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Thursday 11 November 2010

Away in a Manger


Whenever I use this stamp, I think of the Christmas Carol, Away in a manger.

Again its an old stamp with the makers name so faded that it cannot be read. For this card I followed a Colour Combo challenge over at Tuesday Taggers use, silver, gold and purple, with some stamping. It is a shade of purple for the base card and layer, but the light is so iffy at the moment it didn't photo so well. The gold layer I edged with a Martha Stewart punch, the silver is an edging strip and holly berries. For the stamped image I used chalk to shade, and framed it with a MarianneD die shape.

The challenge at Keep It Simple this week is Shape up, I think this card will fit this theme as well.

Thankyou for stopping by to take a look.

11 comments:

  1. Fabulous card Yvonne with such brilliant shapes and colours. Annette x

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  2. A lovely card Yvonne, suits both challenges very well.

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  3. What a beautiful card! That die shape is wonderful with the image!

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  4. love the colours and the shaped aperture...gorgeous
    hugs

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  5. A simple stamp made beautiful with the use of colour and the lovely die cut and punch

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  6. lovely card, love the aperture shape too

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  7. It's lovely Yvonne - I love your ink blending for the sky x

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  8. Once more Yvonne you've made a very elegant stylish card. Love the punching and the layers the appature sets everything off. Thank you for sharing with us at Tuesday Taggers xx Zoe

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  9. Beautiful shape, I really like it, very fitting for that image, it makes me think of middle-eastern rooftops

    Thanks for joining us at KIs this week
    mandix

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  10. Oh wow, Yvonne! That is just gorgeous! Thanks for sharing with us at TT this week!

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  11. It's a lovely card Yvonne, the stamp doesnt need much as it is beautiful. You've put it in a lovely surrounding!
    x Michelle

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