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Sunday, November 5, 2023

GDT Christmas

Welcome

And a special welcome to my newest follower, Helen Nile. You can see her fabulous cards here

A final post before I go into hiatus for a while - this was made some weeks ago.
I was offered a Guest Designer spot for Dragonfly Dreams for this month's challenge, where there was an inspiration photo to follow. 




I took the colours, the ornaments and the stars on the ribbon as my starting point


The images are from the recently released Uniko Mid Century Modern Baubles set, and the star clusters from an older Sweet'n'Sassy set, Oh Holy Night.

I stamped and embossed all the elements, including inside the baubles, before fussy cutting them and 'suspending' them on fine silver cord.


The sentiment is from the same set as the Baubles, silver embossed onto blue, and mounted with a border of silver mirror card - the same card I used under the corners of the focal panel.


The inner was stamped on the left side with the third bauble in the set, and I drew in the silver 'cord'.


23 comments:

Liz said...

Beautiful festive card, Maxine. Thank you for joining in the Crafty Calendar Challenge this month.
Liz xx

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

I immediately recognised the Uniko's baubles and they look so beautiful in silver and blue! Fabulous card!

crafty-stamper said...

Thank you for being GD this month,beautiful card,love the baubles and embossing-great take on the photo.Good luck with the move too.
Carol x
Thank you for joining us at The Crafty Addicts
Carol DT x

valscraftings said...

Thank you for joining us at Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenge! Val DT
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valscraftings said...

Thanks for joining in our Challenge with your wonderful project.
Val S - DT
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Cynthia said...

Lovely design and colors, Maxine. The embossing really gives elegance to the design. Thank you for sharing with us at Word Art Wednesday this week! Take care!

coldwaters2 said...

Gorgeous festive card Maxine love the baubles and colours a super card
hugs
lorraine x

HilaryJane said...

Love the simplicity of this one and the extra little details - as always. Enjoy your blog hiatus. I hope you are well now xx

Carol W said...

Great card Maxine. I love the Christmas feel and color choices. Great job! Hugs, Carol

Jeanette (Forest Ranger) said...

WOW! Maxine, I love the elegance of this card - the ornaments look fabulous!

Cazro said...

HI A beautiful bauble card. perfect take on the photo inspiration. Thanks for joining us as GD at Dragonfly Dreams. Caz. DT.

Dawn T said...

a very pretty card Maxine.

Kristine said...

Love the Retro vibe and all the shiny parts on this 😊💙

aussie aNNie said...

Absolutely adorable and so beautifully coloured too, love your card ♥

Melanie Hungerford said...

How lovely, such a pretty shade of blue, looks great with all the silver! Thanks for sharing with us at the Paper Funday Challenge!

KraftyKoolKat said...

This is so lovely Maxine. Big congratulations on your Guest slot.
Hugs
Cathy
xxxxx

Irish Cherokee said...

Stunning card and envelope set. Simple and yet not so simple design. Excellent!

Hugs and Blessings

Helen said...

A beautiful card and a very elegant design.

Thanks so much for being our Guest Designer at Dragonfly Dreams.

Helen x

Mariann Jakobsen said...

Another beautiful card, Maxine. So elegant! I love that you've decorated the envelope as well.
Hugs, Mariann

Pattie G said...

What a pretty card! It goes perfectly with our theme for this month “Anything Goes”. I love your coloring too. Thanks for joining us at Pattie’s Creations Design Challenge.
Pattie
Artist & Owner

Helen said...

I'm back again to say thank you for sharing your card at Pattie's Creations Challenge Blog too.

Helen x
DT

JD/ Jill said...

Beautiful card! Great design!

Neet said...

Love navy and white together and this is a lovely card, so crisp and clear and festive.
I know Helen personally, she is a lovely girl, lucky you having her follow you.
Blessings, Neet xx