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Tuesday, 2 August 2011

Blue Christmas

I do love blue Christmas cards, so it was a pleasure to make one for the week's Jingle belles challenge.

I'm still using up the stiched paper with stars. The panel on the right was originally a silvery grey colour flocked paper (Anna Griffin), which I distressed with stazon ultramarine. The silver glittered letters are some that arrived today - they are actually self adhesive fabric which has been glittered. Because this panel was then mounted on to silver mirror card it was hard to get a photo that shows what it's really like. Here are my attempts!




Thought I might as well include a scan for good measure! This shows the blue better, but, of course, the silver mirror looks like black on the scan.



This is also for:

Creative craft world: anything BUT birthdays
Incy wincy 105: monochromatic colours
CES 47: feeling the blues
Just for fun: soft and gentle fabric
Just us girls 95: use fabric on your project
Word play 11: sparkle
Corrosive 127: manly - difficult sometimes to make Christmas cards suitable for a man, but I think this is
Theme Thursday: men/masculine
Cards for men 16: clean & simple
Desert island crafts 13: I chose: stitching, make it manly, use felt/fabric
Crafty creations 129: Christmas in July
Fussy & fancy 42: Christmas in July
Totally Gorjuss 91: Christmas in July
4 crafty chicks 48: get your bling on
Papertake: anything goes

32 comments:

  1. Stunning papers, Hazel! Thank you for joining in my Jingle Belles challenge :)

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  2. oof yes, ANYTHING reflective is always a bear to photo... but you've done really well here, and i'm mentally making the card look EVEN BETTER in my head to compensate! i ♥ADORE♥ those silver glitter letters against the dramatic dark blue, btw; totally awesome and eye-catching effect!!! :)

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  3. Love that glittery goodness ... so glad you joined our jingle belles fun.

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  4. Looks amazing Hazel! Thanks for joining us at Crafty Creations challenges!
    smiles,Deena

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  5. Looks amazing Hazel! Thanks for joining us at Crafty Creations challenges!
    smiles,Deena

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  6. nice combination of shades of blue and the silver. very elegant

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  7. Lovely BLUE Christmas card Hazel. Hugs, Claire x

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  8. Gorgeous Xmas card love that deep blue. Thanks for joining us at CFM, good luck with the Challenge. hugs Shirleyxxxx

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  9. Gorgeous creation, thanks for joining us at SECRET CRAFTER SATURDAY CHALLENGE and good luck!

    Hugs
    Francesca

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  10. Such a gorgeous card. Love the blues and the silvers;) Thanks for playing at Totally Gojuss this week and good luck. Hope to see you back on saturday for a new challenge. Bettina

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  11. Beautiful card and love the blue and silver combo for Christmas. Thanks for joining us at CES this week,Karenx

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  12. Thank you for sharing this with us at Just for Fun Hazel. Our challenge requests that the fabric/fibre is a feature of the project and I feel that yours does not really qualify hopefully you'll have more success another time. XOXO Zoe

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  13. Such a striking card Hazel! Love the papers. Thanks for joining us at Papertake Weekly this week and good luck! x

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  14. Awesome card - Thanks for sharing your talents with us at Craft Your Passion Challenges!
    Hugs,
    Jodi

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  15. Gorgeous papers Hazel, love the silver letters....lovely.
    Thanks for joining us at Fussy and Fancy.

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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  16. Hi ya
    a beautiful Christmas card, lovely papers & design, thank you for joining us at CES this week, hope to see you next time, sue,x

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  17. Great X-mas card. Thanks for joining us at The Corrosive Challenge.

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  18. Very pretty Christmas card. Thanks for playing at Totally Gorjuss. (I have some candy.) Marianne

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  19. OOOHHH... Hazel your card is so elegant and beautiful! I love the sparkle and the stitching is the perfect touch! Thank You for joining us at Paper Creations Ink! Have a wonderful rest of the week! Happy Creating! Sara

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  20. Beautiful card! Love the mirror paper and the way it shows up in the second picture! Thanks for playing our JUGs challenge!

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  21. Such an elegant Xmas card Hazel, love the colours and papers you've used. Thank you for joining us at Cards for Men, good luck with the challenge x

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  22. You know I love Sparkles and Bling and your card is so perfect. Love how your stitching fits into the whole design. Thank you for joining us a Paper Creations Ink - Pat

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  23. Beautiful card Hazel - so elegant!! Thanks for joining us at CES challenges this week, Juliexx

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  24. Another stunner Hazel - love the shade of blue!
    Thanks for joining us at the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge!
    Helen x

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  25. aww this is just gorgeous , thank you for joining in our blue challenge at CES.
    Hugs Kaylou xx

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  26. Hi Hazel

    Beautiful Card! Love the sparkly lettering. I bet it looks amazing in real life.

    Thank you for sharing with us at Make It Monday this week.

    Michelle :o)

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  27. Hazel, you crafting FIEND! This is SUCH a fun card! Sorry I'm here late, but I'm DELIGHTED to see your BEAUTIFUL creation! THANKS for sharing this FINE piece of crafty fabulousness with Just Us Girls! We adore having your participate with us!

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  28. Cute card Hazel! nice colrs. TFS with us at The Corrosive Cha.
    Zulma DT

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  29. A really great card!! Wonderful papers and I love the sparkle.

    Thanks for joining the Monochrome challenge at Kreative Stempelfreunde :)
    Hugs, Nina.

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  30. I love it, really gives the sense of christmas! Thank you for playing along at Incy Wincy this week x

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  31. This is adorable. Thanks for joining us at SFC.

    Hugs Nadell

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  32. A beautiful and elegant card!!! Thanks so much for playing the BBB challenge!!!

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