Friday 29 June 2012

Christmas is only 178 days away...!!

Ok, so all non crafting people are sat there still waiting for the UK Summer thinking that Christmas is still a long way off but in the card crafting world it's time to make a start on the Christmas cards.

I have made a couple of cards which I will post later but here is one of them.  The digital image is by Alice Smith of www.clipart4resale.com  This is a lovely site for inexpensive digital images both coloured in or just the outlines.  I picked the outline image and coloured it in using promarkers.

The card stock is all from my stash which I have had for a few years now and I used a sizzix embossing folder to get the dots.  The snowflakes are from a Marks & Spencer gift card I was given and I have added gems to them. The holly is from a little hand punch and again I have added gems.

The wording was just printed from my computer. I used a scallop edged card for this one:


Here is a close up of the penguin:



22 comments:

  1. this is gorgeous Angela, I love that cute penguin and the colours are fabulous

    Sue

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  2. aww cute card fabby image great layout and colours tracy

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  3. lovely card angela,sweet image sue xx

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  4. This is fun, cute card, great layout! x

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  5. fab card. love the penguin x

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  6. wow super little "c" card angela and please don't count down to christmas yet lol ... phew have not started on those little cards ... love your little penguin with his pink hat and scarf ... just doing a bit of blog hopping ... thank you so much for visiting me ... happy crafting and love sandy xx

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  7. Fun and cute card for Christmas. I haven't even thought about Christmas cards yet! xxx

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  8. Cards are fab and thanks for reminding me about xmas i will get started as soon as the summer hols start xx

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  9. Fabulous card love the colour and style. Chris xx

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  10. Fantastic card love the penguin and the design is gorgeous. Caroline xxx

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  11. Fab Xmas card, love the image and colour scheme too :-)

    xx Happy crafting and glittery hugs xx

    Sazzle
    (lincscraftygirl)

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  12. Brilliant card, and so good to see festive one, gives me some inspiration xx

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  13. Aww I love this, its adorable! Happy Leapblogging! Elaine-xxx-

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  14. can't cope with christmas yet!!! it is a greaqt card - love the colours - fab image

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  15. How cute is this - love the bauble, its as big as he is!

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  16. Fabulous card, great image

    Lorna xx

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  17. OOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO the dreaded C word lol
    great card though
    carol x

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  18. A fab Christmas card. I love the image and design.
    Heike xx

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  19. Very cute but the thought of Christmas makes me cry! Lol! Lea xx

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  20. I love the penguin image and your colouring is fab! Like others have said, I'd like to have a summer before I start my Christmas cards but it may be Christmas before we see any sun so perhaps I should do as so many of you have done now and make a start on my Chritmas cards too!!!

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  21. another great xmas image, i want to start making mine but lost me mojo, getting inspired now though, thanks xx

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