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Wednesday 4 March 2009

The Sugar Bowl Challenge 5 - Christmas



This month's challenge at the Sugar Bowl is to make something for Christmas. I've bought some lovely grungey Basic Grey papers from Stamp Attic with the intention of using them with a Gorjuss Girl this afternoon, as I'm waiting in for the Aga man.


No Girls in the post, no Aga man yet, so I've used Wish by Leanne Ellis as an angel. She's coloured with watercolour pencils with a tree stamped behind her, with an embossing pen used to add gold detail. There's some more embossing on the paper, of a Paper Artsy swirl, not too visible. The greeting is from Elusive Images. The flowers are from Stamp Attic again. All the shapes are cut with Nestabilites.
I've seen some beautiful artwork inside cards, where I usually have spent all my inspiration on the outside and just stamp a cursory greeting :). So I've made an attempt to decorate the inside, with the greeting framed with some of the paper. I want room to be able to write inside the card, any ideas what else I could add in the way of decoration?

13 comments:

  1. Elegant card! Love the colors and that image is so nice for Christmas! Your inside looks fab as well! Thanks so much for joining in the challenge :)Kathy

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  2. oooooo pretty, i love your elegant style!!
    hugs

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  3. I adore Basic Grey papers - that's one thing becoming a SU! demo has been - not buying & hoarding them as I couldn't bear to cut them

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  4. Even though the very THOUGHT of Christmas fills me with dread (LOL) I have to admit this is one gorgeous card!!! x

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  5. Love the colors - love the inside - love the whole card!

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  6. Gorgeous card, great papers.

    Liza x

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  7. Lovely card and colors! Love the insides too. When I'm in doubt - I faux stitch lol! Thanks for joining the Sugar Bowl challenge!

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  8. Gorgeous card, Anne! The image is so pretty!
    Hugs, Vanja

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  9. Gorgeous card, love the colours you used! Hugs, Moni

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  10. ooohhh lovely interpretation, and scrummy papers a gorgous card

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  11. Oh that is fab use of the stamp, lovely card. Kim

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  12. Lovely. Really lovely. You could add photo corners to the inside.

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  13. Hi Anne
    Gorgeous Card!
    Thanks for sharing your Christmas sugar in The Sugar Bowl!
    Sugar Mama x

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