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Friday, 20 September 2013

The Holly and The Ivy with the Winter Wonderland Design Team

Good morning to you all in the land of blog

Today sees the next challenge at the  


Where Team Icicles are in the hot seat, with the very talented  Pauline hosting with the theme of

The Holly and the Ivy

Our fabulous sponsor this week is

offering the lucky winner to of their wonderful stamps.

Now I decided to go with the Holly aspect of the theme so here is my take on the theme but don't forget to hop over to the main challenge blog to check out the wonderful inspiration there for you.


As you know I adore my House Mouse images so could not resist using one of them.

The base layer here is a pearlescent red and I have used up some of my old papers again.  The grand decorative circle nestie had an issue in the machine, so I adapted it slightly.  The sentiment sits on a nestie banner/ribbon and all finished off with the little red bow, lace and pearls from the Hobby House.

Here is a close up of the image
As always I would like to thank all of my wonderful visitors and followers for their inspiring comments, which encourage me and allow me to hop over in return to see their gorgeous work and welcome my new followers.

I would like to enter the following challenges

Creative Card Crew - Christmas
Loves Rubber Stamping - 1 2 3 recipe
Fitztown - Pearl, Lace Ribbon
MarkerPOP - Anything Goes
4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Lady Anne's - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty - Two or More DP

Hugs
xxx

40 comments:

  1. Gorgeous card Kate - love the fab HM Image and the pearls around the die cut look beautiful.
    Have a fab day.
    Debs xx

    ps Thanks for playing along with The Divas - good luck xx

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  2. Beautiful card Kate, love the image.
    Hope you have a wonderful weekend.
    Hugs
    Caz x

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  3. What an adorable image Kate:) coloured beautifully as always!
    Such a gorgeous Christmas card:)
    hugs Nikki x

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  4. Such a sweet image! Great card for Christmas!

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  5. Beautiful card Kate, I like the adorable image and the lace.
    Kevin xx

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  6. Gorgeous card Kate :-) the image is so very cute and perfect for the theme ! -)

    luv
    Lols x x x

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  7. a beautiful traditional card Kate - so cute too xx

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  8. Hello Kate, absolutely gorgeous card, I love the image and your wonderful detail, hugs Kate x

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  9. Gorgeous card Kate, adorable image and beautiful colouring. I love all the pearls around the frame
    hugs Sue xx

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  10. Another wonderful creation Kate. I love this image and the colours and embellishments are fantastic.

    Hugs.

    Karen xxx

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  11. This is so cute, love the HM stamp it is adorable especially after your loving touches.

    Hugs
    Cathy
    xxxxx

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  12. it's a beautiful card Kate.

    greetings karin

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  13. Gorgeous Christmas card Kate. The house mouse is adorable and i love all the pretty details
    Lorraine x

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  14. This is gorgeous Kate, such an adorable image and I love the pearls that surround it.
    Pauline
    x

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  15. This is simply adorable!
    Thank for joining us at Fitztown Challenge.Greetings Kaija DT-member

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  16. Great card Kate, i like the colors and layout. Thank you for joining our challenge at Fitztown Challenge blog. Please pop back and join us again. We have a weekly draw for a free image at our challenge and Facebook. Crafty hugs Julie Ann x
    our store www.fitztown.com

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  17. Hi Kate, I'm back from my hols ;0) What a sweet image you used for your card, House Mice are just so cute. What a really gorgeous card you have made. Hugs xx

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  18. Aaah what an absolute sweetie, Luv Sam x

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  19. Gorgeous card Kate, adorable image.
    Enjoy the weekend.
    Hugs
    Wendy xx

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  20. Gorgeous card so super cute love the colours and that mouse is soooo cute too! hugs me x

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  21. Gorgeous, beautiful card.
    luv
    Debby

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  22. Wonderful card Kate. Love the image and those gorgeous papers!

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  23. Such a sweet card Kate. Love the card design . A perfect entry for our challenge over at Loves Rubberstamps. Hugs Nina

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  24. A beautiful card Kate and such an adorable image.
    Mags
    x

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  25. Awwwwwww... This is so adorable Kate ! Love the layout and the delightful image ! Have a lovely week-end Sweetie ! Hugs, blessings and love from Catherine

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  26. Such a beautiful Christmas card, Kate. I love the cute image and pearls.

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  27. Beautiful card Kate. Love the House Mouse image and I like how you've added pearls around the die cut.

    Deborah A

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  28. so gorgeous kate.stunning sweet image and i love your traditional colours :D

    xx coops xx

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  29. This is a super cute image, love the fabulous design and colors. So cute!!! Thanks for playing with us over at Loves Rubberstamps!!!

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  30. Gorgeous card Kate, love the adorable House Mouse image. Hope you are having a good weekend. I had a go at spritzing some flowers but think l must have put a tad too much on as the centre of the flowers picked up yellow from the centre stamen bits - just keep telling myself it is pollen lol. Practice makes perfect. x Susan x

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  31. AW!! Now this is so precious!! What a gorgeous design for around the wreath as well!! :) HUGS

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  32. Beautiful card, love the image and great design. Thank you for joining us at 4 Krafty Girlz this fortnight. Abbie xx

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  33. I love the design! This is amazing! Thanks for playing with us at Loves Rubberstamps!

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  34. Beautiful Christmas card Kate. Cute little House Mouse image and a lovely design.
    Hugs, Janine xx

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  35. This is gorgous Kate. That is the sweetest of images and the design is super xx

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  36. Gorgeous card - the lace finishes it perfectly.

    Thanks for joining us at Penny's.

    Helen x

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  37. I adore the sketch you used! It fits your card so nicely and the choice of colors is definitely christmas! Thanks for joining us this week at Creative Card Crew!

    Mei
    CCC DT
    Love to Create DT
    Crazy Challenge DT
    Anyone for Anya DT

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  38. Great card, thanks for joining us for Lady Anne's Stamp challenge.

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Hugs
Kate xx