Saturday, July 9, 2011

Lots of Sparkle!

Well now, if I keep this up I may just be ready come Christmas!  Sometimes it is just a little more fun to do your shopping prior to the Christmas rush, and I guess the same can be said for making cards and gift bags.  There are a number of challenges out there right now, working with a Christmas theme....so why not!


Here we go with a gift bag, using the colours Red, White and Blue.  No DP, just cardstock and a blue gift bag, all dressed up with a Christmas floral stamp and silver tinsel embossing powder.  I've used Copics to colour the Tilda and Edwin on Ice, from Magnolia, adding white flocking for the fur on their little outfits.  The red and white poinsettias have also been stamped and heat embossed with silver, and a nice shiny bow adds the final touch.

Here's hoping you are all enjoying your weekend and the season at hand.....let's not worry too much about Christmas just yet!

Be sure to check out some of these challenges if your are in need of some crafty inspiration:

Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes
Crafting For All Seasons - #4 Red, White and Blue
7 Kids College Fund - #25 Red, White & Blue
All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant - #106 Red, White & Blue
Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog - #63 RED WHITE BLUE
Moving Along with the Times - #106 Christmas in July
Craft Us Crazy - #12 CHRISTMAS IN JULY
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Sassy Studio Designs - #80 Red White and Blue
Little Miss Muffet Challenges - #13 Anything but a card

15 comments:

  1. A gorgeous card thanks for joining us at CFAS xx Jan DT

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  2. This is sooooo pretty Joyce, I love the colours and additions to the bag, very creative.
    Just catching up as I have been poorly this week and even had one day in bed, not like me at all, but better now.
    Hope you are having a good weekend.
    luv and hugs {brenda} xoxox

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  3. This is Gorgeous! love the image it is so pretty, nicely coloured too! l love the white and red poinsettias just love to see these on a Christmas card yours looks stunning:) Sandra H

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  4. Beautiful card, I love the color scheme! Thanks for joining us at the ATS challenge this week!

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  5. Ah this is a super card, thanks for joining in on our Christmas Challenge on MAWTT this week Hazelxo

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  6. A great gift bag - love this idea. Thanks for joining us at CFAS this time and I hope we see you again soon. Carol DT x

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  7. what a fab goft bag.. and that's one of my favourite Christmas images
    Thanks for joining us at MAWTT this week for our Christmas challenge
    Lisa x

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  8. Beautiful gift bag. Love the red against that shade of blue, so pretty.

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  9. Just gorgeous Magnolia Christmas card - my favourite images


    Thank you for sharing it with us at MAWTT and good luck with the challenge

    Hugs Laurie x

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  10. wow joyce! this is absolutely gorgeous!!! i think i'll be doing alot of red, white & blue this xmas. it's stunning.

    you are too funny on the birds. we have an over-abundance of geese around here and you should see the railings of my front porch and deck. oy yoy yoy! thanks for the giggle.

    hugs :)

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  11. Beautiful holiday card!! Love these sweet stamps. m Thank you so much for playing along with us at The Pink Elephant!!

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  12. beautiful xmas card Joyce thanks for joining us at PTW hugs Jill xx

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  13. Wow! This is a gorgeous gift bag! Your colouring is beautiful and I love the way you have embellished the bag!

    Thanks for joining us for the Anything But a Card challenge at Little Miss Muffet stamps!

    Arabella

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  14. Fabulous gift bag just love what you have done with it. Thanks for sharing with us at Little Miss Muffet Challenges.
    Hugs Shirley x x

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  15. Wow! this is torally gorgeous. Thank you for joining us at Creative Inspirations this week in our Red blue and white challenge.
    Good Luck
    Suzi x

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