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Friday 29 November 2013

Inspired by Funkie Junkie week 8 - 12 tags of Christmas

Good morning lovelies! How are you today? I'm going to be in a bit of a frazzle probably as its the school Christmas fair tomorrow and my right hand lady is poorly. Still we'll just keep calm and carry on and do the very best that we can!!!! I'll let you know on Sundays post how it goes - but if I'm a bit late/absent with commenting please forgive me!

Onto today - I have a card to share with you largely inspired by the Funkie Junkie 12 tags of Christmas challenge - week 8. I'm slowly catching up but am still a little behind! On this one I took the inspiration from the snowflakes and santa  and the colour blue that you can see here on Linda's tag.





I've cut a mat using my mums latest spellbinders die and onto that placed a mat that I created by using the chocolate baroque snowflake stamp with versamark  and heat setting with white opaque wow powders. Then I used DI faded jeans and salty ocean and smooshed it over the snowflakes. The top image is a stamp from crafty individuals and has simply been stamped in sepia archival ink. The card base I have made from centura pearl card and used vintage photo and tea dye DI around the edge then stamped a clarity corner all around the edge to build a border. This is in vintage photo - i  used primary and secondary stamped images too. I added the twine and the bells and the sentiment and voila! Job Done!

I'd like to enter this one for the following challenges:
thefunkiejunkie/challenge-12-tags-of-christmas-Funkie Junkie 12 tags of christmas week 8 - sponsored by  thefunkiejunkie boutique.
Crafty Ribbons:craftyribbonschallenge AG
Crafty hazelnuts christmas extra challengeChristmaschallenge
simon says stamp:simonsaysstampblog AG
wow powders challengewowembossingpowder: christmas
craft room challengescraft-roomchallenge: vintage christmas card
ATSaddicted-to-stamps-challenge: Embossing: Heat
fashionablestampingchallenges - shabby chic christmas

Hope you have a great Friday - and looking forward to seeing you again soon!

Big Hugs

Rachel xxx


30 comments:

  1. This is gorgeous Rachel. I love the vintage image, beautiful colours and fabulous design.
    I hope the school Christmas fair goes okay tomorrow, I am sure it will and all your hard work will be worth it.
    hugs Sue xx

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  2. Hi Rachel trying to catch up myself!! This is gorgeous I love the image of Santa and the little girl how pretty! Hope your fair goes well and just Stay Calm and Craft Later!!! lol, Susan x

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  3. a wonderful Christmas Card Rachel! Amazing!

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  4. Gorgeous card, Rachel, love it

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  5. Good morning sweetie this is stunning, love your colour choices too, hugs Pops x x x

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  6. Fabulous card Rachel.
    Hope you have a great weekend.
    Hugs
    Caz x

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  7. Hi Rachel, lovely vintage card, the image is beautiful. Once again your background is fantastic and the die is gorgeous.

    Hope all goes well with the school fair and you have great fun and sell loads, hugs Kate x

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  8. Ohh fabby loving that image too xx

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  9. I love the colour combo on this card Rachel. Great image too.

    Sue x

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  10. Brimming with nostalgia, that warm and fuzzy feeling.
    A beautiful card.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  11. Great card, love the vintage image and design

    Patricia x

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  12. Another beautiful card and I do love the image.

    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  13. Beautiful card Rachel. I love that stamp. Hugs Rita xxx

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  14. Love the nostalgic image of Santa, brings back childhood memories. Fabulous card Rachel. Hugs Jennifer xx

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  15. A wonderful vintage Christmas card. Thank you for joining us at FSC this time.
    Yvonne/Meggymay

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  16. Fab stamps and colours hun, lovely card :o) Hugs, Lisa x

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  17. A lovely vintage style card Rachel. Good luck with the christmas fair.
    Mags
    x

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  18. This is a fabulous card Rachel, I love your vintage image.
    Pauline
    x

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  19. Terrific card and great layout! Love the bells!

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  20. Fabulous vintage looking Christmas card.

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  21. Gorgeous Christmas card! I just love that vintage image and the snowflake pop of blue panel! Thank you for joining us at FSC!

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  22. So adorable vintage card, beautiful frame.
    Thank you for sharing at Craft-Room Challenge, welcome again;-))m

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  23. Beautiful card Rachel! I love the background with the snowflakes and the bells are a perfect embellishment. Thank you for joining us over at Craft-Room Challenge this week!

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  24. Thanks for entering this delightful card for my CHNC challenge extra for November - hope to see you again soon. x

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  25. Hi Rachel. So very vintage and some gorgeous colours! A truly beautiful card.
    Thank you for joining us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges
    Dot x

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  26. Beautiful card, Rachel! I love the vintage style and those little bells. Thanks so much for playing along with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

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  27. A beautiful card with a lovely vintage stamp! Thanks for sharing with us at ATSC, Marlies

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  28. Thank you for joining in with our challenge this week at Crafty Ribbons x

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  29. Love your color combo and that Spellbinders die cut is just gorgeous. That Santa stamp with the littler girl is delightful and the sweet little bells are the perfect finisher. So glad you are still hanging in with week #8!

    Hugs,
    Linda

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Thankyou so much for leaving a comment - it really does mean a lot to me! Hugs Rachel xx