Hurrah, an end to the Christmas cards!


I've been putting the glitter away this week and getting back to stocking up on cards for other occasions, hurrah! Here is a quick one I made last night for a colleague at work, last minute card for her mother in law. I'm rather pleased with the flowers which I got from Create and Craft (don't usually do telly shopping, but couldn't resist these). They are plastic and you heat them with a heat gun and they go all curly. The only thing I'm struggling with a bit is moulding them before they go hard again, but not bad for a first attempt?!

I'm going to enter this card into the following challenges:

Totally Gorjuss - sketch
Patties - Ribbon plus 3 embellishments (paper ribbon plus glitter, gem and ribbon bow)

Off to brave the snow and ice on the way to work again now!

Comments

  1. kayc7 December 2010 at 10:28

    What a gorgeous colour that is and your flowers are lovely. I have only got 3 christmas cards to make and I am finished too. Stay warm. Kathleen x

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  2. Julia Dunnit7 December 2010 at 13:27

    I'm starting to yearn for flowers and spring like colours,funny how I look forward to this season and then feel left behind! The card and colours are lovely - never seen these flowers before, like the curling idea!

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  3. Sandra DeFalco7 December 2010 at 14:35

    Alison - those are cool flowers, sounds like a great idea for getting a curly flower look.
    Thanks for playing in our challenge!
    ☺ Sandi
    DT Lead Team 1 for Pattie's Creations Challenge!
    and Pattie's shop
    Home of Pattieboop and Allie!

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  4. Pattie G7 December 2010 at 15:37

    WOW Alison, what a pretty card and those colors are beautiful. Thanks for joining us this week at Pattie's Creations design Challenge.

    hugs ♥

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  5. Beeceecreativity7 December 2010 at 16:32

    super pretty..
    thanks for playing along at Pattie's Creations.. hope to see you again next week.

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  6. Karina7 December 2010 at 19:11

    A gorgeous card, Alison. The color combination is very nice and the flowers look great.
    Thank you for joining us at Totally Grojuss this week. Hope to see you again next week.
    Hugs, Karina

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  7. THERESA9 December 2010 at 17:16

    Tha is just so lovely, love the flower and the idea of curling it, never seen that before !! Thanks for joining us over at Patties Creations !!

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  8. Jen Leeflang9 December 2010 at 18:19

    Wow - lovely creation! Thanks for joining us on Pattie's Designs Challenge. JenLee (Lead Designer - DT2)

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