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Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
I have been crafting since May 2008, when in desperation to find an unusual birthday card for my Mum, I gave up looking in the shops and decided to have a go at making my own. I soon realised that crafting is addictive and I haven't brought a card since. I am slowly starting to sell my cards now to friends, family and work colleagues. As my confidence has grown I have started to enter Challenges on line and in magazines, and I love having to think outside of my comfort zone to come up with something different. I really like the current trend for vintage and shabby chic. I really enjoy using die cutting in my designs and am just starting to poke my toe in the water with regards to stamping and colouring my own images.

Sunday, 10 February 2013

No Snow

Well I hope it remains so as they are forecasting it for around midnight here, but whatever the weather the Challenge over at Crafty Hazenut's this week a Christmas card with no snow. So it was back to the recycling bag and having sorted through every snowy scene imaginable I came across a lovely embossed dove on a musical score type background. I trimmed the image to create a topper and here is the finished card I came up with.



The Papers are from Papermania and were left overs from one of their Christmas goody bags the lace and flowers are from my stash. The word Peace was cut from an off cut of card from a previous project and this was mounted on an off cut from one of the recycled Christmas cards. I used a craft card backing as I wanted a vintage effect and having aged the papers by rubbing the edges along a scissors blade I used Antique linen distress ink form Ranger to colour the whole surface of the papers and the doily, and then highlighted the edges of the paper with Tea Stain distress ink. I have a box full of flat back pearls and gems that I have accumulated over the years as freebies from various magazines so used these round the centre of the doily and at the edges of the card.

I am entering this card into the following challenges


http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk/ - Anything goes so long as it's Christmas



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2 comments:

  1. How lovely to have rescued that beautiful dove and to have made such a gorgeous card with it - thanks for entering both of my CHNC challenges - hope to see you again soon. x

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  2. This card is a treasure. Loved it" The colors used are just perfect. Thanks for joining Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra challenge this month.

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