Wednesday 5 September 2012

This drove me nuts! (or best of a bad job:-)

Oh my I wanted this cart so much but this, my first cut, was such a pain! I've enough candles cut to fill a shop with my tryouts! I have to keep my Christmas cards to 6"x6" to save on postage so this is the largest I can work with, fiddly isn't the word, so I've done my own thing with it and left off some tiny cuts. I've embossed the white background and added a bit of sparkle with gold ribbon below the holly. The backing papers are Back to Basics Christmas by Dovecraft. The sentiment is stamped and it's finished off with leaves which I've lightly gilded to match the ribbon. This card almost hit the bin a few times but I think maybe it was worth working on it as I so hate to fail.

20 comments:

  1. I adore this wonderful Christmas card my dearest friend:) Beautiful candles diecut^_^
    Big hug,
    Sonia

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    1. Thanks very much for your lovely comment my friend. Hugs Pamela x

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  2. Beautiful Christmas card, the candles are lovely.
    Wendy xx

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  3. Beautiful card Pamela :)
    So what cart did you use that almost drove you nuts ?!! LOL!!
    Hugs
    Adele

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    1. Thanks very much sweetie. It's A Quilted (flipping) Christmas! I hope that Santa will bring me a Cameo!!!!

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  4. This is beautiful!! I love the embossing and the touch of sparkle!! The candles are so pretty :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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    1. Thanks so much Lisa, it's so worth the effort when friends like the result :-) xx

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  5. Glad to see you persevered with it Pamela, it was worth it in the end:-) Its lovely - I love the papers and the ribbon you used. Karon.

    http://karonskraftykorner.blogspot.ca/

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    1. Thanks very much Karon. Might be a crafty afternoon after another lunchtime viewing as it's getter very black looking outside.

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  6. Sorry it caused you so much trouble. However it turned out BEAUTIFUL. Love the candles.

    Nana
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    1. Thanks so much Nana, so pleased you like it. Yes that "other" machine has moved very high up the wanted list :-)

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  7. Really pretty card worth the effort. xx

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    1. Thanks so much Sandra, and thanks very much for following me.

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  8. Well worth the perseverance! It's a lovely design and teh candles look great.
    Lorraine x

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    1. Thanks very much for your lovely comment Lorraine x

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  9. A wonderful design Pamela, love the candles and well worth all the effort hun.

    Donna x

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  10. Love the embossing, the sparkle and the whole card....Take care!

    Hugs,
    Patricia

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    1. Thanks so much for your lovely comment Patricia. x

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