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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. In 2011 I completed my certificate in papercrafting as a result of the work I did as part of the course I started entering challenges on line and in magazines. I applied for design teams and also started making samples for Ooh La La Creations for their shows on Create and Craft. I have now completed my Diploma in professional crafting and most recently been runner up in the Papercrafter of the Year 2013 a competition run by Papercraft essentials magazine, I don't have a particular style I like to use elements from lots of styles and techniques, although I do love all things vintage. In 2014 I started to move more towards scrapbooking to take care of the huge family archive of photographs that were stored in my attic. I have continued cardmaking and Scrapbooking through 2015 and 2016 but have also become interested in off the page projects. I hope to be able focus on these in the future.

Tuesday 5 February 2013

P is for Polar bears

Over at http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ the theme for this weeks Christmas card is P is for penguins or anything else beginning with P. So for these two cards I went to the opposite pole from penguins literally and came up with Polar Bears.

Again the cards are part of my charity recycling project and have been made from pre loved Christmas cards donated by work colleagues with the addition of some freebie backing papers.

Here is the first


I used a starry background paper on this one to match the sentiment of wishing upon a star and trimmed the backing paper with silver peel offs.


The second one I just mounted the image and sentiment onto scraps of silver mirror card from my scrap box to make them stand out against the background.


I am entering both cards into the following challenges 

http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ - P is for Penguin or anything else beginning with P
http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk/ - Anything goes so long as it's Christmas


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3 comments:

  1. CARLA PREDIGER5 February 2013 at 20:24

    Beautiful image on this card. I liked it. Thanks for joining at Craftyhazelnut's Extra Christmas challenge this month.

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  2. Hazel5 February 2013 at 21:30

    These are beautiful - thank you for joining both of my CHNC challenges - hope to see you again soon. x

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  3. Jane Allmark Crafting With Jane5 February 2013 at 22:28

    The polar bears are simply lovely x

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