Saturday 28 July 2012

Sweet Stampin' - Christmas in July

Hi honeys, I'm home!  Have you been behaving yourselves?  We've had such a lovely week - gorgeous weather everyday, and Norfolk and the 'holiday house' (as the boys call it) we stayed in was fab too.  We loved it so much, I think we'll be going back to the same place next year.  Ooh, and I was lucky enough to meet the very lovely Lisa while I was away, for some crafty shopping and lots of chatting in the coffee shop! It was so nice to meet you hun :o)

So, getting back to cards... here's my DT card for Sweet Stampin', where our challenge is 'Christmas in July'.  Our sponsor for this week is Di's Digi Downloads who are giving one lucky winner a $10 voucher to spend in their store, and our monthly sponsor is Joanna Sheen with a £10 voucher prize.




The fab snowman is one of the new images from DigiStamp Boutique - he's from the Cute Christmas Frames set.  I coloured him with promarkers and flexmarkers, and the sparkly paper is from the gorgeous First Edition 'Isabelle' pad again - they're not Christmas papers, but I think it works.  Gold ribbon is from my stash.

Thank you for all your lovely comments while we've been away - I'm about to settle down and have a marathon catch up session with all your blogs now... see you soon :o)

44 comments:

Ali said...

Glad you had a nice holiday :-), love your card the colours you have used are gorgeous xx

Kat said...

Sounds like you had a lovely holiday Lisa.

Love this cute image and the DP is lovely. I love First Edition papers. I may be addicted to them lol!

Kat xx

Kim said...

fantastic card! so effective! glad you had a good hols! I'm off on mine this week and can't wait!
Kim x

Creations by Shirl said...

Hi Lisa -
I'm just mesmerizing over all of your fabulous cards. So darn cute, love this mono colours on this card.. Will have to be back and check what you have next... TFS - you are awesome...

Squirrel x said...

Welcome back hunny! D'ya know, there are days when I adore you, and days when I could smack you - this is a smack you day. Why? Because that card is just too darned cute and perfect, lol!! How do you do it? I LOVE IT! Hugs, Sxx

Pia S said...

It's a lovely card! The paper is so elegant and I really like this snowman image, which you have colored so beautifully.

Caroline said...

Gorgeous love the image and the layout is fabulous. Caroline xxx

heidy said...

Glad you had a great week Lisa!!
Love your gorgeous christmas card!
XXX Heidy

Debs M said...

Gorgeous card, fab colouring..i bought these little beauties too!

glad you had a lovely holiday x

Crafty Moone Cards said...

Gorgeous card Lisa. Sounds like yo had a lovely holiday. Sue x

Laura Bradley said...

This is so cute! Love the sepia look! And don't blame me if you buy some of them digis!! You don't have to buy them! hehe. Hugs! Laura x

Sue said...

This is gorgeous Lisa, I love the image and the colour scheme is beautiful.
I'm glad that you had a good holiday.

hugs Sue

Donna Mosley said...

Hi Lisa, sounds like you had a great holiday hun. Glad you got some lovely weather. love the card, a fab image and perfectly coloured as always.

Donna x

Claire said...

Glad you had a fab time hun. Great to see you back and your card is jusy brilliant - love the snowman image. Hugs, Claire x

emma mitchell said...

Gorgeous card , love the paper, image and fab layout.
Hugs Emma xx

Chrissy said...

So glad you had a lovely holiday Lisa..and what a gorgeous card you have made, I love the colours and clean lines...gorgeous.

Luv CHRISSYxx

Jo said...

Hi Lisa, welcome back! Glad you had a lovely holiday. Love, love, love your card, fab image and the colours are gorgeous!
Hugs Jo x

Lorraine said...

Gorgeous Christmas card Lisa. Love the colours and your colouring is fab as always!
Glad you had a good holiday.
Lorraine x

Unknown said...

Hi Lisa, sounds like you've had a great holiday - with good weather, lucky you!!

Gorgeous card, love your colour choice.

Love the bunting in your DYSU challenge card, I can see that die making it's way into a basket of mine very soon.

Sarah

Little K Smith said...

Aaww this is lovely Lisa, I love the different colours for a Christmas card! Sounds like you had a fab time on your hols, we're off to Norfolk at the end of August and taking the dawg on his first holiday! Can't wait! :D
Kelly.x

Wendy said...

So gorgeous Lisa, love the cute image and colours.
Glad you had a great time, lucky you with the weather.
Wendy xx

Liz McGuire, said...

Stunning card, as always. Glad you had a fab holiday,

Liz x

mylittlecardstudio.blogspot.com said...

Stunning card. Love the cute image, colour combo and paper. Hugs, Jill x

Karen Petitt said...

gorgeous, love the fact that he is one colour too! fabulous design hugs karen x

The Little Stamper said...

I love this Lisa - especailly the beautiful colour tones...just gorgeous. By the way - you couldn't have pickeda better week to be in Norfolk, you lucky thing! Glad you enjoyed your holiday.

Sharon x

Aunty Sue said...

Hi Lisa glad you had a good time my nephews came home from Norfolk today from there holiday home had an amzing time and said they want to go back next year, Loving the new digi ad great apes and colour too.

Fleur said...

WOW Lisa, I LOVE this.
HUGZ Fleur xXx

Lisa said...

Hi Lisa, FAB card! The CAS design really shows off this cute snowman image.

So glad you enjoyed your holiday ... it was lovely to meet you and your family. Hopefully we will see you again next year :-)

Lisa x

Jackie said...

What a beautiful card, I love the sepia tones :o)
Jackie xx

Mary J said...

What a fab Xmas card, Lisa! Love that unusual mono for Xmas!

Jan Jones said...

Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous. Your colouring is fantastic, Lisa. Can we meet up sometime so you can show me how to try using flexmarkers? Jan x

Alyce Kit and Clowder said...

Welcome back! Sounds like you had a fun time :D Love your beautiful card...the monochromatic colours are just so pretty :)

Teresa - My Crafty Heart said...

Hi Lisa,
Welcome home! Love your Christmas card - your colouring is superb and those papers are just so perfect with him! Hope it doesn't snow just yet though! Hugs, Teresa x

coops said...

so gorgeous lisa.i really love your colours and papers and such a fab image :D

xx coops xx

Unknown said...

Such a sweet card, great colours and design fab layout too!
Jo xxx

Victoria said...

Welcome back! I'm really pleased you had a lovely holiday! The colours on this card are gorgeous and the touch of sparkle is great. THe image is, it goes without saying, toooooo cute!!

Digi Stamp Boutique said...

Cor - weren't you lucky with the weather! Glad you had a good time...and WOW...love this creation very much! xx

Mau xx said...

Hi Lisa, Good to have you back ..but so glad you had a lovely time away.
Love the card, the CAS layout is fab. looking forward to taking part in the New Without Words challenge :) Congratulations sweetie.
Huge Hugs Mau xx

Nannieflash said...

Hi Lisa, that is just gorgeous, I lvoe the colour choice, and that paper is just fabulous, and I love your image to. hugs Shirleyx

coldwaters2 said...

Brilliant card Lisa I love that image also the wonderful papers, colours and the clean and simple design.
Hugs
Lorraine x

Christine L said...

Hi Lisa

Good to have you back - we've missed you!

Gorgeous Snowman card... I definitely will be buying that image!

Hugs
Christine x

Natali said...

Love this monochrome Christmas card. Lovely "warm" colours and gorgeous paper.
Hugs
Natali

Jennie said...

Oh wow! This is beautiful, I adore those muted colours too xx

Denise said...

So glad you had a good holiday.
Love this card - that image is delightful.
Hugs
Denise xx