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Distressed 'A Snowflake is Winters Butterfly' Card

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By sparklingblackrose
Good morning everyone! Hope you had a fantastic Christmas day and enjoy Boxing Day too-I have been busy working on a tutorial for you for Crafty Ribbons so watch this space! :-)
I havent blogged many of my christmas cards this year so I thought I would choose some of my favourites to post over the next few days! :-)
This card was made based around a Visible Image stamp which those of you who know me well is just the perfect sentiment to lure me in! ;-) I stamped and heat embossed this with a couple of other stamps from my stash which I have never used before. The corner one is a LOTV stamp and the snowflake came with a free stamp set from a magazine :-) I then coloured my paper with Tim Holtz distress inks to show off the sentiment and pattern to their best. I spritzed the paper with water to give a slightly more distressed and snowy looking feel too. I embellished with gems then used Bo Bunny Snowfall papers as my base.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Visible Image Challenge: Christmas
Hooked on Craft Challenges: Christmas
House of Gilli: Sparkle
Glitter n Sparkle: Christmas/New Year
Gingerloft: Christmas or Winter
Sentimental Sundays: Focus on the Sentiment
Stamptacular Sundays: Emboss Me
The Craft Place: Christmas
Creative Craft Challenges 2: Non Traditional Christmas Colours

Thank you for looking and for all your lovely comments :-)

Comments

  1. Crafty Loops26 December 2012 at 14:40

    Hi Elaine. This card is really beautiful. I hope you are having a fabulous Christmas. Big apology time from me now, lol. Im so sorry I haven't been about. Its been a bit hectic and sadly we had 2 deaths in the family which have been hard. Its meant I haven't been in the mood for crafting really. But hopefully I am back on track and I will be about Blogland a bit more. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Lee x

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  2. Alyx26 December 2012 at 15:02

    Absolutely beautiful, Elaine.
    xx

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  3. mamof926 December 2012 at 16:18

    Hi Elaine, merry Christmas. I love your card x

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  4. craftygranny26 December 2012 at 16:47

    This is beautiful. Thanks for sharing at glitternsparkle . hugs trisha x

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  5. Zoe26 December 2012 at 18:48

    Beautiful Elaine xx

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  6. Linda Simpson26 December 2012 at 19:16

    Gorgeous Elaine and I do love the snowflakes and the sentiment too.

    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  7. Anonymous27 December 2012 at 11:27

    Lovely card, so like the backing

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  8. Cheremane27 December 2012 at 11:39

    This is stunning Elaine :) xxx

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  9. Nathalie28 December 2012 at 10:21

    So cute card Elaine. I love papers.
    Hugs!
    Nathalie

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  10. Pam29 December 2012 at 03:00

    Wow! Lots of neat techniques on this card. Love the snowflake stamp.

    Thank you so very much for playing with us in Emboss Me! Challenge at Stamptacular Sunday!

    So happy that you could join us this week.
    :) Pam

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  11. Danielle C29 December 2012 at 06:35

    Lovely card! I love the sentiment and the papers are gorgeous! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Stamptacular Sunday and best of luck!
    Danielle :)

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  12. Creations by Shirl30 December 2012 at 16:19

    Lovely CAS card...Thanks for joining us at Creative Craft Challenge.

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  13. Louise30 December 2012 at 22:46

    Such a gorgeous card! Thank you for sharing it with us at That Craft Place :) xxx

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  14. Julie7 January 2013 at 02:52

    Lovely card and sentiment. Thanks for joining us at Creative Craft Challenge
    Hugs,
    Julie

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  15. Beverley7 January 2013 at 23:41

    Gorgeous card. Thanks for joining in our Non Traditional Christmas challenge at Creative Craft.
    Hugs
    Bev x

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