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Saturday 31 October 2015

Cardinals at the christmas card club!

Hello Lovelies! How are you today? I hope you are well and looking forward to some Halloween fun this evening!

Thanks for your kind comments on my mushroom card yesterday - I'm going to send it to my uncle Gordon who has a birthday next month! I hope he'll like it too.

Today I have my Christmas card club make - a day early - the lovely Mary chose Cardinals as the theme - now i don't have any cardinal stamps - but luckily my lovely mum had a Jane Shasky DVD with a cardinal image on it - I printed it off and made three cards with a lovely inky background!




For the backgrounds I used festive berries and tea dye DI and some tattered lace folders. On the smaller two cards I swiped the embossing with sepia archival. On the largest one I just left it as texture!!!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:



I hope you have a great day and enjoy halloween if you're joining in - we're looking forward to trick or treating tonight - hope the weather is kind to us! 

Hugs

Rachel xx

31 comments:

  1. Beautiful work as always Rachel, hope you have a good weekend.

    B x

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  2. Hope you and the girls enjoy trick or treating tonight Rachel.....love the cards,fabulous backgrounds,an the cardinals are great images....xxxx

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  3. Beautiful cards Rachel, have fun this evening

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  4. Your cardinal cards are so pretty. I love the look of cardinals but sadly we do not see them here. Such a treat to see them when we do go south into the United States!

    Thanks for taking part in the October Rudolph Days Challenge.

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  5. These are so pretty and lovely! Beautiful design, as well!

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  6. These are lovely, Rachel - the cardinal is such a great bird for Christmas cards.
    Alison xx

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  7. These are just adorable creations, love the colour combo and sweet image.xx
    {The Journey Is The Start aNNie my personal blog}

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  8. Great makes and I love the different backgrounds.
    Thanks for joining in with Rudolph Day.
    Lynn x
    GDT

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  9. Beautiful cards Rachel, your backgrounds are perfect.
    Pauline
    x

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  10. Fabulous cards and loving the colours. I hope you all have a wonderful Halloween.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  11. Whee! You KNEW I'd love these! What could be better than brilliant red cardinals, except more of them. Actually we saw one of the more 'yellow' toned birds at our feeder - once. I always hope it may come back, as I thought the yellow was only in pictures...But some do get this color.The design stands out great against the pretty red embossed background. TFS & Hugs

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  12. Love those beautiful card Rachel. Have a Great weekend. Hugs Rita xxx

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  13. Hi Rachel, three very lovely cards, I don't have cardinals either, must get some images. Love your backgrounds and the toppers are beautiful, Kate x

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  14. The cardinal image is wonderful for Christmas - they look beautiful on your lovely cards and the backgrounds are just perfect! Hugs, Anne xx

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  15. Gorgeous selection of cards with a fabulous image.

    Kath x

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  16. Oops I have already commented on this card for R.D. but I did not read that you were also entering it in our Christmas challenge this week at Allsorts, so I have to add thank you for entering our Christmas challenge this week at Allsorts.

    Kath x

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  17. Love your cards! They say when a cardinal appears, an angel is near!

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  18. These are gorgeous Rachel, the image is beautiful. Hope you enjoyed your trick or treating. Carol x

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  19. Hi dear Rachel we're just on the way home from Southampton. We did have such a fun day. Glad you managed to have a half term break with the girls. Your cards are super what pretty cardinal digis you used. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Hugs xx

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  20. Hi dear Rachel we're just on the way home from Southampton. We did have such a fun day. Glad you managed to have a half term break with the girls. Your cards are super what pretty cardinal digis you used. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Hugs xx

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  21. These are so lovely Rachel, a beautiful image and embossed background.
    Lorraine

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  22. Fab image of the Cardinals but what makes these cards for me is the gorgeous backgrounds you have made for them. Hugs to you and the girls. Mrs A.

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  23. Love these birds, wish i could get started on christmas, but a bet i will leave it to the last minute as normal.x

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  24. Gorgeous cardinal image & I love how you've showcased it!
    Beautuiful cards!
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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  25. Hi Rachel
    Fabulous cards ... Love the background to ... Looks like you had a good time with Shaun's Mum
    Hugs Sylvie xx

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  26. Gorgeous cards Rachel.
    Mags
    x

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  27. Gorgeous cards Rachel, love the background. Looks like you had a great time. Big Hugs Marlene

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  28. Beautiful Christmas cards and love the toppers
    carol x

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  29. Beautiful and lovely card.
    Thank you for sharing at Allsorts;-))m

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