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Friday, December 25, 2015

Heartfelt Christmas Wishes

Hello.

Christmas is finally here!  Hope you get to spend some time with you loved ones and enjoy yourselves this holiday season.  And not to get too stressed out...hee hee.

Here's a last Christmas card for the year.


I did a bit of Zentangle work creating the two ornaments hanging from a pine branch.  And this time I decided to add some colours to it instead of leaving it black and white. 


Here's a closer look at the featured image.


This cutie is called Christmas Heart Tilda from the A Lovely Christmas Collection 2015 from Magnolia Stamps.  This stamp is available from Magnolia-licious, HERE.


Challenges for this card:
All About Magnolia Challenge #9 - All About Christmas
Card Mania Challenge #75 - Christmas
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes Christmas
Passion for Promarkers Week 326 - Mega Christmas Challenge 2015 - Let's Celebrate
Scrapy Land Challenge #32 - Holidays (using dies from Spellbinders, Sizzix, Poppystamps)
A Snowflakes Promise Challenge 12 - Christmas/Winter themed
Time for Magnolia Challenge #113 - CAS or Fully Loaded (my card's fully loaded)
Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #51 - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #405 - Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft Challenge #20 - Anything Goes

That's all for now.  Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Wishing you all the merriest of Christmas and a New Year filled with love, health and happiness.


Materials and Tools Used:
Sentiments:  Computer generated
Designer Papers:  Chatterbox Small Great Plaid; Recollections Green Damask; K+Company Julianne Specialty paper pad 
Dies:  Spellbinders Classic Ovals; Magnolia Doohickey Poinsettia; Sizzix Tim Holtz Holiday Greens; C.C. Designs Mistletoe; Poppystamps 977 Berry Sprig 
Punches:  EK Success Corner Rounder
Miscellaneous:  Sakura Pigma Micro 01 Black pen, Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; ribbon, pearls, hemp cord and jingle bells from my stash

Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers and Pantone Trias, Shin-Han Touch markers; coloured pencils to help with the shading
- face and skin:  blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla--for the cheeks:  oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair and shoes:  burnt sienna, Touch 101, raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow
- red-brown shades:  burnt umber, burnt orange, mango peach
- green shades:  Touch 42, olive green, 617-T
- yellow shades:  raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup
- white shading:  warm grey 5-T, cool grey 4-T, cool grey 1-T
- dotted background:  grey green, 5507-T, tea green, 5527-T  

18 comments:

  1. It's gorgeous.
    Happy Holidays.
    Hugs Miranda

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  2. This is sooooo gorgeous Norma!
    I wish you and your family a Happy Christmas and healthy New Year!
    Hugs, t.

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  3. Beautiful Norma... happy christmas to you and yours and hoping to see more of your wonderful work in 2016

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  4. Fantastic contribution to the Passion for Promarkers Mega Christmas Challenge. Love the idea of the zintangled ornaments - I've some very plain old Sizzix dies, .... that will bring them alive. Good luck and Happiness in the year year. Guest DT | Huny.

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  5. Amazing as always Norma! Wishing you a wonderful and peaceful Christmas!

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  6. Beautiful Norma. exquisiste creation, but all your creations are so special I do love the zentangle clin d'oeil on your image. Have a lovely holiday season. Hugs.

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  7. Super sweet and festive. The traditional Christmas are just perfect. Thanks for sharing with us at Crafty Gals Corner.
    Amy-DT

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  8. Very pretty card! I love the color tones! :)

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  9. Adorable!!! Thank you for joining our challenge at Scrapy Land :)
    Hugs

    Samra
    Paper Talk with Samra

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  10. What a wonderful card, Norma! Fabulous colouring (as ever!), soft, muted tones and stunning handmade flowers that make your cards so recognisable! I especially like the little mistletoe bouquet...stunning!
    Thanks for joining in with our Mega Christmas Challenge at Passion for Promarkers! Lisa x

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  11. Love your zentangle ornaments and that plaid paper! Your image is so sweet! Thanks for playing along with us at Scrapy Land Challenge #32!

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  12. Great card lots of wonderful details. Thank you for joining us at Holly Jolly this week. Hope to see you back here again in 2016. Judy DT

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  13. Gorgeous design Norma, lovely colours and your detail fabulous!

    I’m back! what with being off colour and then computer problems it’s been a bit of a pain on all counts, but things have improved and I’m back to cheer you on with your lovely creations. All my BEST WISHES for the NEW YEAR too!!
    Hugs Jacee
    Simply Paper Card Design

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  14. Beautifully done as always. Your cards are works of art!

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  15. Stunning card Norma. I love the image and your papers are gorgeous. Great job on the baubles too. Thanks for joining in with our Mega Christmas challenge over at PFP. Don't forget to come back on 5th Jan 2016 for our new challenge and to find out if you are one of our lucky winners. Hugs, Denise x

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  16. Wow Norma, what a gorgeous creation and thank yo uso much for joining our challenge on the Time for Magnolia challenge blog.
    Warm hugs Margreet

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Thanks for stopping by and giving me a bit of your time to leave a comment. Very much appreciate it. Norma