Tuesday 20 September 2016

Purple Baubles

Yet another Christmas card, this time a DL card to ring the changes.  I don't make enough of these, I always enjoy the long, thin shape and the interesting layouts that can be achieved with this shape.
 The papers are from a Lili of the Valley pad called Snow Princess, to which I've added deep purple and white card for matting.  I also used a Martha Stewart snowflake border punch to make a decorative strip down the left hand side.  I used the snowflake-shaped waste from the punch to embellish the backing paper.
The baubles were made with Spellbinders dies, from three shades of purple card, and were embellished with tiny purple gems, topped with white bows, then hung from lengths of baker's twine from the top of the card.
The final touch was to add a sprinkling of gems to the background.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Craft Your Passion - #330 - Anything Goes
Glitter 'n' Sparkle - #206 - Anything Goes
Crafty Friends - #40 - Monochrome
4 Crafty Chicks - #316 - Twine
Sunny Day Crafting - #15 - Anything Goes

7 comments:

  1. Love the colour fabulous card
    Ginny x
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  2. This is so pretty, like that twine, thanks for sharing with us at 4 Crafty Chicks.

    Leanne DT/4CC

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  3. Very beautiful! Thanks for joining us at Sunny Day Crafting.
    ~DT Janis

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  4. Great card, not often you see a DL size card. Loving how you have the twine to hand the baubles.
    Thanks for joining us over at Glitter'N'Sparkle, hope to see you again.
    Jean DT XXX

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  5. Hello… Thanks for sharing your card with us at Crafty Friends Challenge Blog… your card is lovely and fits perfectly with our Monochrome challenge theme… hope you can join us next time and good luck in the draw.
    [Diane Louise, Team Leader for Crafty Friends Challenge Blog]


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  6. This is totally gorgeous! Love the purple!! Thanks so much for joining us over at Sunny Day Crafting :)
    Jenny ~ Sunny Day Crafting DT

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  7. Awesome Christmas card, love the shades of purple...thank you for joining us at Craft your Passion challenge this week... hugs Zeljka DT

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