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Tuesday, 11 November 2025

Upping my game!


 Hello, I'm starting to realise how few weeks there are left until Christmas- and how many more cards I need. Unless I want to resort to buying from a shop I need to up my game! I have a little box of images I had coloured or part coloured earlier (some of them  years ago!) and found a few Christmas ones amongst them, so decided to finally make a few cards with them. This little cutie, a part of a set from C.C. designs, is coloured with Polychromo pencils. I followed a sketch from Cheerful Sketches and used up some  papers from Trimcraft which I've had for ages. I also managed to use some little wooden stars and some brads- I remember a time when every card I made sported these! 
Well, I'd better not sit here all day waffling on- got more cards to make!
Thanks for visiting
Chris
x

challenge entries:
neglectedstuff, CC Designs stamp, brads, trimcraft papers, wooden stars
kleurenmetpotloden November Challenge
welovestamping November Challenge
allsorts #836
cheerfulsketches Nov. Challenge



12 comments:

meg said...

A cheerful beautifully coloured image teamed with gorgeous papers to give vintage feel to your card

crafty-stamper said...

Beautiful card and papers, great design and love the cute image and die-cut frame.
Carol x

Mrs.B said...

A lovely card Chris, I love the jolly image, and it's a great design with the papers. I have a drawer full of neglected Christmas papers, I need to try something like this.
Avril xx

brenda said...

I got a start reminder having my nails done this morning when the girl doing them said she had finished her Christmas shopping as it was six weeks Thursday. Shock horror, apart from ideas have non, but cards done and dusted so a bonus I guess.

The image on your card is fun, as Meg said a vintage feel, lovely to see to at our Christmas themes at Allsorts and we Love Stamping, many thanks.

B x

Crafting Queen said...

Lovely card. Thanks for joining We Love Stamping challenge. Anesha

Chrissy said...

Beautiful card Chris, love the cute little image papers and die cuts and of course the wooden stars..gorgeous card..I'm all done with my overseas cards, small and flat, so not me, but my home handouts have so much stuff on them and are big!..

luv CHRISSYxx

Craftyfield said...

Beautiful card, I love the design and the Vintage look of the paper! Thanks for joining us at Allsorts challenge and using our theme.

Donna said...

Cute card and layout. So glad you shared with us at Allsorts challenge!

Beccy said...

Gorgeous card Chris, I love the patterned paper you used, and the layout is fabulous. The image is adorable and you've done an awesome job with the colouring!
Cheers,
Beccy

Pauline C said...

Beautiful card Chris and a lovely use of your Christmas papers. Like you I’m not very far ahead with my Christmas cards so I really need to get a wriggle on the next couple of weeks! Xx

Janette said...

Such a sweet image, beautifully coloured of course, this is gorgeous, love the papers too Chris, the red makes everything pop.I still have a drawer full of wood hearts and stars, and remember the button craze, loads of them too, haha. I really need to try and make the odd card, everything is on hold. xx

Aquarius said...

Thank you for sharing this lovely card with us for the Christmas themed Allsorts challenge