Christmas cards for soldiers


This is a great idea over at the Cowgirls Sunday Stamp'en challenge blog this week. Basically you make a Christmas card for a soldier to send to a loved one (no glitter as could cause safety problems - felt a bit weird making a Chrimbo card with no glitter, but I am pleased with the result!) So here is my card for the challenge which I am going to send off to the soldiers. It seems to be (I think) a US address to send it to so will check the postage at the post office (well, will get hubby to when he is sending off parcels from his ebay empire!)

The card was made with a cute Penny Black stamp (coloured with promarkers) which I got as part of a set with a magazine subscription recently and some cuttlebug embossed paper.

I am also going to enter the card into the following challenges:

Totally Gorjuss - Wild thing (the hedgehog)

Cupcake sketch challenge

2 Sisters - Christmas (also collecting cards for the soldiers, contains full explanation of the no glitter rule also!)

Sarah Hurley - polka dots and circles and last but by no means least,

Just Inspirational - Christmas

Comments

  1. Lisa Jane18 September 2010 at 16:14

    what a cute little hedgie - love the embossed background
    Thanks for joining us at Sarah Hurley challenges this week
    lISA ;)

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  2. April18 September 2010 at 17:09

    Great card!! I love PB stamps.... I agree, it was hard to not glitter up a Christmas card. Thanks for stopping by the ranch to craft with Cowgirl Up and the Posse!

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  3. kayc18 September 2010 at 19:16

    Lovely card. Love the image. Kathleen x

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  4. Shell18 September 2010 at 19:36

    i love PB stamps this is soooo cute. thanks for joining us at Sarah Hurley Challenges this week.
    Shell x

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  5. Kleeblatt18 September 2010 at 20:50

    Wonderful card.
    Thanks for playing by CSSC. Hope to see you next week.
    Hugs Monika

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  6. Tracy18 September 2010 at 23:08

    LOVE Penny Black images! Great job on your coloring and a very cute card. Thanks for joining us this week at Just Inspirational!

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  7. Poppet18 September 2010 at 23:24

    Great card Alison, the Christmas papers look wonderful with your beautiful image.

    Thank you for sharing your card with us at CSSC. :-) xx

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  8. Barbara19 September 2010 at 04:47

    Delightful card, Alison. I am sure the soldiers will love it. Thanks for joining us at Cowgirl Sunday Challenge. Hope to see you next week too.

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  9. Claire19 September 2010 at 12:09

    Gorgeous card Alison, i love your colouring!! thanks for joining us at CSSC and good luck, hope to see you next time too :-)
    Claire xx

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  10. Pat19 September 2010 at 15:36

    Cute Hedgehog image! Thanks for joining us at 2 Sisters Challenge Blog.

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  11. Purple Crazy19 September 2010 at 16:44

    Lovely card, a cute little hedgie, thanks for joining us at JIC. Hugs Wendy X

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  12. Liza19 September 2010 at 18:47

    Gorgeous work. Thanks for joining us at CCC.

    Liza x

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  13. Donna20 September 2010 at 22:31

    Super sweet little card, such a cute hedgie :) Donna x

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  14. Daniele22 September 2010 at 20:36

    what a lovely card and also the sentiment thanks for joining us at JIC
    hugs

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