Thursday, December 15, 2011

The countdown ....

.... is on.  Cards all made, 2/3 of them written and posted, almost all gifts bought, none yet wrapped - no probs!!

It's our final challenge for 2011 on PaperPlay today, and the theme is, you'll never guess - Christmas!!!  Thank heavens, 'cos I've made nothing but Christmas cards for the last fortnight.  Here's my finished design:


As usual, it's pretty simple, due to having to mass produce.  I wish I had had time to stitch some red stitching - it would have been sooooo pretty, but I would have had to start the darn things in August to achieve that.  Here's a shot of a bunch all done (tried more but I kept knocking them over like a house of cards!):


The paper is a gorgeous BG "Nordic Holiday" one, I adore the colours - so rich and festive - and the stamp is also from the same line.  Cute.  I added a lot of stickles to the roofs of the houses and to the paper to make it even more festive.  Here's a close-up of a house:


I'm entering this into quite a few challenges, all with Christmassy themes.  They are: ABC Challenge, Crafts and Me, Creative Card Crew, Papertake Weekly, Paper Sundaes, Totally Gorjuss, and Stampin' for the Weekend.
Thanks for looking!

7 comments :

Marianne said...

What a great simple design. Perfect for last-minute X-mas cards. Love the paper!

Deirdre said...

Julie, these are stunners. Love what you created again this year. Beautiful. Hope all is well with you. Wish I could send you some "wrapping fairies" to help you with your wrapping!

Anonymous said...

Love the shimmer added
to the house! I never took big photos
of the sets I did, like you did but its
certainly a feet to see them all together
like that! =)
Thanks for linking up at ABC!

~Leah

Margaret said...

A lovely design to use for batch makingThanks for joining us at Creative Card Crew for this challenge
Margaret :o)

Kathleen said...

Simple yet elegant and stunning result. Fab choice of papers and image.
Thanks for joining us at Paper Sundaes
Hugs
Kat xx

Ren-Yi said...

Oh my - what stunning cards these are, Julie! Elegant doesn't even begin to describe it!

June Houck said...

Wowza, fab mass-production, Girlie! Love these :)

 
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