Hello Nomad friends. I seemed to have misplaced a week and the end of the month is looming so I'm gonna hopefully have a bit of a blitz. To save me some writing and you some time I thought I'd post these two cards I made this afternoon together. Any similarities between them stop there. Let's start with a vintage style Christmas card
I liked the De Egel sketch and they want a vintage or nostalgic theme so I went all neutral colours and cut my Creative Expressions angel die and hearts from an ice lolly box. Don't you love when the pizza or ice lollies come in kraft coloured boxes?? It's become a bit of a highlight to see if the food carton cardboard is quality craft material or just bog standard grey board. This one was actually a bit thick and I peeled oFf the outside printed layer before I die cut the intricate angel. I also used scraps of patterned paper from Søsterens Grenes and the pretty circle is a Marianne Designs die. I stamped the Kort og Godt sentiment with brown archival ink. It says 'a big warm Christmas hello'.
Joining the fun at
De-Egel Challenge 166
July Rudolph Days Challenge
Double D Challenge Christmas in July
Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Christmas in July Linky Party
Snippets Playground Challenge 459 - Christmas In July
52 Weeks to Christmas July Challenge - The Good Old Days vintage style and I always think of angels as a traditional Christmas motif.
and now for something totally different...........
I used Poppystamps Echo Blossoms die and made a rainbow flower, again lots of scraps used. The stem and leaves were cut using Poppystamps Poinsettia Stem die from scraps of green. I used Presscut clouds/rainbow embossing folder on a piece or grey woodgrain effect card for the background. I think this is a happy day/thinking of you/sending love and rainbows sort of card. I used a blue flower brad in the center.
Joining the fun at
Poppystamps Challenge 106 - Rainbow
Double Trouble Challenge 144 - Woody I used Thing 1 woodgrain card
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
26 comments:
Two very different cards in this post. Both fab. I SO agree with you about checking inside packaging for useful fake Kraft card! I do it all the time.
Thanks for entering the first card as your homework for the Snippets Playground. Meet you in the treehouse for cocktails later xxx
Beautiful vintage angel, Gail, and I love your rainbow flower!!
Hi Gail, you've made a lovely Christmascard with that vintage angel. Thank you for using the sketch from De Egel.
Thanks for joining the challenge at 52 WTC an at De Egel.
Greetings Miranda dt De Egel and dt 52 WTC
Hi Jonnabunny,
Happy Rudolf Days.
What a very lovely vintage style card and a super design also.
Love the gorgeous Angel.
Thank you for joining the Rudolf Challenge.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L. DT
Wat een mooi nostalgisch kaartje heb je gemaakt. Bedankt dat je meedoet met onze challenge. Groetjes Ingrid 52WTC
Lovely holiday card, Gail! That angel is so beautiful! Thanks for playing along with the Christmas in July 2023 {BYSHC} Linky Party!
Pretty cards! Love those colors of the Christmas card. Thanks for playing along with us at BYSHC Christmas in July Linky Party.
She is simply glorious!! Love the Earthy tones of this beauty.
Love those neutrals you chose - and what you used for your angel die cut is inspired! Thanks for linking your card in the {BYSCH} Blog's Christmas in July gallery!
What a great colorful card!! Love the nested flowers. Thanks for playing along with the Poppystamps Monthly Challenge.
Iona, so cool with the embossing on the light woodgrain paper which makes your colorful flower really pop... pretty card. Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble. Hope you come back and use your PIGment of imagination to create and share with our collab-BOAR-ating challenger at Farmquest.
Een mooi kaartje met een mooie sketch! Fijn dat je meedoet met de uitdaging van 52WTC. Groetjes Marijke
Lovely card! Such a great idea to cut your angel from the packaging!
Thanks for taking part in the Rudolph Days Challenge.
Maureen aka Scrappymo
Prachtige kaart met die mooie kerstengel...
Gezellig dat je meedoet met de uitdaging bij 52WTC.
Annemarie en Merit DT52WTC
Love how you combined the embossing with the woodgrain, very nice effect! Looks great with your bright and bold flower! Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble.
Hi Gail,
so nice to see you at the Egel! Your card with the sketch is super!
The lovely angel at the center is the eyecatcher.
Thanks for joining us!
GerJanne
BEAUTIFUL holiday card Gail! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
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Love the embossed woodgrain behind that gorgeous flower! Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble :)
Both cards are adorable and the angel card is just perfect for the Double D Challenge. So glad you linked up with us! Best of luck to you!
Gorgeous cards Gail - love them both. And so very different too. I reckon that you and Sarn would be a good team as our Playground Kraft re-cyclers!
Hugs
Di xx
Gail your rainbow flower is out of this world! I love the bright rainbow colors and the embosssed background is perfect!
The textured woodgrain background is so unique and fun. I love the concentric flower die cuts. The card is fabulous!
I like that your rainbow flower fills your card! This is so cheerful. Thanks for joining our Poppystamps challenge!
Such a beautiful Christmas card Gail, I love the colours. Thanks for joining in the fun at Rudolph Days this month.
Sue xx
Lovely card with beautiful Angel! And the other one is indeed completely different!
Thanks for joining our challenge at 52WTC.
Jantine DT 52WTC
Mooie kaart geworden met een hele mooie engel. Dank je wel voor jou bijdrage aan challenge 166 van de Egel. Groetjes, Nelleke
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