52 Christmas Card Crackers 2014

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Nat
I do like those Mama Elephant dies you used, but couldn't find anywhere that had them in stock - are they a recent release?

Wendy

[Mystik Nat]

Yes, they appear to be out of stock at the UK store I bought them. It was only a couple of weeks ago that I splurged...

[SilverTiger2]

Week 21.

Navy cardstock, topper and striped backing paper were both freebies in a craft magazine last year. Vertical texts are Robert Addams dies, and the Holly Flourish is one of Cheery Lyns.

[Chick]

I am now up to date, until tomorrow. I have succumbed to The Village Die
Wendy

Ha ha we will have to start calling it the 52 Card Challenge die soon! Lovely card though!

[Mystik Nat]

Hehe, I know what you mean Trish - perhaps this challenge should come with a suggested supplies list, and that die would definitely be top of the pile!

SilverTiger - well done keeping up with all the Christmas Crackers this year! Really like the 3 wise men scene on your card.

Well, better late than never, here's my Christmas cracker for this week's sketch - I dragged out some older stash only to discover I am falling out of love with it. <sniff>

[lynncooper]

OK so going back a week here to week 20 - catching up!

http://amomentintime-craftycooper.blogspot.co.uk/

[SilverTiger2]

What a lovely cute reindeer !

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Caught up, until tomorrow Week 21 vertical strip - they proved very difficult to photograph and I had to resort to laying them flat and using blu-tak to stop them springing open
The stamp is an old Creative Expressions one, not sure how old but I remember buying it in the bargain bin at Ally Pally many years ago.....

Wendy

[SilverTiger2]

I love the scalloped edging - is that done by a punch ?

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thank you :-) Yes, it's a Martha Stewart border punch.... it's quite old, doesn't have the fold up sides like the newer ones, I think it might be called Doily Lace?

Wendy

[Mystik Nat]

Lynn, I left you a blog comment for that very cute card.

Wendy, love how this card mirrors your design for the main card for week 21. It also reminds me I should use my doily border punch more - I am so reliant on dies these days I often overlook my punch collection! Perhaps there's a prompt in there somewhere.

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Nat
I am completely up to date now, here is my Christmas shades of green for week 22. I have used a Waltzing Mouse Christmas border, embossed in white, with three different shades of distress ink over the top. I couldn't leave the white space though, so I have tried a trick I found whilst surfing and scored some lines across, I really like the effect

Wendy

[Mystik Nat]

Well done!
The green gives a really cool look to those nordic stamps and neat trick with the scored lines too!

[SilverTiger2]

That is brilliant, Wendy !

[SilverTiger2]

Week 22 - shades of green.

Bottle green card stock, piece of Kanban backing paper, LOTV topper matted onto green and green hologram. Text is a Marianne die ... and I have been playing with my new punch !