Tuesday 16 September 2014

Santa Express!

It was our usual Monday night craft session last night, and after home baked mocha madeleines with a chocolate dip, we all made cards with my lovely Stampendous steam train post card stamp that I bought last year at the SECC, to tuck away for this year's Christmas cards.
 I stamped the image onto Neenah Desert Storm card, coloured the holly and oval frame with Promarkers, then used a white coloured pencil to pick out the snow and steam in the main picture.  To add to the vintage, shabby look, I used Stampendous Aged Gold embossing enamel round the edges of the topper.
The patterned papers are all Papermania, Victorian Christmas, from the latest goody bag, they're gorgeous, much nicer than I thought they were going to be, and super quality too.  I kept the layout simple as the image is so large, adding interest with a Martha Stewart border punch.
To embellish, I added a fancy tag made from textured gold card, cut with a Sizzix die (from a set I got as a birthday present), which I layered with ivory ribbon and a Craftwork Cards sentiment.  I also added some die cut holly, made with Spellbinders dies.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Cuttlebug Mania - Anything Die Cut - Sizzix and Spellbinders dies used
Deep Ocean - #86 - Vintage
Sparkle 'n' Sprinkle - Anything Goes with Glitter, Embossing Powder or Flock
Crafting From the Heart - #36 - Anything Goes
Love to Scrap - #38 - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps - #87 - For a Man or a Boy
Glitter 'n' Sparkle - #102 - Use a Punch
Sentimental Sundays - #224 - Vehicles
Suzy Bee's - #46 - Anything Goes
Chocolate, Coffee, Cards - #73 - Vintage

12 comments:

  1. What a lovely Christmas card! The embossing adds so much to the edges. Great job! Thanks for joining the Sparkle N Sprinkle challenge! xo

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  2. Wow, Wendy it's a stunner!! Love the edging and how you have framed that wonderful image with the gold Frantage!
    Thank you for joining us at the Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenge. Jane xx

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  3. Hi Wendy, love your card, super image with great colouring, gorgeous embellishments too, Kate x

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  4. Super card as always. Thanks for joining at Addicted to Stamps Challenge: For a Man or Boy
    Hugs
    Dewi

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  5. so stunning wendy.gorgeous vintage design and papers and i love this image ;D

    xx coops xx

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  6. what a fabulous stamp! love the vintage look of your card and the top and bottom borders are very majestuous
    thank you so much for entering Love to Scrap!'s "anything goes" challenge!

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  7. Love your card, thank you for joining us at crafting from the heart, good luck
    Caroline dt

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  8. Wendy, this is beautiful card!!! Love the everything about it, but that train really is something special. Thanks for you for joining us at Sentimental Sundays.

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  9. What a beautiful Christmas card. Love that image and how you enhanced it with the white pencil. SO glad you shared it with us for the Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenge.

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  10. What a beautiful card!! Thanks so much for joining us at Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenge, hope you will join us again!
    Hugs
    Belinda
    belinda-lovestamping.blogspot.com

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  11. Great Christmas card - love the image

    Thanks for playing along at Cuttlebug Mania this time x

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  12. This is a beautiful card! I have this stamp, but have never used it. You did a fantastic job. I love the vintage feel and the way you just colored part of the image. The embossing enamel is a great touch. Thanks for sharing at Love to Scrap.

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