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Welcome to Sandra's Blog my escape is card making l took it up in 2007 after l retired from the Civil Service l am recently Widowed have 3 children all grown up and flown the nest Five grand children Tayla, Nathan, Poppy, Mila & Rio they keep me on my toes l adore then but it's always nice when they go home....lol l like making my own cards and enjoy the challenges it provides Sandra H xxx

Monday 25 August 2014

St Rudolphs Day

Good Morning to you all 
And thank you for popping by
Well it's 25th July and that means only one thing in blog land
Yes it's Sarns St Rudolphs Day takes place on the 25th of each month 
The challenge is to make not one but two or more christmas creations 
And here is what l came up



 Items used 
White gate fold card
Backing papers Flair designs Holiday words/Wild Rose studio
Red/Green/White card stock
Adorable pre-coloured images from Lotv Mini Masterpieces
Spellbinders/Crafts-too/Memory Box Dies/ Marianne Corner die/Border Punch
Peel offs/Gems/Christmas Ribbon/Sentiment from stash
Papers where mainly off cuts and these cards are just the right size to use them
Challenges 
Snippets..pixies-snippets-playground-week-139.
St Rudolphs Day...rudolph-day-august-2014.
Craftyhazelnuts...craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-august.
Craftyhazelnuts...chnc-challenge-extra-for-august-2014.
Craftyhazelnuts...chnc-challenge-191-merry-and-bright.
Completely-Christmas challenge...completely-christmas-challenge-26.
Christmas in August...ideastoinspire.challenge
Thank you l hope you have a lovely day 
Sandra H xxx

36 comments:

Carol said...

These are gorgeous Sandra, love the images and striking papers you've used. Carol x

Gram's Treasures said...

Simply adorable! So nice and bright...perfect for the season.
Joyce xx

Shell Shearer Swinscoe said...

Fabulous creations hun, love the images & added details!
Hugs shell xx

Catherine said...

Your cards are soooo adorable Sandra ! Love the shape and the images are too cute ! Hugs, blessings and love from Catherine

aussie aNNie said...

Brilliant cards Sandra, full of Christmas cheer , love the images and colours are gorgeous.xx
♥aNNie
The Journey is the Start

Stamps and Paper said...

Lovely cards Sandra great images and colours..your Christmas card pike must be growing nicely

Anne

Jane said...

Lovely Christmas cards! I really must get a start on mine.....I say that every year and end up last minute! X

Dawn said...

Two brilliant cards Sandra, I love the traditional clours!
Hugs
Dawn xx

mamapez5 said...

The LOTV images are so lovely, and you have made two beautiful cards with them. Kate x

Kathleen said...

Two fabulous cards, super sweet images and great style of card, brilliant Sandra.

Kath x

Julie said...

These two are fab - I love those LOTV images!!

Hugs

Julie

Heather said...

These are super cute! LOTV images are so adorable and you have used them so well. Fun little gate fold cards. Thanks for playing with CHNCC2.

debby4000 said...

Such a fabulous Christmas cards, adorable images.
luv
Debby

Lynn (delphinoid) said...

Gorgeous Cards Sandra!

I love them both. LOTV images are always so sweet and of course these ones are no different.

Happy Crafting!!! :) X X

Crafty Judith said...

hi hun really fabulous Christmas Cards freat job and thank you so much for linking up with month at Fantastic Tuesday - hope to see u back soon hugs Judith DT x

NGCARDS said...

These look fantastic hun, whoever receives them will be very lucky :) xxx

Jean said...

I love these LOTV images and you have made two lovely cards with them.
Jean x

Sue said...

Sandra, your Christmas cards are both lovely. The adorable images are delightful, and someone is going to be so excited to open these.

Hugs
Sue

Di said...

Two super cards Sandra! LOTV are always so wonderful to use as a basis - and I neeeed to try more fancy folds for my cards :)

Hugs, Di xx

Mary said...

Two beauties....Sandra, I can't pick my favorite because they are both so pretty. I love center fold cards. Happy Crafting!

Maarit at Violets Corner said...

You'll have gorgeous cards for Christmas, love the designs and the images.

Warm hugs
Maarit

Twinks Stamping said...

Two lovely bright and cute cards. xxx

Karen said...

Sandra, these are just delightful! The images are precious and I simply adore your card designs. So festive, whimsical, and filled with so much Christmas beauty! Gorgeous work as always, my friend!

Hugs and blessings,
Karen

downrightcrafty said...

beautiful and love the design
hugs Kate xx

Anne said...

These are both lovely Sandra, don't see many gatefold cards lately.

Thanks for entering our 'Christmas in August' challenge - good luck!

Anne x

Hazel said...

Thanks for entering our Completely Christmas challenge 26 and all of my Craftyhazelnut's challenges with your lovely crafting - hope to see you again soon. x

Sarn said...

Hi Sandra

I'm playing catch up after returning from holiday - hence the late comment!

These are two simply gorgeous LOTV gatefold cards.

Thanks for joining in with Rudolph Day.

Hugs, Sarn xxx

Debbie said...

wow your 2 christmas cards are gorgeous dearie.Really cute.Love the papers and the dies you've used.Nice to see a gatefold card too.Big hugs dear friend.xx

martina's kaartjes said...

lovely christmas cards ! great images ! lovely done, thanks for sharing,
greetings from martina
x

Debbie said...

Lovely Christmas cards Sandra....great LOTV images. x

pinky said...

Oh wow Sandra this are so so cute!!

Julieanne..aka pinkjools said...

Gorgeous christmas cards...Julieannex

Blankina said...

Hi Sandra, great Xmas cards, love the gatefold shape cards with the sweet LOTV toppers.
Thanks for all your sweet comments on my blog, you never miss a card!
Hugs Blankina

Teresa said...

Hello Sandra, I love your gorgeous Christmas cards they are all so beautiful. I'm hoping we still have some summer left too :)
Thank you for stopping by my blog today.
hugs Teresa xx

Mrs A. said...

Gorgeous gatefold cards. Cute images and lovely embellishments. Hugs Mrs A.

Unknown said...

Sandra these are GORGEOUS!!!!! WOW!!!! I love what you have done with these beautiful creationsxxxx