Tuesday 23 September 2014

Nordic Christmas

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Here is this week's challenge from 52CCT.
When I saw this and the lovely embroidered/knitted style I had to resist the urge to rush out and buy this kind of stamps. Partly as I promised myself to use only what I already have in my stash for this years Christmas cards. It's working so far. 


I decided to go for the red and white colour scheme and have repeat stamped in rows (hopefully) to give and embroidered look. Then I wanted an accent so added a heart stamped on red paper and embossed in white with a button and ribbon bow. 
I'm quite pleased with it but can't get a decent photo.
The stamps are mostly Inky Doodles from Warm Winter Wishes, Print Backgrounds 2 and the large heart from Primitive Angel. The snowflake and 'Merry and Bright' are Marion Emberson, which I thought went quite well with the others. 

8 comments:

  1. Alison - this is wonderful! I thought you'd used dsp but now realise you stamped all those fab images! It's perfect, and so beautifully done too. Thanks for joining us at 52CCT this week. Hugs, Gill x

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  2. Brilliant! I thought the paper was from a pad - so perfectly stamped! i do like the heart accent. Great work. Thanks so much for playing along with 52CCT this week!

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    1. Thank you both. For me it's all about the stamping!

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  3. WOW! This is awesome, Alison. Such flawless and perfect stamping!
    Thanks for joining our September Theme challenge at 52 {C}CT. Have a lovely week!
    hugs, Asha

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  4. What amazing stamping Alison - and a lovely Nordic Christmas card, you definitely nailed this challenge!
    Thanks so much for playing along with us at 52 {C}CT, hope we see you again soon! Ruth x

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  5. You've done an excellent job capturing the Nordic style for our challenge! I'm glad you played along with us again this week at 52{C}CT - I enjoy seeing your artwork! :)

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  6. Really love this - a perfect example of a Nordic style card. Good for you on using up your stash - I'm trying to do much more of that myself. Thanks for joining us at 52CCT.

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  7. This is so pretty and perfect for our Nordic theme. Thanks for playing along with us at 52 CCT
    Louise xx

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