Happy Friday everyone! Today is the release of two new fantastic SCACD Stamp sets by:
Reflections Fantasy
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Reflections Yesteryear
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Reflections Yesteryear
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2 "Just Because" stamps- Carolyn's Bonsai and The Topiary
You will have the option to purchase the stamps individually or as complete sets. The sets include bonus accessory stamps and are of course offered at a discounted price.
I am show casing "Regency" from the Reflection Yesteryear Set! I love her face with the look of wonder and reflection of past memories. As soon as I saw her I knew this was going to be my mother and father's Christmas Card. My parents live in Arizona and my children live in Florida, Nevada and Pennsylvania. I so miss the family living in one area and celebrating the holidays together. When I was working, I flew my family here for five days to celebrate Thanksgiving. It was awesome for about 48 hours!! But when you put 2 great grandparents, five children and their spouses, 6 grandchilren under the age of 4 and two were under the age of 3 months (4 grandchildren were not born yet) and my hubby and I in a single home .... Let's just say on the fifth day I was counting the trips to the airport down! 2 gone 18 more to go!! LMBO! Seriously though I love being around family!
The background is a Christmas Card Topper made by Flower-soft. I purchased a pack of 6 two years ago and when they arrived I thought "what was I thinking" they just were not what I was expecting. This was before my Copic days! But it made the perfect background for what I was trying to accomplish today!
The song "Ill be home for Christmas" makes me cry every single time I hear it. I mean every single time!! My daughter, Amy knows it too! While she was in college she drove 10 hours straight, in a snow storm, because she found a musical Christmas snow globe with a house inside of it that plays "I'll be home for Christmas". She wanted to see me get all emotional over it! No lie, she wanted to see me get all teary eye!!
Copics: Skin: E21, E00, E000, Hair: E59, E55, E53, E50, YR 23. Red: R89, R37, R35, R32. Green: YG97, YG95,YG93.
I hope you enjoy my card as much as I had fun making it!
The blog hop!
You should have arrived here from Melanie's gorgeous creation and your next stop is at Lorraine's for another fantastic, beautiful creation!
For our international friends you can purchase these at Quixotic Paperie.
TIP OF THE DAY is located in the posting below this one!
Challenges:
- Four Crafty Chicks: paper piecing
- CCEE Stampers: Two die cuts or punches
- Crimbo Crackers: Christmas
- Digi Doodle Shop: Red and Green
- Just For Fun: Favorite Technique: I love sponging distress ink
- Lili of the Valley: Christmas Card for someone special
- Samuel Taylors: Christmas Card
- Shelly's images: Anything goes
- By The Cute and Girly: Girly Christmas
31 comments:
A delightful card :) nicely paper pieced too
Thank you for sharing some of your favourite techniques with us at Just for Fun
Von x
Your card is absolutely fantastic Colleen ! It really reminds of past Christmas, I love this feeling ! I know what you mean about being far from your family for Christmas, and yours is really a BIG family ! Have a great week-end my friend ! Hugs and love from Catherine
This is beyond creative Colleen! Turning this into a Christmas card was sheer brilliance and you did it so absolutely beautifully. That background IS perfect and I adore the paper combination.
Something so royal about this card, Colleen. Love it. And the sofa is so 3D. Also the curtains and present look awesome. Your post made me laugh. I like how you see the funny side in every situation.
xxx Monica
My goodness I so need lessons from you this is beautiful!
Colleen this is absolutely GORGEOUS hun! Your coloring ROCKS and I LOVE the story that your card tells! It's so warm and welcoming! What a great xmas card for your parents! Love this!!
Big Hugs~ Kim
This is absolutely gorgeous, Colleen! I love the backdrop for this beautiful image! Your coloring is really outstanding!
What a lovely scene you created!
Your card is stunning,I love the scene you have created.xxx
Simply STUNNING and gorgeous!!! Everything about this is just awesome.
LYnn
Thank you for sharing with us at Just for Fun XOXO Zoe
Hi Colleen
a totally gorgeous card, i luv your scene, lovely paper piecing, awesome colouring, luv it, sue,x
Gorgeous card and perfect to have her sit in front of the Christmas tree!!
Yowza, what a beautiful Christmas easel card, Colleen! I love your coloring and that lovely scene in the background! Oh and that you put a little present on the sofa!
Wow !!! Girl this is just gorgeous hon !!!! So love your layout dear and so beautiful colored. Big Hugs dear
WOWZA! This is fabulous ... LOVE the dimension you've achieved! Thanks so much for joining our "Anything Goes" challenge at Shelly's Images! Please come back and join us again real soon!!
Darlene
Shelly's Images DT
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
gorgeous! Love the background behind the image, thank you for joining our challenge at Digi Doodle Shop's Best this week, hugs, martina
What a totally gorgeous card you have make, just beautiful. Thanks for taking part in this weeks lotv challenge
Clairex
This is so lovely Colleen. I love everything about it. Your layout is super. Thank you for joining us at DDSC this week and good luck.
Hugs
Cathy
xxxx
This is stunning Colleen! Love the little scene you made for her...the topper is perfect. She's beautiful and so is your colouring :)
Hugs xx
Colleen this is Beautiful. I love the way you created the background. The image is so pretty and colored beautifully.
TFS very nice
Stunning, love the background you used and the easel style card is perfect. Gorgeous!
Hugs, Lori m
This is one gorgeous card Colleen, perfect for our Christmas card for Someone Special theme this week.
Thank you for joining us at Lili of the Valley.
Hugs,
Nicola
WOW! A very elegant easel card! Love everything about it! Fabulous!
Such a very,very pretty card, Colleen! I am a little sad as I am almost finished the hop, but I have been really inspired and I think my creativity has been a little peaked!!
Barb O.
Beautiful Christmas card. Reminds me of a perfectly traditional Christmas. Thanks so much for joining our challenge this week at Shelly's Images.
~~Sammibug,~~ Shelly’s Images DT
This is beautiful that scene is gorgeous so is the image thank you for joining us at DDSC this week.
Hugs
Lorraine x
What a beautifully coloured card - I love Distress Inks too and was tempted to use one of the many techniques on my own card. Thanks for sharing with us on JFF - Hugs, Neet
Lovely romantic style Christmas card. Thank you for joining in BTC&G's Christmas Girls challenge.
Geraldine
I especially like the background behind the image !!!Also like the little scene you made for her...the topper is perfect. She's beautiful and so is your coloring :):):):)
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