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Sunday 23 October 2011

Sparkly and vintage Christmas

It was Lizzie's turn to set the challenge for today's Christmas card for the Christmas gang and she supplied this lovely sketch for us to work with:

All my papers were from my offcuts box, so this is for Jules' crafty snippet challenge 42 and also for ABC Christmas: U for unused stash because I've used some lace that I bought quite a while ago from a market stall, a piece of very sparkly glittery ribbon and the lovely candlelabra stamp by Papermania, which I inked with versamark and heat embossed with detail silver. The sparkle is for Christmas stampin all year long: spark-ka-lay!

I love Christmas cards made with a combination of blue and silver, so I'm linking this for Stamp dreams 104: favourite colour combination.

This is also for:

Winter wonderland: a vintage Christmas
Alota 69: Christmas
Phindy's Friday 78: blue Christmas
Fab's big Christmas: something shiny and/or snowflakes
Crafty ribbons 4: ribbon and lace
Bunny Zoe 17: lace it up

It's my turn to set the next challenge for the Christmas gang (to make a card to be shown on Sunday 6 November) and this is my challenge:

'I'm asking you to use either something recycled or something you got as a freebie (with a magazine, or in a swap or RAK etc) - you can, of course, use other materials as well.'

If anyone wants to know more about the Christmas gang and join in with us, please get in touch with one of us - there is a list on my sidebar.

31 comments:

  1. Love this card Hazel, love the colour combo and all the sparkle. Hugs, Claire x

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  2. Lovely card hunny! that lace is so pretty! Thanks 4 coming to play with us this week for our U is for Unused Stash @ ABC Christmas Challenge, its so much fun seeing everyone using something they had forgot about or not used yet! we have NO limit on entries, so the more times you play the more chances you have to win! Hugs Samantha

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  3. Wow it really is gorgeous Hazel, so sparkly and so expensive looking, a beautiful card!!

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  4. Opps thanks for joining us at crafty ribbons this week too.

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  5. great card Hazel and your recycle theme for the next challenge has me thinking....beer cans? bottle tops....whoooo..hope you had a good weekend hugs Margaret

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  6. Wonderful card, I love the blue hues and that chandelier topper. X Fab

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  7. Hi Hazel

    You are off to an early snippet start this week .. .. thank you for sharing such a lovely card.

    Those snippets are stunning yet again and I love the silver embossing.

    A really beautiful Christmas card.

    Love Jules xx

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  8. Oopps!!! and I should have said thank you for sharing in the snippet playground again this week.

    Love Jules xx

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  9. Very beautiful Hazel. Love the touch of lace, really adds and elegance to the card.
    TFS
    Carole

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  10. what a gorgeous vintage creation, thank you so much for joining us at the Winter Wonderland this week
    Hugs Kate xx

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  11. Hello Hazel,

    Wow! I love your super unique festive card! Its hard to be unique at xmas but you sure have done it in style with this gorgeous stamp!

    Love the sound of your challenge too!

    Keryn x

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  12. Such a beautiful card !!
    Thank You for sharing with us at One Stitch At A Time for our ‘emboss it’ challenge.
    Good Luck !! Hope to see you back next week :O)

    Choccy x

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  13. This is fabulous Hazel, love all our snippets and the wonderful sparkle. Carol x

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  14. Beatiful card, thanks for sharing with us at OSAAT, Gaynor DT :)

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  15. Love it !!! Love the colours and papers !! Great job !!!
    Hugs
    Liz

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  16. Lovely card Hazel.
    Lynne xxx

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  17. Gorgeous card. Thanks for joining our ribbon and lace challenge at CRAFTY RIBBONS, x carol

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  18. Beautiful card - love the colour combo!
    Thanks for joining us at the ABC Christmas Challenge!
    Helen x

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  19. Gorgeous embossing! Thanks for joining us at "Fairy Fun Fridays" for our Wet (Heat) Embossing challenge! Good Luck! :D

    Hugz & TFS,
    xx Tracey/FFF-DT xx

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  20. WOW what an amazing card ...Love it.
    Kerry X.

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  21. Love the sparkle Hazel. Thanks for joining us at BunnyZoe's. Hugs Tracy x

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  22. Thanks for joining us again at FFF, your card is elegant and eye catching. We look forward to seeing your future creations.

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  23. Great card Hazel, love the colours and the image which is quite different for Christmas. Looking forward to your challenge.
    Thanks for joining us at Winter Wonderland this week.
    Hugs Sally xx

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  24. Gorgeous Card! Thanks for playing along with the ABC Christmas Challenge!

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  25. Beautiful card Hazel all the textures work well together your card is so classy I really like blue and silver together too. Thanks for playing along at OSAAT this week.
    Carol Ann xx

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  26. Gorgeous card love the layout and the lace is gorgeous. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Ribbons this time and good luck. luv gina xx

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  27. Beautiful card! The silver is eye-catching! Thanks so much for joining us at Phindy's Place!

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  28. Ooh I LOVE this! Fabby snippet make.

    xxx

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  29. Ooh I LOVE this! Fabby snippet make.

    xxx

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  30. Lovely snippet make, Hazel, and I love the unused,till now, lace. Elizabeth x

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  31. What a lovely colour combo this is! I love that lace!! Very chic!

    luv, Mags x

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