Saturday 21 December 2013

Here Comes Christmas with Polkadoodles



Well it is anything but cold and  frosty where I live today.....we woke up to a complete downpour and we have had nothing but pouring rain and darkness al day so far.....not at all my vision of Christmas!

This card is much more like Christmas time to me, and it's made using a gorgeous digi image and background papers from my Polkadoodles Here Comes Christmas CD.
As you can see, I have used a couple of my favourite techniques here.....colouring with alcohol markers and a little it of decoupage for some lift.

The digi is quite detailed so it took a while to colour, but well worth it I think, and I have gone with a slightly different colour scheme than usual, to complement the lovely Christmas tree backing paper and the tartan one which I have used as a faux ribbon.

I hope you like my little offering for today, and wish you all a relaxing weekend.

Before I go.....some lovely challenges to enter:

http://mymumscraftshop.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-12-winter-christmas.html
http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-96-anything-goes.html
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/last-christmas-card-of-year.html
http://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/wk-51anything-goeschristmas-birthday.html
http://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/digi-choosday-wk-9-anything-goes.html
http://nutcrafters.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-58final-challenge-of-2013.html
http://christmasatsweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/let-it-snow.html
http://stamp-n-doodle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/stamp-n-doodle-challenge-18th-december.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Stamp-n-doodle+(Stamp-n-doodle)
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-158-and-dt.html
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-38.html
http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/last-challenge-of-year-anything-goes.html
http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/crafty-calendar-challenge-cold-and.html

Sharon x

15 comments:

  1. This is just so cheerful. Love the design papers and cute image.
    Hugs
    Desíre
    {Doing Life – my personal blog}

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  2. Aww it's lovely! Thanks for joining us at Polka Doodles.

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  3. This is just gorgeous,fab image and layout.xxx

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  4. Love the bold, warm colours in this festive card. Thank you for playing at Christmas at Sweet Stampin'! Tracey x

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  5. What a beautiful card. I am loving the orange with the blues. I love this whole look. I saw you on MIM. I have to remember to use this color combo. Lovely.

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  6. Great card Sharon and love the different colours used. Have a Great Christmas and New Year. Hugs, Carol S.xx

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  7. This is gorgeous, I love the rich colours you have used. I spotted you over on Make it Monday and I popped over for a closer look and I am so glad that I did.

    Christmas Blessings.
    Hugs
    Cathy
    xxxxxx

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  8. Lovely card, and great colouring. Thanks for joining us at Polka Doodles.
    Anjie

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  9. A beautiful card, Sharon. Well worth the time it took for you to colour that sweet image, and decoupage it.

    Hope you had a lovely Christmas!

    Hugs,
    Jennifer. x

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  10. Gorgeous card, Sharon. We had a warm Christmas Day here in Sth. Australia. Love the cute image and how you decoupaged it too. Thanks for sharing with us at Make It Monday this week.
    Hugs,
    Sandy

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  11. Love the colours, this is gorgeous hun... Hope you had a lovely Christmas :o) Hugs, Lisa x

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  12. Beautiful card! Love the image and your design!
    Thank you for sharing your project with us at Love to Create Challenges.
    Wishing Safe, Happy & Prosperous New Year!
    Ruza, LTC Designer
    Ruza's Craft Corner

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  13. Gorgeous card and thank you for joining us at Nutcrafters for the recent challenge and good luck :)
    hugs and xxx
    Gemma

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  14. This is really beautiful! Love the image and the paper that you used. Thanks for joining us this week at Stamp n Doodle!

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  15. Lovely card - I love the decoupage element!

    Thanks for joining us at Stampin' For the Weekend for our Anything Goes Challenge - hope you can join us again soon!

    Hugs

    Julie x

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I love to receive your comments, so thanks so much for taking the time to visit me and tell me what you think. Happy crafting! Sharon