Sunday, January 3, 2016

Last Christmas card for a while

Hello everybody! How are you enjoying the new year so far? I hope it starte off good for all of you and that it'll only get better with time. Have you taken down your Christmas tree and decorations yet? I haven't done that yet - will probably do it tomorrow. It started snowing late in the afternoon yesterday and when I woke up today everything was white - our first snow of the season. If only Christmas was like that! *sigh* So we decided to leave our tree up just for a wee bit longer; every day counts, right? ;)

I have one last Christmas card to share with you. It was done for a dear friend of mine and I didn't want her to see it before it arrived. Now it's already in her hands, so it's safe for me to post it here as well. :)


I'm sorry for the bad quality of the photos, but the card was done at the very last minute (how typical for me *sigh*) and I didn't have much time to take photos of it, because I had to mail it asap if I wanted it to get to my friend in time. Card is much prettier (and sparklier) in real life.

I received these elegant rectangle die cuts from one lady a while back and couldn't wait to make a card with them. Aren't they pretty? I think they were cut with Spellbinders dies. And when one of my friends and I had some crafty time I borrowed her Spellbinders poinsettia die and My favourite things' snowflake die to make a few die cuts with those as well. Once I put all of those die cuts together I made a card you see above. :) I wanted to use tulle in the background, but I couldn't find a white one in my little town, so I came up with a different solution. I bought a white net bath sponge and took it apart so that I could cut a piece of it out. I ironed it a little (I put a towel over it first) and voila, the result is seen on the card. I was really pleased with how it turned out.


Unfortunately it's very hard to see in the picture(s), but I added some Stickles on poinsettia as well. All of the embellishments I used came from my stash.

Well, that's it from me for now. I hope you're enjoying the weekend! Hugs! xx

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
Creative inspirations: Anything goes
Craft-alnica: Karkoli
Scrapy Land: Holidays + any brand of dies SL sells (Spellbinders dies)
Crop Stop: Anything goes (from the store: Spellbinders dies, My favourite things dies, Stickles)
Noor Design: Anything goes
AnMa Creatief: Flowers
Creative card crew: Anything goes

16 comments:

  1. Absolutely stunning.
    Happy New Year!

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  2. A beautiful card and I'm sure your friend loved it.
    Kath x

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  3. Gorgeous card Maja! I am so glad that you joined challenge at Scrapy Land with this crafting gem!
    Hugs
    Samra

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  4. Lovely and elegant card! The poinsettia and other dies look gorgeous together! Thanks for playing along with us at Scrapy Land Challenge #32!

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  5. Srečno v letu 2016.
    Čudovita, bogata praznična voščilnica. Še enkrat hvala, da si se nam pridružila v Craft-alnici. Lp Lili

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  6. Love all the layers and gorgeous pointesettia die you used...a wonderful card! Thanks for joining us this week at TTCRD, good luck!
    Denice - TTCRD DT

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  7. Prekrasna je,
    tako, kot naj bo tudi leto, ki je prišlo.
    Zate bo zagotovo posebno :)
    lp Tamara

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  8. So pretty, love all the die cuts. My tree is still up, I think I will try and take it down today as I'm on holiday until Wednesday. Like you I am very last minute. I always start out well (I have 75% of January's creations made already) but then life catches up and I end up like a dog chasing it's tail lol! :) xx

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  9. So elegant and the dies are wonderful. Thank you for joining us at Scrapy Land.
    Hugz from Wisconsin, Patricia
    Scrapy Land Store
    rubber stamping is my game blog


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  10. Well as the lucky recipient of this card, I can tell you that the photos don't even begin to give it justice!! There are just so many gorgeous details on this Maja, I sat and looked at it forever!! I love those fancy die cuts and the soft yellow is such an amazing non-traditional colour!! All the pom poms and pearls melt my heart every time!! You are just such a talented lady and I am honoured to call you a friend! Thank you so much for my happy mail, I truly loved it!! I hope you had a wonderful New Years! Here's to another year full of love, laughter and crafting! hugs :)

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  11. Congrats on your win over at Through The Craft Room Door! :) Well deserved!
    Hugs,
    Karen C

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  12. Prelepa je tvoja tokratna voščilnica :-)) Prav vse na njej mi je zlo všeč.
    Hvala, ker ustvarjaš z nama v izzivu CRAFT-alnice ... Srečno!

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  13. Krasna voščilnica! Tako bogata, zelo všeč so mi vse te plasti in čipke.
    Hvala, ker si se nam pridružila pri izzivu Craft-alnice.

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  14. Gorgeous card with this beautiful poinsettia!
    Thanks for entering the flower challenge at AnMa Creatief.
    xxx Margreet

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