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5/12/2018

Christmas Card Club - Sentiment as the Focus

Hello and welcome. Also a big Happy Mother's Day to all of you Mothers who might visit today.

It's time again for our Christmas Card Club to share our cards for Challenge 10 - and today's challenge theme was chosen by Carol ; Carol wanted our cards to be geared to having the sentiment as the main focus. I hope she'll like what I am sharing today.





- Northwoods Stamp - Colored with copics, WoS on the letters and some slicci gel pen on the 'doodles' - with some gold highlights on the pine branches.

 - Memory Box Oval Master Frame (99357) cut in red c/s and white c/stock. Used the red for the framing, and white for the holly embossing.

- Holly embossing folder - dry embossed, then used versamark to ink generously

- WOW Atlantic Seaspray WS99R embossing powder

Thanks for joining me today. I hope you'll take time to check out my team mates' cards to see their interpretation of this challenge. Their blog links are on the right hand sidebar.

Ya'll have a lovely day. Blessings and Hugs


39 comments:

  1. This is so gorgeous, Mary!! I love the beautiful image and all of the pretty birds!! The embossing looks amazing!! Stunning card, my friend!! Have a great weekend!! Big hugs :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  2. Wow, amazing card with that stunning big sentiment inside the oval with all the birds and pine branches decorating it!!
    I think yours is a great take of the prompt!! The embossing on the back add a lot of sparkling! Very well done!

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  3. Super card Mary - and of course your signature cardinals had to be here too. Hope you are both well. Hugs Christine xx

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  4. Lovely card Mary - and a great sentiment to use as a focal point
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  5. Hi Mary, That's a lovely card.

    Hope you have a nice day. Sue

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  6. What a Beautiful card Mary. Love the sentiment and the lovely background. Hope things are good with you. Hugs Rita xxx

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  7. Love your birdie card with the Peace sentiment. It really does fit Carol's theme perfectly. Happy Mother's Day to you. Hugs Mrs A.

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  8. What a beautiful card Mary, such a beautifully adorned "peace". The embossed holly background looks lovely . Hope you have a lovely Mums Day xx

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  9. Love this Mary. The embossed background really makes your fabulous sentiment 'pop'. Cardinals are so pretty shame we don't have them here! Zoe x

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  10. Gorgeous card!! Love the image!
    Happy Mother's Day!
    Marilyn❤

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  11. Hi Mary,
    yes what a very stunning card and your design is ace.
    Love the wonderful oval image and sentiment in one it looks so stunning and the way the inner part of the peace stands out is spectacular.
    Love the gorgeous coloured birds and the fir branches.
    Your embossed background looks so luxurious also.
    Lots of crafty love and hugs from my house to yours. Jenny L.

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  12. What an awesome image/sentiment Mary with those cute little birds. I see you got your requisite cardinals in there!

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  13. I'm wishing you a happy Mother's Day while commenting on your Christmas card! I love the birds perched on the Peace sentiment. The design of the e/f and the shine is just beautiful. Have a wonderful day.

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  14. You have some really lovely Northwood stamps and this is no exception Mary, and you have coloured it beautifully and love the silver embossed background for added pizzazz. Gorgeous! x

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  15. A beautiful card Mary..with that fabulous sentiment and your cheeky cardinal....Hope you are having a great weekend xxxx

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  16. Love this it is so pretty. The birds are sweet cardinals are my favorite especially on Christmas cards

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  17. Beautiful! Love the shiny background and the showcase of that pretty stamp. Like I said - a beautiful card. Happy Mother's Day to you!
    Lynn

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  18. I love it. The shiny background with all that texture really sets off the focal design. And the coloring is awesome.

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  19. What a beautiful scene, my friend! And colored so expertly! Love that smooth blue background with the pop of color! Gorgeous card! Happy Mother's Day to you!

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  20. Hell Mary, how are you doing? Another gorgeous card, beautifully designed and coloured, and for me the best sentiment for Christmas.....if only there was Peace, Kate x

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  21. Beautiful Christmas card love the stamp and embossed background
    Carol x

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  22. beautiful Christmas card Mary. x

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  23. Hi, Mary! Your card epitomizes the challenge theme beautifully! I love the way you have carefully colored in each piece tiny holiday nature element to complement the snowy loveliness of your Peace sentiment. It's a gorgeous card! Happy Mother's Day! Wishing you a great week! hugs, de

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  24. How stunning, like the shimmery embossed background and your beautiful coloring! Happy Mothers Day to you also!

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  25. Hi Mary
    Fabulous card... love the stamp... stunning
    Hugs xxSylvie

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  26. Wow this is one stand out card with an amazing sentiment. Love how you've coloured it and the dry embossing and heat embossing looks fabulous x.

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  27. Oh Mary! I LOVE this sentiment. It is so pretty and looks great popping off the page of this silvered background. Looks like you wiped a touch of gold glimmer across the background and I like that too!

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  28. A super Christmas cards Mary, a fabulous sentiment and lovely embossed background.
    Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
    x

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  29. Just fabulous Mary, great background and a really lovely image.

    Kath x

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  30. What a great way to do this challenge, Mary. That stamp is so perfect for this. Love the shimmery embossed framing on this lovely image.

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  31. A lovely image and beautiful focal piece for your card Mary.
    Lorraine

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  32. Fabulous embossed background and holiday design Mary.

    Hugs Diane

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  33. So beautiful Mary, love the embossing folder and the peace is wonderful and the central focus. AND with a cardinal too. It's got a great shine to it too.
    Faith
    x

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  34. Beautiful Christmas card, Mary! The twice embossed framing is wonderful! I love how those birds all sit so nicely together. Our blue jay doesn't play so well with the others, but fortunately he doesn't come around that often. I'm slowly getting back to the blogs, and hope you're doing well.

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  35. This is such a beautiful Christmas card Mary! I love the pine branch with all of the beautiful birds and the embossed frame looks lovely as well!
    Hugs,
    Pam
    scrap-n-sewgranny.blogspot.com

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  36. A beautiful card Mary - this is really lovely. The birds look fabulous and I love the word too! Love it! Big hugs rachel x

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  37. What a pretty Christmas card with that gorgeous silver embossed background and sentiment as the focus! I just love all the pops of red, especially the little birds! I was sitting at the kitchen table just this morning watching a beautiful cardinal in our back yard! Their color is just dazzling!

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  38. WOW! Amazing colouring and design with this gorgeous image, Mary!! LOVE it!! xx

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  39. Love this Mary...it's perfect for the challenge and thanks for joining in. Carol x

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