Wednesday 1 December 2010

challenge card

This card is for 2 challenges, CES challenges and Wild Orchid Challenges, who both have the theme 'vintage christmas' or 'old fashioned/victorian christmas'

I recalled that I had downloaded a lovely santa image from HERE along with some fab tickets and some beautiful papers too, I used one of these papers before on this card.

The scalloped strip across the card isn't a freebie, I stamped a piece of cream cardstock, stamped it with a snowflake stamp, coloured in parts of the pattern with a gold gel pen and used my eyelet border punch from SU to pretty up the edges.


The flower is handmade too, I stamped out the 'love' text onto a piece of paper, used my 5 petal SU punch and punched out 2 flowers, sponged the edges (to hopefully make them look vintage!) then thread some beads onto a piece of nylon thread for the centre of the flower, then attached them all together with a brad, and glued some leaves underneath.

thanks for stopping by today, wrap up warm if you have to go out in the snow!

7 comments:

  1. Beautifully vintage! That Santa is amazing! Warmest wishes, Lesley

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  2. Such a beautiful card Jo, gorgeous image and embellies.
    Thanks for joining us at CES Challenge & good luck.
    Hugs Emma x

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  3. Hi hun fabulous card its gorgeous love the santie. You've done a fab job with Emma's blogs hun they are looking fabulous.
    Thank you for joining us at CES Challenges this week, hope to see you again, good luck.

    Hugs Vicky xx

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  4. This is lovely and the flower looks perfect. Thanks for joining us for the CES Challenge!
    Jane
    x

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  5. Stunning hun...love the vintagness... xx

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  6. Lovely christmascard. Thanks for playing with us a WOC ♥

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  7. Oooh, vintagey. Me likey, me likey alot. xxx

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