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7/22/2018

Christmas Card Club - Challenge 15 Carolers

Good Morning, and welcome to another Christmas Card Club post. This week our theme was chosen by Margaret  and the theme is Carolers.  I chose a Penny Black image, colored with copics.



After coloring the image with copics, some Nuvo Crystal Glaze was used on the Mouse glasses, a white gel pen to add a pattern to the turquoise scarf and Sakura Silver glitter pen on the book pages.

A S/Binder die shape to cut out & emboss the image, edged with DI tumbled glass while still in the die. A green, red and white stripe glitter paper was cut from a larger size of the same die used for the image; then inlaid the image into the stripe frame. The center portion of the stripe shape will be used on the inside of the card.

Red cardbase was debossed with a holly EF that had been inked with Delicata gold.

- used red and green cardstock to stamp Heartfelt Poinsettia set with a red and green ink. Heat embossed the wet ink with Ranger Queen's Gold, then die cut and formed the poinsettias using the Heartfelt Poinsettia mold. Added gold rhinestones for the centers.

A simple sentiment stamped in Gina K red velvet, heat embossed with clear EP to make it shiny, and it's done! I hope you'll visit my team members to see their inspiration on this theme. Their blog links are listed in the right side bar.

Also there's a new card on the Cards by Friends page that I think you'll feel is as beautiful as we did!
So thanks for joining me today, hope your weekend has been good. We had a fairly relaxed weekend, but were a bit busy over the past week. Trimmed some tree limbs and then had to clean up the mess. Took 2 days to recover from our labors.

Hugs & Blessings. Come again when you can.


33 comments:

  1. Awww Mary, love your very cute card. The colours just scream out Christmas to me. You must be so happy with this one. Hugs Rita xxxx

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  2. Hi Mary, loving your sweet card, they look like they are singing their hearts out, lovely traditional colours too, Kate x

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  3. Oh Mary what a gorgeous image and you have really made the most of it on this fabulous card. Love the de-bossing on the base layer, and great technique
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  4. Such a beautiful card Mary and the cute characters are such fun....wonderful matting and layering and stunning poinsettia....enjoy the rest of the weekend xxx

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  5. Hi Mary, Lovely card. You must be getting a good number of Christmas cards now.

    Hope you have a nice day. Sue

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  6. You make it sound easy Mary, but this adorable card is beautifully coloured, I love the 3D gloss, the embossing and your beautiful poinsettias.
    Faith
    Daffodil Cards {My Blog}

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  7. Adorable card! Love the little carolers!
    Have a great day!
    Marilyn❤

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  8. These little guys are so cute! Love how you've colored them!The little poinsettias are a wonderful addition too!

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  9. Such a cute fun image on your lovely card Mary. Hope you are both well. Christine xxx

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  10. These caroling mice are adorable, Mary! Love all the extra touches you've done with the glasses, scarf and book pages! As always your Copic coloring is amazing!

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  11. So cute! I think your coloring is just beautiful and the image is sweet. I can almost hear them harmonizing. I know what you mean about days to recover. I can't seem to get over vacation. I guess it wore me out but didn't seem like it at the time.

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  12. This cute and pretty card makes me want to break out in a Christmas carol this morning.......Singing Jingle Bells like there's not tomorrow. TOOOO fun and cute.
    Lynn

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  13. These PB carolling mice make a wonderful Christmas image Mary, and you have coloured them beautifully, and the bright red with gold inked and embossed background, together with the stripes looks great, and such pretty poinsettias as a finishing touch. Glad you have now recovered from your tree lopping which sounds like very hard work. x

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  14. How cute are those caroling mice! Beautiful coloring on this one and I love the striped die cut with the embossed red background! Just the cutest kind of Christmas card ever and I love it :) We need to trim shrubs too - it gets so difficult as we age to do those yard chores!

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  15. Your happy little carolers bring such joy, Mary! I've not seen this stamp before (to my recollection), and your coloring is marvelous! It looks professionally done. Loving all the joyful, festive, traditional colors paired with your pale blues. BEAUTIFUL! hugs, de

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  16. Those carolers are so cute. What a fun and well designed card.

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  17. Your coloring is outstanding on this adorable image! You do a fabulous job of framing too! Love the small poinsettias you used to embellish this. Fabulous card, Mary!

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  18. Mary this is a great card! I adore the little mice carolers. So cute and perfectly colored. Your attention to detail is awesome. Love all the embellishments. Hope you are recovered from your busy week. Have a wonderful new week!

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  19. What a cute group of carollers, esp3cially the little guy wearing his glasses!! The candy cane paper is a lovely touch and the pretty flowers finish it off perfectly xx

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  20. What a cute and sweet Christmas card Momma Mary! I love the adorable image you used, they look so good all colored up so beautifully and sitting on the striped Christmasy paper! The embossing looks great as well. Love those beautiful poinsettia's too. You have dressed this card up so beautifully! Hugs, Brenda

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  21. Super cute card, Mary! I love these carolling critters! I'm hoping to make a winter card today - it's so hot here - maybe it will cool me off!

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  22. This is so sweet, Mary!! Those little guys are absolutely adorable and singing their hearts out!! I love the colors and the way you framed them!! So beautiful!! Have a great day!! Big hugs :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  23. Hi Mary,
    what a wonderful card and such a very super image coloured perfectly too.
    Love all the delightful colours and glitz you have used.
    Beautiful embossing and and I love the wonderful shapes on your layers.
    Such very pretty poinsettias also.
    Love and big crafty hugs from my house to yours. Jenny L.

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  24. A super Christmas card Mary, such an adorable image and lovely traditional colours.
    Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
    x

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  25. Gorgeous image and really lovely papers, super layout too.

    Kath x

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  26. Oh, Mary, your card is so cute! The adorable image is so beautifully coloured. xx

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  27. Adorable image, love the matting layers and the red and gold de-bossed layer looks particularly fabulous. Cute card x

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  28. Aww these little mice are adorable Mary, beautifully coloured and such a happy little scene too.
    Lorraine

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  29. So cute . Can't really go wrong with their images. They make adorable centre pieces. Love the way you have built the layers up here and the colours all work so well with one another. Hugs Mrs A.

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  30. Great Christmas card and love the cute image
    Carol x

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  31. Sweet!! Those carolers are ADORABLE, Mary! Great copic colouring, my friend! LOVE the sparkle from the striped framing, and the gorgeous red and gold background. Wonderful layering! xx

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  32. Oh my goodness, this is just adorable! I don't know why but I think mice are so cute at Christmas!
    Hugs,
    Pam
    scrap-n-sewgranny.blogspot.com

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