Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Christmas Angel

Just wanted to pop by and remind you all that there is still time to participate with your Joyfold cards for the ABC Christmas Challenge. To show you how much fun they are, I have created another to share with you today.



For this card, I have used up some remnants from my stash along with some cardstock in a brown and a cream.  The image which I bought after Christmas and am using for the first time is from Whiff of Joy and is called Praying Angel. The sentiment is from Stampendous and the little flower is from Prima.
I have used a number of different techniques as part of my card. In the background, I have stamped a flourish on my background paper, all of the cream coloured mats are embossed with the Swiss dots embossing folder, the edges of all papers have been inked for a more distressed/vintage feel  and I have also created a little pocket which holds two tags that I have tucked in there for writing happy Christmas wishes. With so many different surfaces to embellish, a joyfold card is perfect for trying new techniques in small doses.

I hope that you will stop by and join us in the challenge, we really do enjoy stopping by your blogs for a visit. Have a great week.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

14 comments:

Tamara Morton said...

An Amazing card I love your colouring and shading on your image. Thank you for joining us at Anything goes for our Bingo challenge.

Don't forget that we have a special blog hop starting on 31st May for our birthday celebrations. With lots of prizes to be won hope you will join us again
Hugs
Tamara

Hazel said...

This is a delightful card. I had hoped to make a card for the ABC joyfold challenge, but sadly didn't get around to it. Thank you for joining in my CHNC challenge 20 - hope to see you again soon. x

Anonymous said...

Hi hunny! your card is stunning! so pretty love your attention to detail :0)

Irene said...

What a beautiful card, great colors and details!
Thanks for jining us at Anything Goes Bingo Challenge.

Irene (GD month May)

Dorte said...

beautiful card, Carissa. Lovely colors and a sweet image.
hugs Dorte

Delphine said...

Your card is gorgeous, Carissa! I love the image and the colours you have chosen! Gorgeous papers and layout and I really like the little pocket! Hugs Delphine xx

Unknown said...

O wow Cariss, this is fabulous, love your stamp and beautiful colours. Hugs xxx

Julie said...

Beautiful Xmas card - and I love your detail inside too!! Gorgeous - thanks for sharing it with us at CES challenges this week,Juliexx

Antoinette said...

Such a sweet image and beautifully coloured. Love the colour combo too!

Thank you for joining us at the ‘Anything Goes’ Challenge and I hope you will join us for our next challenge on 31st May for our 1st year Birthday blog hop with loads of goodies to give away!! Hugs Annie xXx

Alanna said...

Great Christmas card. Thanks for playing with Christmas Card Challenges this week.

Kendra said...

This is a great card! I love how it unfolds and has a pocket! Unfortunately our challenge at Dream Valley this time around is Dig Out the old to Use with the New. Thank you for sharing.

Jess Willison said...

Beautiful!

Lin said...

Love these rich colors, and good for you getting a start on Christmas! Thanks so much for playing with us at Lily Pad Cards!

Kathryn said...

Gorgeous card, I love the fold back idea with the tags and the lovely colours you have used, Thanks for joining us at Anything Goes, K x