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Sunday, November 25, 2012

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AT BUGABOO'S

How's your Christmas shopping coming along?  Mine's not ... and by that I mean zero, zippo, zilch - no shopping done.  But then I must admit that in our family Christmas is more about spending time together as a family than about the gifts!

I have created a card with one of the fabulous Bugaboo images called Girlz - Shop, and used the image in a Christmas Shopping context:

The image is coloured using Copics and a white gel pen, and the gifts have the Glossy Accents and a glitter treatment:

To construct my card I used the following:

pale blue marbled CS base card
red CS mats
offcuts of 3 different DP's
2 DP flags
2 buttons tied with silver cord
2 punched snowflakes
1 red gem encircled with silver cord
a row of silver square gems
shiny silver organza bow

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:



DREAM VALLEY CHALLENGES, #46, NON TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS

ECLECTIC ELLAPU, WEEK 7, CELEBRATION WITH SPARKLE
GLITTER AND SPARKLE, #8, RIBBON AND/OR LACE
ONESTITCH AT A TIME, #141, FABRIC, RIBBON OR LACE
STAMPIN SISTERS IN CHRIST, #167, CHRISTMAS CARD
THE CRAFTY PAD, #198, ADD SOME GLITTER
THE HYBRID CHICK CARAVAN, #32, PHOTO INSPIRED (my inspiration came from the snow – so I have snowflakes and snowmen)
CRAZY FOR CHALLENGES, C4C164, PUT A BOW ON IT
CARD AND SCRAP, #43, CHRISTMAS
CREATALICIOUS CHALLENGE, #40, WINTER
JUST KEEP ON CREATING, CHRISTMAS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
MEMA’S CRAFTS, ANYTHING GOES
OOZAK, #8, WINTER VIBES
SPARKLES FORUM, #38, CHRISTMAS IS COMING
INSPIRE ME FRIDAYS, #86, ANYTHING GOES
CRIMBO CRACKERS, #29, ANYTHING GOES
CUTE CARD THURSDAY, #244, GIRLS ONLY
SJ PAPERCRAFTS, #11, CHRISTMAS
CRAFTY CREATIONS, #197, CHRISTMAS IS COMING
BEARLY MINE CHALLENGES, #62, SNOWFLAKES
 

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA
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22 comments:

  1. DawnNovember 26, 2012 at 5:03 AM

    Wonderful card, Jen. Love it when an image is versatile! Your colouring is gorgeous and I love that beautiful snowman paper. Thanks for joining in with us at Creatalicious Challenges and best of luck.

    Hugs, Dawn

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  2. jane stillmanNovember 26, 2012 at 7:46 PM

    A great card, thank you for joining in the challenge over at Glitter n Sparkle, good luck

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  3. GitteNovember 26, 2012 at 7:47 PM

    Great christmas card.
    Thank you for joining our challenge at Card and Scrap.
    DTY-Gitte

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  4. UnknownNovember 26, 2012 at 8:19 PM

    Gorgeous creation Jen - I love all the different colours!
    Thanks for joining our "non traditional Xmas" challenge at Dream Valley!
    Hugs xx Cara xx DT

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  5. coldwaters2November 26, 2012 at 9:19 PM

    Gorgeous card what a fabulous design the images look terrific thank you for joining our challenge at Bearly Mine this week.
    hugs
    lorraine x

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  6. HeidiNovember 26, 2012 at 9:27 PM

    Gorgeous card!
    Thank you for joining us at Card and Scrap:)
    Hugs, Heidi:)

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  7. Toni HerronNovember 27, 2012 at 3:15 AM

    This is a brillantly put together card! I love all the elements and the image is fantastic!
    And don't worry about not getting any shopping done yet, but the looks your image has done your share too! :)
    Thanks for joining us this week at Glitter n Sparkle!
    Toni - DT

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  8. Mema's CraftsNovember 27, 2012 at 4:07 AM

    Another lovely card and your color combination is perfect. Thanks for sharing with us at Mema's Crafts. Hope you'll be back real soon!

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  9. cotnobNovember 27, 2012 at 2:10 PM

    This is a lovely Christmas card, such a great way to use this image.
    Thank you for joining us at The Crafty Pad this week.
    Pauline
    x

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  10. craftygrannyNovember 28, 2012 at 12:37 AM

    Wow that's fab thanks for joining in with us at glitternsparkle hugs trisha x

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  11. Lisette MorrisNovember 28, 2012 at 3:56 AM

    Such a fun card! Thanks for joining us at Oozak Challenges.

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  12. craftybNovember 28, 2012 at 1:04 PM

    Totally fun and festive - i love all the bling! Thanks for sharing at Crafty Creations Challenges! bx

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  13. MiesjeNovember 28, 2012 at 7:31 PM

    Fun card! Very creative. Thanks for joining us at SSiC.

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  14. NettiNovember 29, 2012 at 11:16 PM

    Beautiful card you´ve made!! :)

    Thanks for joining the challenge at Card and Scrap :)

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  15. NettiNovember 29, 2012 at 11:18 PM

    Beautiful!!

    Thanks for joining the challenge at Card and Scrap :)

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  16. Nikki ByrneNovember 30, 2012 at 3:59 PM

    Fab card, love the image and great papers too!Thank you so much for sharing it with us at OSAAT this week and good luck. HUGS

    NIKKI DT

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  17. AnnNovember 30, 2012 at 11:47 PM

    Cute card, it looks like she has had some fun shopping. I have blog candy if your interested, details here, http://theantiquewardrobe.blogspot.com/2012/11/christmas-blog-candy.html

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  18. Pinkies Sparkly CreationsDecember 1, 2012 at 1:45 AM

    fabby card thanks for joining us at glitter n sparkle and good luck emma xx

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  19. Made by MandyDecember 2, 2012 at 12:52 AM

    I too have loads of shopping to do, only got a few pressies so far, just not organised this year at all. Hope you get motivated soon, it will soon be here!

    Great image and love your colouring, quite fun and funky

    Many thanks for joining in with our Fabric or Ribbon challenge over at OSAAT & hope to see you back again soon.

    Mandy (DT member for OSAAT)

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  20. AliDecember 2, 2012 at 3:53 AM

    Love this bright, festive card - and your gorgeous colouring!

    Thanks for joining in with the Fabric, Ribbon or Lace challenge at OSAAT this week. :)

    Ali

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  21. Ang CDecember 2, 2012 at 9:31 PM

    A fab Christmas Card

    Thankyou for joining us at Sparkles Monthly Challenges in our Christmas is Coming Challenge

    Good luck in the draw

    Ang x

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  22. Sarah-JaneDecember 9, 2012 at 12:34 AM

    Great Christmas card. Thank you for joining us at Dream Valley.
    Sarah-Jane xx

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