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Christmas in July

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #69
Create a Christmas card...you're free to do this any way you wish. Create two DIFFERENT cards and be entered into our weekly prize drawing twice, create three different cards and you'll be entered three times, create four and you have four chances to win, etc...

What a FABULOUS way to get a head start on your Christmas cards for this year!

SPONSOR: Simon Says Stamp
PRIZE: $25 Gift Certificate plus FREE Shipping!
This card took quite a bit of work (even for me,) but I love the final outcome of this creation.  It took 3 tries to get the book piece just right!  My original idea was to mount the book piece directly onto the card and be done with it.  But all of a sudden, I had a surge of creativity - Ahhh!  Let's make this an easel card!  So then I started measuring, cutting, glueing, embossing, and TA-DA!  Yay! One Christmas card done & just several dozen to go...

Come play along with us at The Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - I need more inspiration!  And, my DT Sisters & I just love seeing your creations!

I've entered this card in the
 ScrapGirl Blog Candy Challenge
Polka Doodles Week #29 - Christmas in July
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  1. Danielle ChampagneJuly 25, 2010 at 10:08 AM

    Hello Annette, how beautiful your card is. I love this vintage look, the book is a stunning idea! thank you for your kind words left on my blog. It gave me a chance to come and discover yours, and get inspired.
    Hugs.
    Danielle.

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  2. GraphicatJuly 25, 2010 at 7:35 PM

    Annette!! This is nothing short of STUNNING!! I've been admiring it over and over since you posted it on our blog! It's AMAZING! That book is so real and vintage looking. It's just fabulous! You should be very proud of this one for sure!!
    Cheers
    cheri

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  3. UnknownJuly 26, 2010 at 11:15 AM

    O wow this is awesome, it looks like it took you hours to do... and the flowers are beautiful xxx

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  4. TracyJuly 26, 2010 at 5:30 PM

    Totally gorgeous creation, thanks for joining Polkadoodles challenge, good luck.
    Happy crafting
    Tracy x
    ,

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  5. MarieLJuly 26, 2010 at 5:43 PM

    Ohhhhhh, my word!!!!! What an absolutely stunning creation. Wowwww!!!! I am speechless!!!

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  6. AngieJuly 26, 2010 at 10:11 PM

    OMGoodness Annette! I've never seen anything like this card before. It's gorgeous! Thank you for joining my blog candy challenge. You're very creative :-)

    Angie

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  7. BribrieJuly 27, 2010 at 4:25 PM

    Ta carte est magnifique et trés originale ! Bravoooo

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  8. HousehundJuly 29, 2010 at 6:53 PM

    Stunning...I would love to see a tutorial on how this was made.
    Very cleverly done

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  9. Tip TopJuly 31, 2010 at 2:20 PM

    Stunning! Thanks for entering the Polkadoodle Challenge - hope you can join us again next week!

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  10. ShirlAugust 1, 2010 at 1:25 PM

    To say that this card is fabulous is an understatement! I really admire the amount of work you put into making this card a BIG wow factor! Thank you so much for sharing!

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  11. FauxPainter - Dee ParamourAugust 3, 2010 at 5:16 PM

    A very beautiful card. Thanks for taking part in the Polka Doodles challenge. Dee x

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