Monday 23 November 2015

Letter to Santa


Brrr what a cold day yesterday, couldn't believe we woke up to snow. We stayed in all day, nice and cosy. I sorted out  our Christmas card list, out in inserts and got them all written. I only have 4 more left to make for us to send but I do have some orders and more stock to make as well. I am always organised for Christmas but normally I have far more than 4 cards to make for us. I shall make a few more though as we always seem to get some we hadn't expected.

So onto my card. As soon as I saw this cute new image from Pink Gem I just had to get it and print it off. I used the pre coloured version but you also get the digi to colour. 
Image - Post Box Mice
Papers - Dovecraft North Pole
Ribbon - Crafty Ribbons
Dies - Joanna Sheen postbox, MFT pierced rectangles
Other - card candi, pearl pen, Stickles

Challenges
Simon Says Christmas 
Creative Inspirations festive fun
Papertake let it snow
Send a smile 4 kids anything goes 4 kids
Di's Digis cute and cuddly
The Craft Barn snowflakes
  Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 great sketch which I rotated


I am so pleased with my new camera. The screen swivels out enabling me to take much straighter pictures which means I hardly have to straighten them in Photoshop. I do feel the pictiures are better quality too. There will still be some popping up on my blog which were taken with the old camera for a while as I have several cards not blogged yet which I hold in reserve.

32 comments:

misteejay said...

Such a cute image Marianne and a lovely card.
Well done on getting so many of your cards done & sorted.
Toni xx

julie_woolston said...

Beautiful card Marianne, well done getting all your cards completed,
Hugs Julie xxx

Fikreta said...

super cute card
very cute image and great colors
have a nice day
>^.^<

aussie aNNie said...

Absolutely beautiful creation, the colours are stunning.xx { aNNie}

Christine Dol said...

Oh Marianne, what a great way to spend a cold chilly day! Making cards. This card is adorable. LOVE the postage stamp on the side! Wonderful Christmas card!

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

This image is very cute!!!! Adorable card, with these mouses and the lovely papers!
Your photo is perfect! :)

cuilliesocks said...

So Sweet Marianne, love the image and that pillar box die is fab, Kate x

Virginia L. said...

What a cute scene! Love your layering and attentions to details! Thanks so much for playing Simon Says Stamp Wednesday “Christmas” Challenge

brenda said...

A lovely card to kick start the week Marianne.

B x

Linda Simpson said...

Adorable card and such a cute topper.
Hugs
Linda xxx

Chrissy said...

Adorable image Marianne..love the post box die, gorgeous card.

luv CHRISSYxx

Sandra H said...

Oooh so adorable is your card l just love it x

meg said...

Great card love the image and papers

Céline said...

fab card
thanks for playing with us at di's digi
hugs
céline

pinky said...

Very cute image Marianne, and those papers are so rich and beautiful.

Lorraine said...

A gorgeous card Marianne, love the cute image and pretty papers
Lorraine x

cotnob said...

A fabulous Christmas card Marianne, such a cute image.
Pauline
x

rachel said...

aw Marianne - this is super - perfect xx

Carol S. said...

Adorable image and a gorgous card. Love the letter box die. Hugs, Carol S.xx

Unknown said...

Fab card,love the post box, Debbs xx

Tinka's paper wonderlland said...

Great pattern paper, cute image and I love the envelope letter.
♥Hugs Valentina♥

chanya13 said...

What a lovely card. Thank you for joining us at Creative Inspirations :)
Have a beautiful day! Agnieszka

coops said...

So gorgeous Marianne.I love your fab papers and layers and the image is so cute ;D

xx coops xx

anne said...

This is such a gorgeous card, I love your bright and happy colours, thank you for playing along with us this week.
Anne SSW2-DT

Wendy Nicola Jackson said...

Oh my goodness, that is super cute! Love the little postbox die and those sweet wee mice with their mail. Fabulous card. Hugs, Wends x

Kathie said...

Marianne this is such a lovely card, I do love your cute image this week and this image works perfectly with our sketch. Great card and thanks so much for joining us this week over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and good luck.
Hugs
Kathie SSW2~DT

CraftyNatalie said...

Thanks for joining in at Creative Inspirations this week, great card.
CraftyNatalie - DT

Kat W said...

A fabulously festive design and lovely to see it entered in our challenge at Creative Inspirations too!
I am not surprised to hear how far ahead you are with your Christmas cards...you are one organised lady!
The snow you had was more surprising...we haven't had any but it has been very cold.
My camera has a flip screen too...but I still manage to get wonky photos if the card is standing up rather than lying flat! Thanks goodness for photo editing software!
Big hugs, Kat xx

Jane said...

Such a cute image, lovely card!! Thank you for entering The Craft Barn Challenge.
Jane x

Unknown said...

Just had to buy that image, Marianne, a gorgeous card hun, hugs xxx

buterfliecrafter said...

I love the added letter, nice detail.Vicky

Craftdee said...

This is gorgeous!!
Thanks for sharing your lovely card in the Cute and Cuddly challenge at Di's Digis Challenge Hope to see you in our next challenge too a>Donna ☺