4 December 2010

Santas a Calling

Hope your all keeping safe n warm??
Apologies for lack of posts, I've bad back pain driving me nuts wired up to
me Tens machine trying to get some ease & struggling to concentrate, but
had a little play with the Jolly guy himself & came up with this....



Santa is a Magnolia stamp coloured with Prismas, sparkle to his fur trim..
cut out & layered onto card embossed with Crafts Too star folder..
sprayed with CC silver sparkle, layered again onto silver card..
DP is DCWV , SB scallop square..
S/flake is made up of SB dies & gem..silver ribbon from stash..

challs for me card..
Simon Says   Sketch time
Just Magnolia wk 84..  Anything goes with Sparkle Monthly chall.
Die Cut Dreams Christmas club#46  Santa's Sack
Fairy Fun Fridays ch.41   Use a Star
Stamp  Something chall.   Xmas colour combo Somethings
ABC Christmas chall.  Y is for Yuletide.. I used red/green

Think that's it for this card got posts to sort out so WATCH this blog !!
Blog hopping 2nite to say Hi & catch up..

Hugs to All Christine xx

21 comments:

Christine L said...

Love... love... love your Santa! Love anything to DO with Santa really.... but that shows the big kid in me!! Think I'm gonna have to buy some of the C&C sparkle spray too!!
Hugs for the aches,,, what would we do without our Tens machines!
Christine x

Doreen said...

Just gorgeous Christine a fabulous image and coloured beautifully. I hope your back eases up soon.xxx

pinky said...

Its just gorgeous Chrisine, what a jolly old santa! Hope your back gets better soon, very debilitating when you get a sore back.

Sue said...

Hi hun
a gorgeous card, super image & colouring, lovely papers & design hun, sue,x

Unknown said...

Hi christine, sorry to hear you are suffering with your back, pleased to hear you are easing the pain sensibly...... not like me that rely on my "Painkiller sandwiches!" :@) x Beautiful card as usual x I have just discovered the CC sparkle spray and am completely hooked, and guess what hubby has been told I would like for chrismas? yep! the complete set! x Leigh x

Lynne in NI said...

Fab card Christine! And I'm lovin your silver sparkle spray, I'm gonna have to add that to my crafty 'need' list!
Hope your back pain eases soon.

SYLVIA-ANNE said...

What a happy little Santa - he's gorgeous, and so beautifully coloured. The sparkle spray sounds fab - will have to check that out!
Sorry to hear you are suffering with awful back pain - hope your Tens machine does the trick.
Hugs, Sylvia xxxx

cheryl said...

oh hun what an amazing santa gosh this is just stunning,hun,hope you start to feel better soon,hun hugs cheyrl xxxxxxx

Di said...

Oh Hun so sorry to hear about your back pain i had tens machine when i had my kids, cant say it helped much though, hope it works for you!
keep crafting it will take your mind off it!
fabulous card!
Hugs Di xxxxx

coops said...

stunning card christine.the santa is fabulous and i love your papers and dleicate sparkle.
sorry to hear you are suffering with back pain, i hope you get some relief from the tens.

xx coops xx

Jackie said...

Fab card Christine :o) Even more so as you are in such pain, I do hope ut goes away soon. Gentle hugs
Jackie xx

Lorraine A said...

gorgeous card christine :-) such a lovely Santa and the paper is just perfect ,, love the craft and red combo :-)

thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp and Sketch and Stash Chellenges :-)
luv
Lols x x x

hope your back feels better soon xx stay warm and take care xx

Mina said...

oh no Christine I hope your back pain gets some relief soon...I love this santa must fish mine out before christmas is over lol...yours is fantastically coloured...thanks for joining in with the Just Magnolia challenge
Mina xxx

Cor* said...

LOVELY star embossing! And great layout with the big guy front & center. Perfectly done! Thanks so much for including a star on your project and joining in with the fairies this week at FFF!! Don't forget to include the NEW Challenge link --http://prairiefairyfridays.blogspot.com/ --& get in on the Fairy Queens candy at this link -- http://prairiefairy.blogspot.com/ -- ending Dec 24th! Happy Holidays!

Squirrel x said...

So gorgeous hun, thanks for joining us at ABC Christmas Y Challenge. Hope you are feeling better soon. Hugs, Sxx

sara said...

gorgeous card he is such a fab santa isnt he ,thanks for joining us at DCD christmas club
hugs sara x

Lori said...

Christine you seem to have the best darn glitter, it's always so magical, love it, thanks for joining us at the Die Cut Dreams Christmas Challenge this week! Oooh and thanks for joining that fairies!

Lorraine A said...

oops ,,, am back Christine :-) ,,, I forgot to thank you for joining us on the Stamp Something too :-) xx

Jane said...

Gorgeous card! thanks for joining us at Just Magnolia, hugs, Jane xxx

Helen said...

Gorgeous card!
Thanks for joining us at the ABC Christmas Challenge!
Helen x

Linda Coughlin, the funkie junkie said...

Love all the shimmer and shine and the pretty star embossed panel. Your Santa is just too cute - he looks very jolly! So happy you could join in the fun with us on our star challenge at Fairy Fun Friday!