas stamps and settled on this one, which is one of the first stamps I bought (by Rubber Stamped from eBay for the bargain price of 99p - for a wooden stamp!!) and it is still one of my all-time favourites, so full of whimsy.  I'm still in my distressing phase, so got the inks out and started playing.  Apologies if i'm getting a bit samey but I'm enjoying myself :-D

In the end I ended up making two cards

My first card is using MME papers (it's a reverse of a halloween paper!!), distressed with vintage photo distress inks and overstamped with some Autumn Leaves stamps.  I then swept a versamark ink pad round the edge of the card and embossed with a copper embossing powder


The image has been stamped onto a stampboard oval, coloured with distress inks and then I scratched into it with my pokey tool (I do have a scratchy tool somewhere, but it was hiding and the pokey tool worked!!)  Some lace and Bias binding finished this card off


For my second card I got busy with the Antique Linen, Bundled Sage, Tattered Rose and Barn Door distress inks, combined with my Autumn Leaves, Papermania, Prima and Crafty Individuals stamps


I stamped the image, coloured Father Christmas' face with copics, distressed the rest of the image, and then painted rock candy crackle paint over the top


I love this look, it works so well with the image :-D

So there you go, two cards, similar but they look totally different

Please can I enter these challenges

Brown card
Crafty Hazlenut - Christmas card, no sentiment
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Fancy Shmancy
Crafters Companion - Christmas Wishes
Sparkles Creations Christmas Challenge - Santa

Red/Green card
Christmas Card All Year Round - everything at least a year old (yep, it all is!!)

 Thank you for looking,

hugs, Sue xx


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9 comments:

  1. Shell Shearer Swinscoe7 September 2011 at 13:50

    Just gorgeous hun, love the vintagey feel & the sparkle is great!

    Thank you for sharing with us at Sparkles FCC, good luck!
    Hugs Shell xx

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  2. Hazel7 September 2011 at 15:02

    Totally gorgeous - you've used one of my all time favourite Christmas stamps (and I paid a lot more for mine when they became scarce!) - thanks for joining in my CHNC challenge 36 - hope to see you again soon. x

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  3. Sheila7 September 2011 at 18:35

    Sue , I so adore that stamp and want it (no need it) now! Gorgeous work! Sheila:)X

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  4. Crafty Loops7 September 2011 at 21:39

    Oh wow these are gorgeous, what a terrific stamp. Lee xx

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  5. Wendy8 September 2011 at 16:48

    Gorgeous cards Sue,love how you have used that santa image,just fabulous.
    Wendy xx

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  6. MacKenzie8 September 2011 at 19:01

    I'm loving the details you put on this. Nice job! I'm so glad you joined us this week at Christmas Stampin' All Year Long!

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  7. Whimsey8 September 2011 at 19:04

    Both are fab; love the colors in each - very elegant; love the image!

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  8. CraftinGranny15 September 2011 at 05:05

    So elegant and beautifully done. Thanks so much for joining us at CCAYR and we sure hope to see you back soon with another wonderful creation. "Hugs" Carol

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  9. Barbara25 September 2011 at 21:28

    Wow, fancy look! And I love the name of your blog... the same can be said about me.

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Many thanks for taking the time to look at my creations - please leave me a comment as to what you think! I read every one, and it means a lot to hear what others think (good or bad!!) Thank you, Sue xx