Sunday 28 November 2010

Crimbo card No1.. first to show of many lol

I can't quite believe that i've missed out on the last 5 or so Compendium of Curiosities challenges..
Well that changes today.. I'm getting back to feeling like me again and to prove it here is my offering of this weeks Double Distress Pg40 {see book for details}
I used broken china and faded jeans, with a smidge of brushed corduroy for my grunge, the snowflakes are a cuttlebug folder. I dont have the Timmy one YET!!
I punched out a couple of snowflakes and covered them with diamond dust, don't they look pretty.
The dotty paper, snowman and sentiment are all Timmy stash, and the base card was stenciled using the snowflake waste from the punch outs.
This also fits in with Something Completely Different's 'Snow' prompt, Lots To Do's 'Embossing' prompt and The Stamp Man's 'Anything by Tim Xmas theme' challenges.
It's so nice to be inky again, i can't tell you how much i was feeling like i would never craft again!
But here i am, hopefully normal service should resume shortly.
I've had a good few inky days so lots more crimbo cards to come!
♥ HUGZ ♥

23 comments:

Artyjen said...

Love that diamond stuff ;) Hey you could link this to Something Completely Different as well as we have a snow theme this week!
Gorgeous card...hope it's not too wintery up north! ;)
xoxo Sioux

MarleneMAZ said...

Your card is gorgeous! looking forward to seeing more of your cards.

Netty said...

So glad you are feeling a lot better Minxy you have been missed. A beautiful Christmas Card. Annette

Anonymous said...

Beautiful & shimmery card hun! Diamond dust looks fab! xx

Anonymous said...

Yay lovely to see you crafting again Minxy....what a fab xmas card.

Sherry said...

Fabulous Christmas card Minxy xx

Deborah said...

That's a wonderful card Minxy!

Juls said...

fab! Love your layout and the glitter on the snow! Hugs Juls

Anonymous said...

Three challenges?! Just like old times! Lol! Good to have you back! xx

Silvia(Barnie) said...

That's great, love the snowman

Carol Plume said...

what a great card - really loving the style. Seeing your snowflake has reminded me I have a punch somewhere!! lol

Thank You for sharing your gorgeous piece with SCD hope you'll join us again.

Lucy Edmondson said...

Beautiful card! Glad to have you back again, you were missed!

Lucy x

Yelowflower said...

that turned out awesome. the colors rock and I love diamond dust

sam21ski said...

Fabby dabby diamond dust - glad you're feeling better and have got back into crafting, lovely to see your stuff and be blog hopping again xxxx

Zoechaos said...

fab card you have done the double distress perfectly looks magical. Thank you for sharing with us at Lots to do xx Zoe

Unknown said...

Thanks for joing the SCD team this week love the card

Love Dawn xx

Sue West said...

Gorgeous card, those snowflakes look amazing. So glad your feeling better.
Sue x

Angelnorth said...

Glad you're feeling more your inky self again! Fab result here, love the sparkly snowflake!

Laura said...

Great card. Love how you have combined all the elements. Thanks for joining us at SCD this week.

Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...

Lovely card and gorgeous snowflake and I love the added embossing in the background. So glad you are feeling more like yourself. Take care, Tracy Evans x x

Terry said...

Beautiful frosted snowflakes. Love your card!

Jaqi said...

wonderful dreamy colours they are fab , lovely card

Linda Ledbetter said...

Hello, you darling girl! It's so great to see you, and please don't feel bad about missing the challenges-- you're always welcome back whenever you have time, and I'm thrilled that you had time for this one!

What a beautiful holiday creation this is! I LOVE the beautiful winter-y color palette you used, and the layering of the perfectly double distressed grunge with those gorgeous papers makes this really special. The color blending on the snowman is amazing!

I'll keep my fingers crossed that I get to see you for the next Challenge, too! Happy December!