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Friday, 25 November 2016

Rudolph Day Sparkle

Hi, I'm here with my final Rudolph Day card for this year. I chose to use a recently bought Imagination Crafts stencil and Imagination Crafts Sparkle Medium. The card I used is very dark green to show up the sparkle nicely. In order to use different colours I needed to do quite a bit of masking off of the various areas, and apply one colour at a time. This was a bit of a faff, but using low tack stencil tape helped as I was able to reuse it a few times. As the Sparkle Medium needs time to dry before adding another colour I made three at the same time. When all was dry I trimmed the panel down a bit and stamped  and gold embossed the Greeting which is from a set of seasonal stamps that were free with The Creative Stamper magazine. Next I layered it onto gold mirri card before sticking to a DL sized ivory base card.


I am popping over to Scrappy Mo's blog Scraps of Life by Scrappy Mo to enter The Rudolph Day Challenge - Make a Christmas card.

Thank you for taking time to visit here today and for your comments which are really appreciated.

Jean



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15 comments:

  1. Pat25 November 2016 at 15:37

    This bauble stencil is so pretty Jean and love the gorgeous colours of texture paste you have used and the dark green background and gold mirri show it up beautifully. x

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  2. Liz25 November 2016 at 17:19

    A beautiful Christmas card, Jean. The sparkly design looks lovely against the dark background. xx

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  3. Jenny L26 November 2016 at 04:36

    Hi Jean,
    Happy last Rudolf day of the year.
    what a gorgeous card and I love everything you have done to create this super card.
    Thank you for joining the Ridolf Challenge.
    Lots of crafty love. Jenny L. GD Hat

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  4. Jenny L26 November 2016 at 04:36

    Sorry that should have read Rudolf.

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  5. Carol L26 November 2016 at 10:25

    What a fabulous creation this is! I just love those sparkly stenciled images and all of the brilliant colors! It may have taken a bit of fussing to create this, but it's SO worth it! Beautiful!

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  6. Meggymay26 November 2016 at 14:14

    Its a beautiful sparkly card Jean, a great image as well.
    Yvonne xx

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  7. Sandma's Handmade Cards27 November 2016 at 01:58

    This is absolutely beautiful Jean. Who doesn't love a bit of glitter at Christmas and I love your traditional colour choice of red, gold and green. The image stands out so beautifully against the black background too. Happy crafting, Sandra x

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  8. Joan27 November 2016 at 04:33

    A beautiful card, love the different colours of embossing paste you have used,well worth the efforts

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  9. mamapez528 November 2016 at 12:20

    Well done using all those different colours. I make enough mess with just one!! It is a very nice card. i like the traditional colours for Christmas really even though I stray off into pastels sometimes on mine. Kate xx

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  10. Kathleen28 November 2016 at 14:20

    Really lovely image and love all the sparkle, I am useless with stencils so I really admire your creation.

    Kath x

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  11. Linby28 November 2016 at 14:57

    That really is sparkle I bet it is even more stunning in real life, beautiful work.

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  12. Jane Willis29 November 2016 at 03:06

    Oh beautiful! I've just got hooked on Sparkle Medium, it gives such a lovely finish, you've inspired my to use it more often
    Jane

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  13. MaryH1 December 2016 at 17:36

    I never did officially get over to Rudolph to browse, just hoping I'd catch some friends as I visited folks. So I missed this stunner. It's a pretty stencil, and oh did you rock it. Brilliant idea to have 3 of these going with the drying time, and I love the brightness of the greens, reds and sparkling gold. Not sure the Sparkle Medium is easily available in the USA. Great job on this card, Jean. TFS & Hugs

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  14. Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards2 December 2016 at 03:36

    Oh Jean this is simply superb, well done, dedication plus in this card, so glittery and yummy!
    Thanks for sharing,
    Shaz in Oz.x

    {Calligraphy Cards - Shaz in Oz}

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  15. scrappymo!2 December 2016 at 19:01

    Very pretty! You were smart to think of making three while you waited for the colours to dry. Good thinking!

    Thanks for taking part in the November Rudolph Days Challenge.

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