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Saturday, 22 August 2015

santa at the christmas card club

Good morning lovelies! How are you? I hope you are okay! Today I am sharing my christmas card club make - a day early as I have something else to blog tomorrow!!!  I hope thats alright with all the christmas card club ladies!  The theme this time was santa - I managed to get only two cards made this time - but every little helps:


They were both made using Tim Holtz stamps mostly although the second one also has a santa and sleigh from Indigo Blu.


On this one i stamped and masked santa then tamped the wreath - i coloured both is using distress pens then inked around the edge in festive berries D.I. Finally i used the TH poinsettia layering stencil to add more detail.


This one was made using distress paints both for the background and for stamping! I was playing around with this colour scheme for entry to a craft stamper thingie - but never got around to entering it!!! Anyway - the santa part was added lastly using black archival ink.

I hope you have a good day - we are on our way to cornwall as this  goes live - its going to be a long drive!!!

Big hugs

Rachel x

28 comments:

  1. Brilliant cards Rachel,
    Love both of them
    Patricia x

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  2. Two gorgeous cards Rachel.xxx

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  3. Two fab cards, have a lovely time away x

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  4. Hi Rachel,

    Literally just back from holiday so having quick pop round to say hi and catch up on things and your latest creations and lovely cards today.

    B x

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  5. Hi Rachel
    Two stunning cards ... Love the first one... Fabulous Santa... Enjoy your trip to Cornwall
    Hugs Sylvie xx

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  6. Two great cards Rachel. Hoe you have a safe journey and enjoy your holiday. Christine x

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  7. Both cards are lovely Rachel, I hope you have a safe journey and a lovely time in Cornwall - hopefully with some lovely sunny weather! Hugs, Anne xx

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  8. Two beutiful cards Rachel, fantastic Santa and a beautiful scenic card. Hope you have a great time in Cornwall.

    Hugs Sue xx

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  9. Wonderful cards Rachel - love the poinsettia stencilling xx

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  10. Fabulous cards Rachel, love the vintage looking Santa and the floral background is stunning. You can never go wrong with reindeer and your colours in your second card are gorgeous, hugs Kate x

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  11. Both the cards are so beautiful Rachel
    Cheers
    Dr Sonia
    Cards Crafts Kids Projects

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  13. Two fabulous Christmas cards Rachel, such a lovely traditional Santa.
    Pauline
    x

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  14. These are gorgeous Rachel, I love the images and fabulous designs.
    I hope you have a wonderful time in Cornwall.
    hugs Sue xx

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  15. These are fabulous Rachel...that's such a jolly Santa. Hope the roads weren't too bad...enjoy Cornwall. Carol x

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  16. Love both cards Rachel. Hope you have recovered from your run. Hugs to you All. Rita xxxx

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  17. Two beautiful cards Rachel, have a great time.
    Lorraine

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  18. Gosh, both cards are so beautiful. On Santa card, I totally loved the background, colours and the way you have done the stamping.
    Sleigh card is with marvelous scene.

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  19. Both fabulous Christmas cards -enjoy Cornwall
    Carol x

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  20. Look at you getting ahead on the Christmas crafting. Love the fresh colours, especially on the lovely snowscape.
    Alison xx

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  21. two great cards Rachel...love the Santa image....perfect....xxx

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  22. WOW! With all the busy-ness of your life & 2 active girls, you still create so many beautiful cards. Both of these are so pretty, and how brilliant your stenciled poinsettia background sets off this Santa. Love the green wreath behind the Ol' Gent...very festive. Also a great effort on #2, with the leaping stag & those skinny trees. Wonderful work on creating that snowscape background. Enjoy your Sunday, and TFS. Hugs

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  23. Two lovely christmas cards Rachel.
    Mags
    x

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  24. Two great cards Rachel! I love both of them!
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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  25. Hi Rachel hope you are having a good stay in Cornwall! Love your cards and the clever masking on the first. Zx

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  26. Two more fab cards. That Santa sure looks jolly. Hugs Mrs A.

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