Wednesday 26 October 2011

ABC Christmas Challenge - V is for...

It's time for a new ABC Christmas Challenge...and this time...Lacey is our host. The theme this time is:

'V is for Vintage'

We have two wonderful sponsors for this challenge:


The prize from Crafty Emma is a £10 voucher to spend in her fabulous store!


The prize from the Ribbon Reel is this delicious bundle of ribbons & lace:


For my card, I've used a Sarah Kay image called 'Noel Charity' that was sent to me by my lovely ABC Christmas DT buddy Lacey...which I coloured using watercolour pencils. The papers are from the My Mind's Eye 'Festive Frost' collection...and I distressed all of the edges with inks and my distressing tool...adding faux stitching with my CutterBee Bug and a white gel pen. I added some lace, a snowflake (cut using a Marianne Designs Creatables die...then coated with Glamour Dust), some adhesive pearls, and a sentiment (from a Stampin' Up! set).


I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.

21 comments:

  1. This is such a beautiful card Helen. I love those soft colours and the whole combination. Kate x

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  2. Wonderful card. Loved the vintage look. Thanks for joining us at Christmas Inspirations challenges.

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  3. Gorgeous card Helen :-) I love Sara Kay images and this is wonderful and perfect for the theme :-) all the details are so pretty :-)

    luv
    Lols x x x

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  4. So beautiful card,I love the image and the colours.
    So gorgeous papers.

    Hugs Riet.xx

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  5. Your card is so beautiful:) Sandra H

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  6. Very pretty card! Love the vintage feel :) Thanks for playing my prompt at Jingle Belles! :)

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  7. Gorgeous, Helen! Wonderful image and I love all the embellishments and the faux stitching! Have a lovely evening! Hugs Delphine xx

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  8. What a gorgeous and beautifully layered holiday card! So much vintage style and so many lovely details! I especially love that pretty lace which IS the perfect soft element! <3

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  9. Beautiful, Helen. Love the vintage look, perfect for the Sara Kay image.
    hugs Dorte

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  10. Oh this is gorgeous Helen, I adore SK images and the colours are beautiful :)
    Kelly.x

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  11. Great card Helen I love the colours and love that snowflake too! hugs me x

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  12. Love that *soft* pretty lace ... such a lovely holiday card ... so glad you joined us at jingle belles.

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  13. Helen, beautiful! I love the colours. That snowflake is gorgeous!

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  14. So lovely, Helen. I like the unusual colour combo and all the details, hugs, Miria x

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  15. Hi Helen, what a gorgeous vintage creation, thank you so much for joining us at the Winter Wonderland this week
    Hugs Kate xx
    ps I have some candy if you are interested :)

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  16. Beautiful card. Love the details in your embellies and that background paper is gorgeous. Hugs, Carissa

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  17. Hi Helen
    You have posted your card for the challenge at Marianne Design Challenge blog.
    One of the rules is to use a 3D image or stamp from MD. You didn't do that.
    I'm sorry can not join this challenge.

    xx Anita
    Designteam MD

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  18. So beautiful, love the design paper and the pretty lace! Gorgeous card! Thanks for joining us over at Paper Sundaes this week :)

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  19. Thanks so much for joining in our fun at Paper Sundaes this week. I just love this vintage look.

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  20. Oh my gosh this is gorgeous! I am in love with that sparkley snow flake lol :D
    Thank you for joining us at Marianne's design Divas and good luck.

    Huge hugs

    Amy xx

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  21. Gorgeous, I do love vintage and your card is stunning in every way. Thanks for sharing with us at Marianne Divas. Hugs Tracy x

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Thanks for taking the time to look and comment on my cards! Helen x