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Cards and other handicrafts made by Jean Straw

Saturday 25 October 2014

Rudolph Day Angels

Another month has whizzed past and once again it's Rudolph Day at Sarn's blog Stamping for Pleasure, where we are required to make at least two christmas cards. I am pleased to say that  having taken part in this challenge every month this year and also joining in with the christmas card group at Chocolate Baroque I have now made most of the cards I need and I won't have to rush them all in a panic at the end of next month like I usually do. For my cards this time I have used two lovely stamps from LOTV. First, as usual I stamped the images onto white card with black Memento ink, and coloured them with Promarkers. I used a Sakura clear sparkle pen for the wings and stars.The wings do look a bit grey in the photos but they have a lovely shimmer IRL. I cut them out with a Spellbinder die from the Elegant Ovals set. I matted the first one onto shiny blue card from Imaginations Crafts and rounded the corners with a punch. I chose this striped paper to cover the front of the A6 cards because it went well with the matting on both cards. The little holly
sprig is a Clarity stamp that I have had for years and it has been well used. I stamped it with Olympia Green Versafine ink and and used a red promarker for the berries. The greeting is a Chocolate Baroque stamp.
The second card is made the same way but I mounted it landscape style on red Imagination card, and the holly is die cut with a Cheery Lynn die and with some stickles added for a bit of sparkle.
Thank you for taking time to visit and for your comments which are really appreciated.
Jean

20 comments:

  1. Hello Jean

    Oh Wow two beautiful, and elegant Christmas cards. I agree your stamps are fabulous, there is so much detail but you have coloured them wonderfully. I love the striped background paper.

    luv
    irene
    xxxx

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  2. Hi Jean . . . thanks for joining in RUDOLPH DAY with these pretty angel cards. Both really lovely.

    Hugs, Sarn xxx

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  3. Two really pretty angels Jean and the striped paper and holly stamp and then that lovely CL die finish the cards perfectly. I love the CB sentiment too. x

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  4. Hi Jean,
    2 superb Rudolf creations.
    I love those fab images, they are so sweet.
    Very nice papers used too.
    Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

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  5. Hi Jean 2 super cards! love those images and papers huggles Sue xxx

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  6. What lovely angel images Jean!

    Sally

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  7. Beautiful angels, Jean! Love the pretty ovals framing them!

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  8. Two super cards! I just love the beautifully coloured LOTV stamps. xx

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  9. Two more lovely cards. After our conversation the other night, I guessed I´d better not use my LOTV angels for this challenge. You are on the ball this month. Mine are ready to go and I might get them posted tonight but am boiling jam at the minute. I love that spellbinders die. It was a good choice with your token. They are both beautiful, but I do love ovals, so the second one gets my vote. Kate x

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  10. Two lovely Christmas cards, the images look so sweet.
    Yvonne x

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  11. Two fabulous cards with gorgeous images, love the colours too.

    Kath x

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  12. Ahhh, these are such beautiful little angels, and I love the cards! Your coloring is wonderful and they look so pretty on that great paper you chose! Well done!

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  13. Very pretty cards Jean.
    Greetings from Veerle

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  14. Two very pretty angel cards. Love your pretty images and that holly die is wonderful! Love the way it has the tendril sort of cascading down!

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  15. I love the angel with the harp. The second one is cute. Both look lovely on your cards. Hugs Mrs A.

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  16. Gorgeous Angel cards, Jean! wonderful colouring and I love the slight vintage tint around the die cuts - gorgeous!

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  17. Both of these are gorgeous Jean. So old fashioned but with a modern twist. Well done you.
    Hugs
    xx

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  18. Always love to see the LOTV images, and love these angels. You've used my fav S/B ovals to show these sweet angels so well, and I'm loving the colors on each card. The Sakura sparkle is so pretty on the wings. TFS & Hugs

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  19. Lovely images that you have used on your cards. I also love the sparkle! Lovely cards xx Jan xx

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