Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Angelic Blessings Christmas Card




I fell in love with this Close to my Heart stamp set at first sight. It has so many possibilities.
My card started out being a Sympathy Card but it ended up a Christmas Card.

I started out with a sketch from My Time Made Easy.

The Angel is from a set called Angelic Blessings and the sentiment is from Card Chatter Christmas. Colors used are Sky and Gypsy.

I added some clear glitter from MS to the Angel wings and clouds. The Spellbinders dies was cut out and MS purple Glitter glue applied to the edging.  The Memory Box Dies Cut in the upper right corner was layered with prisma glitter.

I hand stitched around the card with white embroidery floss in just a regular straight stitch. I LOVE hand stitching. It's my therapy

Other Challenges for this card:
2 Sisters - Pastel Christmas
Kraftin Kimmie - Make own background
Sweet Stampin - All that Glitters
The Crafty Pad - Anything Goes
Gingerloft - No Coloring
Pile it on  - Make it sparkle
Sentimental Sunday - Dimension
Great Impressions - Holiday
Created With Love - Christmas with NO red or green



16 comments:

Jenny said...

what a pretty card! I love that you used non traditional holiday cards!
Great layout too! So glad you joined us at Great Impressions Stamps!

Hope you can pop in this week to the Great Impressions Stamps Blog...The DT is playing "Guess the Christmas Carol" for stampin' prizes.

www.greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com

Hugs,

Jenny

Dawn said...

Such a beautiful card! Great colour & fab design! Thanks so much for playing in our Anything Goes @ The Crafty Pad Challenge this week!
Good Luck
Hugs
Dawn xx

mixamatoasties said...

Beautiful card.

Thanks for joining in at Sweet Stampin' this week.

Susan x

Kim said...

Very pretty! Glad you could join us at Sweet Stampin'.

Anonymous said...

stunning card thanks for sharing with us at 2 sisters challenge this week Tracy x

craftin-dawn said...

Gorgeous! Love the image and the embossing! thanks for joining us this week at Created With Love Challenges
DawnD

Andrea W said...

Lovely Christmas card! The purple and blue look beautiful together. Thanks for participating at Created With Love Challenges.

Scrappin Mama said...

Wow gorgeous Love the Angel image!! Thanks for joining us at Created With Love Challenges
LisaO

Melissa Craig said...

Stunning Christmas card! I really love that corner element - looks like shooting stars. Thank you for being a pretty player at MTME Pretty Patterns.

Lady Bug Stampers said...

What a wonderful card you have made. The Image is fantastic and the colors you chose were perfect. Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at Created with Love Challenges.
Linda K.

mylittlecardstudio.blogspot.com said...

Beautiful! Love the image, embossing and design. Thank you for joining us at 2 Sisters this week. Good luck. Hugs, Jill x

Nancy Jensen said...

Very pretty card! Love the angel image and the embellishments. Thank you for playing along with us at My Time Made Easy! Another sketch is up - I hope you will join us again!

Unknown said...

Gorgeous creation - love that image! Thanks for entering our no colouring challenge at Gingerloft!
Hugs xx Cara xx DT

Mary Marsh said...

beautiful and elegant Christmas card-love the corner treatment you added-thanks for joining in with us at the Great Impressions Stamps "holiday challenge"

Crafting Vicky said...

Beautiful card. What a gorgeous image. Love the details that you have added.

Thanks for joining our fortnightly challenge here at Gingerloft Card Challenge. Hope you will join us next time. DT Crafting Vicky

Sandy said...

A beautiful Christmas card, love the image and fab layout. Thanks for joining us at Gingerloft Challenges this time. Hope to see you again for the next one.
Hugs,
Sandy
DT member