Saturday, 4 July 2009

Christmas in July - 2!!

Afternoon everyone, hope you are all enjoying the weekend.
If you are a glitter girl, like me, you really should check out these stamps from
They are just perfect for adding oodles of glitter and sparkle.

I am entering this card for 2 challenges
Stamp Something's 'Christmas' theme and
Stampin' for the Weekend's Sketch Number 2
Both challenge blogs have some fabulous DT work,
so hop on over there and check them out.
And, if you take part this week,
you will be in with a chance to win some lovely prizes
from their sponsors.

Recipe:

Stamp - Pink Gem Designs coloured with whispers pens and
stickles glitter in 'crystal' and 'baby blue'.
Xmas design paper from last year, but it's lost it's wrapping so
I'm not sure what make it is.
Punched snowflakes covered in Diamon Dust.
Sentiment and card candy from Craftwork Cards.
Ribbon from my stash

13 comments:

Donna said...

Wow what a fabulous card Caroline, love the image from Pink Gem, and you've done a gorgeous job coloring it and adding the stickles, the papers are gorgeous too and I do love that card candy, and the snowfakes look fabulous covered in stickles too. Well that's one Christmas card done for you this year...lol
Thank you for participating in the "Stampin' for the Weekend" challenge this week.. Good luck and we hope you'll continue to join in on the challenges on a weekly basis. Have a wonderful weekend.
Donna xx

Nancy said...

What a gorgeous Christmas card:O) I love it in blue! The image is stunning, love the glitter. You have made a beautiful card inspired by Donna's sketch. Thanks for joining us at SFTW this week. Good luck!
Nancy;O)

Jen said...

I love this Christmas card! The image is so sweet and your colouring is perfect. The diamond dust really looks stunning on those snowflakes.
You've followed the sketch beautifully.
Thanks for joining the SFTW challenge this week.
Hugs
Jen x

Pop's Cards said...

Hi Caroline, this is so gorgeous, i so love these cuties, you have done a fab job with your chioce of colours and the sketch...

Thanks for joining us at SFTW, Hugs Pops x

Anonymous said...

Oh, this is a beautiful card, Caroline! The image is adorable and you have used really gorgeous paper. The snowflakes are fabulous and I love the glitter. Great take on Donna's sketch!

Thank you for joining us at SFTW and good luck! We hope you'll join us in our next challenge, too. :)

Vanja

Donna said...

Hi Caroline, this little card is gorgeous, I love the papers you have used and the colours are perfect, super cute image too and the sparkly snowy bits are perfect :) Donna x

Nicola said...

Hi Caroline,
Your card is gorgeous. I so love this image which is coloured so beautifully and being a glitter girl myself love all the sparkle. Fab effect with the diamond dust - it sure pops those snowflakes.
Thank you for joining us at "Stampin´for the Weekend" and we hope you will play along with us again.
Nicola xx

Sarah said...

Such a lovely card! I haven't even thought about Christmas yet let alone started to make any cards!
Great layout too!

crafty amy said...

This is adorable such a cute image and I love all the glitter! The stitching round the edge is such a brilliant touch it ads great texture. Also that ribbon is just perfect.
Thank you for joining us at stampin' for the weekend and good luck with both challenges.

X Amy X

Vicki said...

oooooo this is a stunner Caroline, such an adorable image and the stickles looks so effective. Love the colours, papers and those twinkly snowflakes are so pretty covered in diamond dust. You've done a fab job with the stitching too. Thank you for playing along with this weeks sketch challenge over at SFTW, a great interpretation of Donna's sketch, good luck xx vicki xx

Kimmi said...

Hi Caroline.
Gorgeous colours and very christmassy! Love the little Pink Gem image, she is so sweet. You've coloured her beautifully. LOve your embellies! Those snow flakes are fab!

Thank you for playing along this week over at Stampin' for the Weekend. We hope you had fun taking part and that you come and play again next week! Good Luck.

Kimmi

debbies said...

I am so happy that I stumbled across your blog!!! After seeing all your wonderful creations I placed an order with Pink Gem and received my order last night. LOVE your blog!

Ida / Little said...

Hi Caroline, you have made such a stunningly looking Christmas card. The colors are so chilled and perfect for the season. And the image you have used looks gorgeous! :) Thanks for joining us at Stampin' for the Weekend this week :) Have a wonderful weekend.

Hugs Ida