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Saturday 21 January 2012

Combination Headache


This week's CAS-ual Fridays has a black & white challenge with the very stern admonition "no other colours will be allowed, not even a speck!" lol!  I thought it would be fun to see if I could combine it with this week's Less Is More challenge, which turned out to be an aperture card.  Hmm...  it would have been far quicker to make two cards, but I got there in the end.

I have a Memory Box Christmas tree die and I remember Mustavacoffee, a LIM regular, making a gorgeous card where she had cut the aperture with her die and then added the swirly bit.  So I faffed and fiddled about and cut numerous trees with my die to no avail.  In the end I cut an aperture through the card and then through black card and lined them up and attached the tree to the inside so you can see it.  The false start here was when I sprayed the tree with glue but no matter how hard I tried it would not line up how it should.  Note to self:  if something is not totally symmetrical, always check which side you should be spray glueing...
I've added some punched snowflakes with black or white gems, a piece of lacy net and an Indigoblu sentiment.

I'd like to show you a couple of LIM related photos.  This week I was lucky enough to win the December prize from Lots of Lovely Ribbons, thank you to Mandi and Chrissie and also of course to Lots of Lovely Ribbons for this brilliant prize that came this morning.
 Also, Chrissie came to see me on Thursday and we enjoyed some retail therapy, she brought me these beautiful roses.  I love all flowers, but I do particularly love yellow flowers, these are really brightening my day.  Thanks Chrissie!
I'm entering my card for:
Less is More - cut it out
CAS-ual Fridays - penguin day (b&w)
Charisma Cardz - clean & simple

23 comments:

  1. Anne - I love this Christmas tree die - it's so elegant. A great combination of challenges. Love the ribbons!!

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  2. Hola Anne, i love this christmas tree and it's a great idea for an aperture card, clever!!! , i love the black and white combo.Well done Anne and CONGRATULATIONS!!for your prize.
    A warm hug from Palma

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  3. The black and white looks fabulous Anne. well done on persevering, it was worth it
    That prize looks FAB as do the roses, glad you had a lovely day together
    Thanks very much
    mandi
    "Less is More"

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  4. The black and white looks fabulous Anne. well done on persevering, it was worth it
    That prize looks FAB as do the roses, glad you had a lovely day together
    Thanks very much
    mandi
    "Less is More"

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  5. Lovely card Anne! And gorgeous roses! x

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  6. You certainly triumphed in the end with this card Anne, it looks terrific. Your ribbons look gorgeous too... I'll be looking to see what you do with them.
    I'm glad I picked the colour you like for the roses... I always think that yellow is SO cheerful!
    I had a lovely day and have begun playing with my purchases! What fun!
    Thanks so much for this super submission.
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  7. This is so elegant and striking and I can see it would have taken a long time to get right. So many things to place precisely! Well, it was well worth the effort as it is beautiful. What a great prize too -enjoy!

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  8. This is a terrific card.
    Beryl x

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  9. That's such a clever way to use the die and aperture too...fabulous card Anne:)
    Jenny x

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  10. Black and white, I like ! Wonderful graphic effect. I like your way of playing with the positive and the negative of an element. Very good work ! Congratulations !

    Thanks for joining us at Charisma Cardz this week.

    Hugs from France.
    Catherine.

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  11. lovely card and your hard work certainly paid off

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  12. Really wonderful card and that ribbon is such a fabby bit of texture :) Thanks for playing with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  13. Gorgeous black and white card and those roses are lush....

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  14. This is totally FAB Anne! I love it! Why didn't I think of that?! I have that die!
    Lizy x

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  15. what a FUN way to do an aperture card! love the swirly tree, and the black and white combo is surprisingly pretty! thanks so much for joining the Charisma Galz this week, Anne!

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  16. Love this in black and white Anne, an elegant card. xx

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  17. It's been worth all the faffing! A lovely elegant card. Well done on your win. x

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  18. fabulous card, worth the struggle as the out come is just brilliant.

    Marie

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  19. Oops forgot to say congrats on your win.

    Marie

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  20. Beautiful card ~ so elegant! :) Thanks so much for joining us at Charisma Cardz Challenges this week! :)

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  21. Anne, so glad you didn't give up! The end result is gorgeous! I LOVE that die...and have been trying to get it since before Christmas. Seems everyone is sold out right now. It's really makes a beautiful card!!

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  22. Card is the trunk and elegant. This eye-catching Christmas tree

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