CRAFT Challenge #381 Christmas

Morning, all! We have our monthly Christmas theme at CRAFT Challenge which I for one am finding very useful, my stock of Christmas cards is quite respectable now!

I made a gatefold card:


The cute ornaments image is Ornament Tags by Pickled Potpourri. All the lines are doubled, and I went over them in sparkly gel pens, and also coloured the images on the ornaments with gel pens. The sparkle doesn't show, but it looks rather good! The rest of the colouring I did with Distress Inks. The paper came from an old magazine freebie pack, I am determined to use up all my freebie paper pads! The sentiment is made from a Simon Says Stamp die and silver mirri card.


This is the inside, the paper comes from the same pad. I just used the gel pens to colour the tag. I'll be using these tags for my presents this year, they are so cute!

Our lovely sponsors this week are:

Pickled Potpourri (I love that quirky name!)


and:

The Stamping Boutique


Thanks for looking, and have a great day!

love Mags B x

Comments

Sheryl said…
There are so many things I love about this card. I love the design, colours and the fact that the inside is decorated too. xx
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Mrs A. said…
This is really pretty. I wasn't expecting the inside to be decorated so it was a surprise. Those papers are fab. hugs Mrs A.
Friday, September 16, 2016
KraftyKoolKat said…
Such a lovely colour and design Mags.
Hugs
Cathy
xxxx
Friday, September 16, 2016
Faith A at Daffodil Cards said…
This is lovely, great image and gel pens add that little something to them.
Faith
x
Friday, September 16, 2016
Brenda said…
I agree with Sheryl...so many wonderful elements. I really love that you finish the inside in such a lovely way!
Saturday, September 17, 2016
Lynne in NI said…
Oooh what a fab Christmas card Mags! Love your layout and those baubles are so pretty, I haven't heard of Pickled Potpourri before.
Saturday, September 17, 2016
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