Today is World Card Making Day! I am so excited to share a Christmas Card with you today as we go through Operation Write Home's blog hop. If you haven't heard of Operation Write Home it's an amazing program where card makers can send hand-made cards to soldiers who then use them to write home. The soldiers received hand-made cards for all occasions to use to send special messages to their loved ones who are left at home while the soldiers are deployed. What a wonderful program indeed!
For today's Christmas card I had a lot of fun using my Big Shot and my Cricut! I also used one of my favorite stamps sets by Gina K Designs, Heirloom Ornament Stamp set.
I stamped the image with Purely Pomegranate (Stampin' Up) ink and then embossed it with clear embossing powder. You can probably see the embossing a little better below.
It is a delicate card with all the swirls but I like it. The card base is cut out using Spellbinders Parisian Motifs. The white shiny snowflake is cut out using a Cricut cartridge called Winter Lace.
I added a little bling and a bow and it was done! This cute card is small enough that it could hang on a Christmas tree. I just might have to make one for each of my siblings this year! (but shhhh, it's a surprise! lol)
Thank you for stopping by! I appreciate every visit and comment. Have fun visiting the rest of the participants in the hop!
And don't forget to visit the link below to see MANY other crafters who are participating in World Card Making Day!
45 comments:
this is gorgeous...Happy World Card Making Day to you too...hope your weekend is awesome!
enjoy *~*
That is just beautiful, so delicate looking. I love the color combo also.
Thanks for the great idea on how to use those fancy swirly nesties! I would have NEVER thought to use one as a snowflake!
WOW! This card is Stunning!!! Simply Beautiful. ~Yvonne OneCreativeMomma.blogspot.com
Very pretty!
so that's what those die cuts can look like when someone knows what they are doing! how very delicate, and bling to boot! great card.
This card is so fun!
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Love the colors. Thank you for sharing :)
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Great idea to make a different shaped card. Thanks.
This is gorgeous! Wowzers! Love the lacy swirls!
Wow very effective great card !
Wow! What a gorgeous card. Love the intricate look of it.
Very beautiful and ornate - Love all the colors layered together.
Beautiful card. I see this hanging on a Christmas tree.
Thank you for your support of OWH.
Nancy this is a gorgeous card! I love how you got your bling on without using glitter, thanks for sharing your awesome creativity with us!
This card is gorgeous! I love the colors you picked!
What a beautifully delicate card with all the cut out areas. Thank you for sharing it.
what a beautiful card
Barb Housner
What a pretty, intricate card! I could easily see this getting hung on a tree for years after it's received. Thanks for joining in the hop and supporting Operation Write Home!
Fancy Crafty is right, Nancy - thats a gorgeous card! Thanks for sharing!
This card is elegant. From the picture really shows the depth in the red of the base card. Just lovely.
Wow! This is truely a beautiful creation! This will make sender and reciever really happy!
oooh I just love your card, so delicate and the colours are gorgeous, gonna case it
Love that you used that Spellbinders motif for the card base, makes for a very unique card. Bet this one is going to be VERY popular! Thanks for supporting OWH and all our Heroes.
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So elegant! So feminine and frilly. The center ornament is just perfect. I am so glad I visited your blog to see this special card
Love the card. So glad to hear the snowflake is from Winter Lace, as I have that Cart.
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Beautiful Card!!!
So beautifully intricate. Thanks for sharing your lovely design with us. I have a feeling this card will hang on someone's Christmas tree, it's so pretty!
Beautiful! :)
I adore this fabulous card! What a great idea to use as an ornament! The Gina K image really adds to this beauty. Thanks for your support of OWH!
WOW--gorgeous and I never would have come up[ with this on my own, so TFS!!
This is gorgeous. TFS.
Ooh! And aah! What an incredible, unique card!
Beautiful card - great combination of Spellbinders, Cricut and a stamped image! Plus I love the colors! Yum! Even though there are a lot of cutouts, I can still see a large area for someone to write on. (Isn't Gina K wonderful? I just found her on YouTube a few days ago.)
Wow simply WONDERFUL Card ... Congrats and Happy WCMD!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this card - my favorite so far, so unique, and I love heat embossed images, :)
Oh, that is awesome!
Thanks for sharing with OWH!
Wow!! What an amazing job you did creating this elegant card!
Simply gorgeous! Would make a great Any Hero card! TFS!!!
So So Pretty!! TFS
Gorgeous! Love it!
So gorgeous and elegant!
This is delicate- but so pretty!!! The troops will love getting this great card. Great OWH blog Hop!
gorgeous Nancy!!!
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What a beautiful, fancy shaped card! I would definitely hang that on my tree!!
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