Saturday 19 October 2013

Bring On The Bling

Do you remember back in the beginning of the month I told you that I had made a card for the sketch challenge, which I decided didn't quite fit the bill? You'll be pleased to hear that I didn't waste it, oh no, I upcycled it for today's 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown challenge..bling it up!



Can you see all that bling?  There's a glitter border, pearls, a silver embossed border, green Stickles on the trees 'outside', snow on the window sill, gems on the bauble, which hangs freely by the way.  Can you see why I started this card from the sketch ? I stamped the tree from Lovely As A Tree, over the top of some white card where I had cut this strips of post-it-note to form the window frame. Love the result this gave me.  There are more trees from the same set stamped in basic grey at the back to add depth to my scene.
I'm going to enter my card in a few challenges too. Firstly, at Christmas Cards All Year Round the theme is getting ready for Christmas - At Christmas time I always hang red baubles from the curtain rail in front of our large french window, at various heights, so this reminds me of that Then I'm also going to enter the challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge where the theme is Christmas/Holiday creation and finally at Korttikarkuri -Let's get Inky where cards must feature stamping.

9 comments:

  1. Hi Louise, what a beautiful Christmas card! The traditional color combo looks great and so does that Stickles on the trees. Thank you so much for joining my Let's Get Inky -Stamp a Happy Christmas Challenge!

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  2. Oh, I LOVE the great window scene you created, Louise! And all those pearls are just sumptuous! HUGS and have a great rest of the weekend! :)

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  3. It's gorgeous! I love the forest of Christmas trees and that beautiful gem studded ornament!!

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  4. Hi Louise, this is just fab, it really does look like I am looking out of the window at the most wonderful Xmas scene. Thanjs for joining us at Nonni's Xmas challenge x

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  5. Gorgeous card!! Love all of the sparkle!! Fab work!

    Thank you very much for joining us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!

    hugs...
    Melissa

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  6. Terrific scene you created and all the blingy aspects and details are just fabulous. Glad you were able to salvage your previous card. Hugs D

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  7. A lovely sparkly card - great scene too - Jacqueline xx

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  8. Beautiful card. Thanks for sharing this for CCAYR 'getting ready for Christmas' challenge - hope to see you again soon, Hazel, CCAYR design team - you could also enter this into my CHNC challenge extra for October - I'd love to see it there too. x

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  9. Louise, this is fantastic. :) I love the feel of looking out the window at the trees in the snow. The pearls are a great finishing touch to the scene.

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Thanks for leaving a comment. I love reading them all!
Louise xx