Sunday 16 August 2009

My First Christmas with Daisy and Dandelion

At long last I've finally managed to ink up one of the cute Daisy and Dandelion Christmas Collection stamps I've had in a drawer for weeks.
This little character is one of the bears but I can't tell if it's Bubble or Squeak 'cos he's in disguise!

He has been coloured with watercolour pencils for a change and the fur trims on his coat and hat have been sparkled up with Glistening Snow Writer from Decoart.
The patterned papers are from an A4 pad called 'A Winter's Tale' which are also from the Daisy and Dandelion Christmas Collection and it must be said that they are good quality papers that co ordinate with each other beautifully.
The green background is simply a piece of cardstock which has been embossed with the Snowflake folder on the Cuttlebug and then cut slightly smaller than the card blank.
My favourite gold mirri card was used for matting the papers and 3D foam pads add some dimension to the various layers.
Amazingly, I think I may have managed 4 different challenges at the same time, which is virtually unheard of for me but they all made it very easy to double up challenges this week.
... Charisma Cardz Sketch # 32 for the layout
... Fab's Christmas Challenge #32 is to follow a sketch
...Our Creative Corner & Dutch Dare Card Challenge where the theme is "Christmas In August"

23 comments:

Fab said...

Love it thanks for playing my challenge ! One more entry into the blog candy ! wink X fab

LorettaL said...

What a cute santa bear dude! Wonderful Christmas card.

Twiggy said...

Lovely Max, I'm beginning to think about Christmas too, just think though so far :)
Twiggy x

Anonymous said...

What a cutie Max...
Beautiful.
Hugs Angel

Spyder said...

Aw, this is really cute Santa! (In disguise!) Lovely papers and really nice colouring too. Love the design of the card,
((Lyn))

jude said...

Max this is so gorgeous and cute!!!See you will be catching me up soon on the christmas card front...lol
Thank you so much for popping by my blog hun and the generous offer to help with the fund raising for Alzehimers not adsking for much acouple cards ,maybe some altered art if your feeling crafty ...lol anything will be fab all adds up at the end of the day!big thankyou hun.
hope all is well with you all,finally flat hunting over??
love n hugs judex

Susan.... said...

Fabulous card Max !...love the papers and the stamped image, he´s a cutie !
hugs
susan x

Unknown said...

Oh great card, such a cute image, it's really lovely. Thanks for playing along with us at Charisma this week

Jan x

Irene said...

Hello Max

Comment from Ann...............

Max is well into Christmas so we should get a card this year.

luv

Ann
xxxx

Hazel (Didos) said...

Ah this is great, I am missing using my D and D every week for the challenges I used to do, must brush them off and have a play. Hazelxoxo

Vee said...

A Really cute Christmas card love the image. Thanks for playing with Charisma this week.
xx Vee

Annie said...

Don't take any notice of what Irene says I never made any comment - oh well alright I might have said you were getting really organised this year and it looked like we might get a card.

Sheeeeeeeeeeeesh I can't hide anything. Have shown Irene York holiday brochure - we need to chat.

Ann xxx

Glitzzynews blogspot said...

Max,woweee just loving your card!!
colours are so pretty,well done you..
Luv Maureen x

Karin said...

Fabulous card!!
Love the colurs, embossed background and cute image.
Thanks for jonining the DDCC.

xoxo karin

Classroomfree said...

Oh I love this!!!

Wiccababe said...

fab card Max, great start to the xmas card pile
Debz
xx

Kim Dellow said...

Oh how cute, that is lovely. Kim

Swedie said...

Very cute! I like the layers.

Swedie

Sally said...

Fabulous card. Love the soft color combo. Thanks for joining us at Charisma Cardz.

Irene said...

Hello Max

Catching up with blogs, and your card is so cute and gorgeous. Love the colours and layout.

luv
irene
xxxx

Wellnifty said...

So cute, love the colours

Chris xx

tiggertastic said...

Fantastic layer work, and stunning way to use the stamp too.

Hope you have a enjoyable weekend.

Sarah

Tests à la Française said...

That is so cute !

Lee xx