STEAMPUNK STYLE CHIRSTMAS CARD FOR JEMMA

Hi there bloggers out there - I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas celebrations, we did although we all ate too much - by all, I am including Blossom and Donnie - naturally!  If you live in those areas that were subjected to the awful storms and lack of power, I do hope you are getting back to some degree of whatever passes for normality nowadays.   I'm sending you all big virtual hugs and lots of love!!

I thought I would post one of the Christmas cards I made for my ex colleague.  He particularly liked the Steampunky stylee birthday cards I made for his twin daughter and son and asked if I could bear that in mind for their Christmas cards.  Now this really did stress me out, I am almost, almost comfortable with Steampunk style birthday cards but a Christmas card .... or two!!!!  I started looking for an image and found a gorgeous one by Jade Dragonne, I love this lady's work and her images are free (with a couple of conditions of course).  You can find her site here.  Despite the fact that I love colouring, my time really was running away with me and in order to get this finished I actually printed off the coloured image, I made a mask and blobbed my sponge over the image to add a little bit of colour.

 I thought I would show you a close up of the Christmas Tree because I loved making this - in fact I made another one with a different tree die - for Adam's card!!

In actual daylight the tree really stands out because I have Star Dust-ed it before I added the little watch cogs, springs and 'bits'.

Ingredients

7" x 7" White Card Blank - Anna Marie Designs

Steampunks digi (pre-coloured)  - Jade Dragonne 

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Joyful Peace paper pad - GCD Studios

Christmas Post paper pad - Craftwork Cards

Grand Decorative Ovals die - Spellbinders

Grand Oval die - Spellbinders

Frosty Border die - Memory Box

Snowflake Tree die - Memory Box

Mini Rolled Roses die - Die-namics 

Small Clock face - my stash

Watch Cogs, springs etc - Ebay

Well, that's enough from me for now, I won't say that I am making any NY Resolutions because I loathe NY with a passion and will be in bed before the chimes of midnight.  Even though this is unusual for me!!!  I might just put a 'possible motion' out there to blog more frequently - not a resolution you understand!!!   Yup I'm still going to carry on waffling as well - can't put out a 'motion' to stop that now can I??

Thank you for all your comments over the past year, I have loved reading them, you have given me so many uplifting comments and have wished me well when I have been ill (on so many occasions)!  When Suzie created my blog, she did me the biggest favour I could have ever asked for, even when I have been unable to blog I have known it was there waiting for me to feel better and/or get my mojo back!!!

Lots of love and hugs to you all, thank you so much for stopping by and for checking out my cards.  I do hope you can all enjoy your crafting next year, and that your Mojo stays at home and doesn't nip off on holiday!

Take care of yourselves and Happy New Year!!!

SUE xxx

I would like to enter my card into the following 10 challenges

Challenges 4 Everybody Challenge No 36 - http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-36-anything-goes.html

Crafty Creations Challenge No 253 - http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-253-anything-goes.html

Crafty Hazelnuts Challenge No 157 - http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/chnc-challenge-157-starting-all-over.html

Dis Digi Designs Challenge - http://disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/anything-christmas-challenge.html

Happy Campers Challenge No 25 - http://happycamperscc.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/happy-camper-challenge-no-25-christmas.html

Krafty Girls Challenge No 8 - http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

Little Red Wagon Challenge No 217 - http://lilredwagon.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-217-merry-christmas-anything.html

MilkCoffee Challenge - http://milkcoffeechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/any-christmas-creation-challenge.html

Paper Shelter Challenge - http://thepapershelter.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/christmas-challenge-anything-goes.html

Simply Steampunk Challenge December - http://simplysteampunkchallenges.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/dec-challenge-anything-steampunk.html