Tuesday, 22 November 2011

A Bit of Sparkle!

Hi, and welcome!

I just noticed that we've passed 70 lovely Followers......WOW!.....didn't realize there were so many people who would be willin' to come by and read my guff, and even look at my attempts at being a Crafting Diva.......as if.....haaaaaaa!

I am really gettin' excited........Ken and I have booked our flight to go and visit our son and his little family, in Northern Ireland.....woohoooooooo!
For those of you who have recently joined us, our 23 year old boy, Jonathan, and his wife, Tanys, and their 12 months old little boy, Bevan, recently went to live near Belfast.....Jonathan was offered a new job and is loving it, I'm glad to say.
We live in the Northwest of England, so Belfast is only an hour away by plane, .....and we'll be there by 8am, Friday morning, and will be back by Monday evening.....can't wait!

I was supposed to be going shopping for quilting fabric today, with youngest daughter, Leigh-Anne.
She arrived with 12 month old Millie, but looked as if she hadn't slept for a week.....turned out she has been feeling unwell for a few days....probably just a rotten cold......so we decided she should go home, and have a quiet day.....good job Millie is a happy baby, and would go down for a long nap!

This meant that I could nip upstairs, to my craft room, and make a quick Christmas card.....and this was very quick......haa!

I pulled out the trusty Kanban goodies again......I got these because the cards I make with them are destined for those people I've mentioned before......they don't like the handcrafted look, so it has to look as if it's come from a store.....

Three die-cut snowflakes, popped onto foam dots, and a sparkly gem added........

Embossed snowflakes placed in the corners.....pretty..........and we're done!....told ya it was quick...haaaahaaa!
Hope you are all well on the way to finishing that stash of Christmas greetings you promised yourselves you'd make.......don't look at me!........I'm reduced to pullin' out the Kanban...heehee!

Hugs,
Anne-Marie x
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25 comments:

  1. Sandy22 November 2011 at 11:48

    You do a fabulous impression of a store bought card. Your pretty "crafty" sneaking in a hand made card anyway, LOL. Enjoy your trip to see your son,DIL and grandson in Ireland,
    Sandy

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  2. Doreen22 November 2011 at 12:16

    A gorgeous card Anne Marie,Have a great weekend.xxx

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  3. Jayne A22 November 2011 at 13:10

    beautiful card.

    jayne
    x

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  4. Danni22 November 2011 at 13:11

    So pretty!! Thank you for playing along with Shopping Our Stash!

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  5. Jenée22 November 2011 at 13:19

    Oh my, I like this very much. Not familiar with the supplies you mentioned, but I'm envious. Sure wouldn't mind having some lovelies such as those to do nice cards with. Very pretty!

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  6. mfc.melissamade222 November 2011 at 15:45

    Wow gorgeous - thanks for joining us at Tiddly Inks!
    Hugs,
    M

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  7. Sara S.22 November 2011 at 17:07

    Beautiful!

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  8. Shelly22 November 2011 at 19:38

    I'm sooo happy that you get to go visit the kids. What a wonderful time that's going to be! :)

    Such a beautiful card and it does look like some of the fancy store bought cards. Hugs sis!!!

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  9. Curly23 November 2011 at 01:44

    Oh my word what an adorable creation the I love the design and layout and fabulous colour theme too...

    Thank you so much for joining us at Crafty Catz Snowflakes Challenge I hope you can join us again next week

    Have a lovely day,
    Good Luck with the challenge,
    Hugs Bridget Crafty Catz DT :-)x

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  10. Sassy Cheryl23 November 2011 at 04:13

    Love these embossed snowflakes! This is just gorgeous!
    Have fun visiting your son and family! Be safe.
    Thanks for playing in the Sassy Cheryl's challenge this week.

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  11. Joey23 November 2011 at 07:54

    Beautiful card, so elegant, enjoy your time with your family :) thanks for joining us at tiddlyinks. Joey x

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  12. Angie23 November 2011 at 10:05

    Very Pretty Christmas card. Thanks for joining us at Papertake weekly.
    Angie x

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  13. sandra's crafty corner23 November 2011 at 12:32

    Hi hun
    thanks so much for joining us in our free for all challenge at creative craft challenges your card is fab, good luck with the draw,
    hugs sandra DT
    My blog
    p.s im now number 71 lol

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  14. Stephanie aka Nerdette24 November 2011 at 07:49

    Fab job. How did you get the silver inside the embossed corners - can't work that one out in my head.

    Had a chuckle over your relations not wanting the hand made looking cards. But you did great, these do look off the shelf fabulous - high end shelves that is ;D

    Thanks for joining us at Tiddly Inks this week.

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  15. Tip Top24 November 2011 at 10:08

    Wonderful card and so pretty! Thank you for joining in at Crimbo Crackers – hope you can join me again for the next challenge! Crimbo Crackers

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  16. cheryl25 November 2011 at 03:38

    oh this is just gorgeous love the image,and all the sparkle bless you for playing at creatalicious this month hugs cheryl xxxxx

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  17. Dawn26 November 2011 at 05:23

    beautiful! enjoy your time with your family!
    Thanks for playing along in the Sassy Cheryl's ANYTHING GOES challenge

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  18. Amanda R26 November 2011 at 05:43

    Love those embossed snowflakes, so pretty! Thanks for playing along with us at Tiddly Inks!

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  19. Nikbee27 November 2011 at 12:18

    A really pretty card. thank you for joining us at Creative Craft.
    nikki x

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  20. Jeni28 November 2011 at 17:58

    Beautiful card Anne Marie! Love your choice of purple for the snow flake. Thanks for joining us in the Sassy Cheryl's challenge this week.
    ~jeni :)

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  21. Alica29 November 2011 at 06:23

    wonderful! Love the colors and the snowflakes too!
    Thanks for joining us at Shopping Our Stash!

    Hugs, Alica ;)

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  22. Unknown30 November 2011 at 14:33

    Simply beautiful! So glad you could join us at Tiddly Inks!

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  23. April1 December 2011 at 14:15

    Okay...I'm not familiar with what you used here either but I'm going to have to investigate because this sparkle is awesome!!! Thanks so much for joining Creative Craft Challenges...fab fab!!

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  24. Beverley2 December 2011 at 14:25

    Beautiful card. Thanks for joining us at Creative Craft Challenge.
    Bev x

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  25. Rosanne10 December 2011 at 20:24

    Very pretty!Thanks for playing along with Little Red Wagon.

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