Monday 19 November 2018

Christmas is on its way

On Friday I met my dear Mum in London for our annual Christmas trip to Harrods. We have been going every year for over 20 years. Over the years the Christmas department has changed and indeed shrunk but we still love to go. The windows always look spectacular




I'll share some more photos soon, and which ornament I added to my collection this year.

I'm sharing for my Monday DT make for Visible Image and as we are fast approaching the time to finish getting our Christmas cards made today's make is one using 3 sets from their fab Christmas collection. We have an "add some sparkle" challenge over on the Facebook page so I thought I would go to town with the sparkle today.

I used the smaller angel and the star from the angels  stamp set
together with the snowflakes from
and the peace sentiment and star from the peace, hope and love set 

I went for a relatively simple design on plain black card stock as I think these gorgeous images just speak for themselves. I used silver ink first to stamp the snowflakes. When dry I white embossed the stars. Afterwards I used some ultra sparkly WOW gold glitter embossing powder to really make the angel stand out.

I also white embossed the peace sentiment.
Here is my finished card




I would like to enter it into the following challenges;

CRAFT 1/3 Christmas
Cute card Thursday 1/3 stars
Simon says stamp Monday all that glitters is gold
Stamping sensations 1/3 Getting ready for Christmas
Christmas at sweet stampin 1/3 anything goes
Crafty Hazlenut's Christmas challenge 1/3 #412 anything goes
Sweet stampin 1/3 anything that shines
Fussy and fancy 1/3 anything goes
Crafty catz 1/3 anything goes
Artistic inspirations 1/3 anything goes
Winter wonderland what do you like to do at Christmas?....me, reflect on the year and hope that hope that the snow falls!

All the Visible Image links can be found here;

Visible Image group page on FacebookOur friendly Group is here ...it would be lovely to see you. You can add work to the new challenge album where one randomly chosen winner each month wins a £40 coupon to spend on the website.

The main Visible Image Facebook page is here; there are weekly stamp giveaways...open world wide.

And the shop web site is here; where all their gorgeous stamps and stencils can be purchased. 

Remember to add your "sparkle projects" to the FB album here The challenge
ends on 30  November. It will be great to see them all and you might even be the randomly selected winner of a £40 voucher to spend on the website...now that would be like Christmas coming early wouldn't it!

I hope that all your Christmas preparations are going to plan...there are only 36 days to go...are you ready 😂🎅😄?
Thanks for stopping by today and for the kind comments you take the time to leave me, especially at this very busy time of year.

Back soon

Bye for now,

Jane x

16 comments:

  1. Thank you for sharing your visit with mom. Brought back memories of when I was a child my mother and I would venture downtown Chicago , dress up fancy , take the train and enjoy all the Christmas sights and womdows of Marshall Fields . Long long time ago . . Enjoy and joy now

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  2. What beautiful window displays!! When I think of Harrods I always think of my lovely bauble that the security people at Heathrow broke!! :(
    Such a lovely card today Jane, with the perfect sentiment!
    Have a lovely week my dear, we have the decorator in this week ...I'm ready to run away already!!!
    V x

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  3. The window displays are so professional and I love that the Advent calendar is finally becoming popular. I grew up with it since my mom is German and loved the pictures each day I opened a door. The first calendars, for years, had no chocolate inside them. I love your angel card that is sparkly in gold and silver. I love angels and this is striking especially with the white

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  4. A beautiful card, love all the embossing and sparkle, thanks for joining us at Crafty Catz this week x

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  5. Ohh.. pretty sparkly card, Jane! I have to design my xmas card for this year. You're an inspiration. ((hugs)), Teresa :-)

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  6. Wow! Such a gorgeous card, fabulous stamping and embossing, the gold and silver looks so dramatic against the black background. Thanks for joining us at CASS this month
    Chris
    x

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  7. I fondly remember the Christmas windows in our department stores, too - so good to know that that tradition continues somewhere in the world! Thanks for sharing those pics, Jane. Your card is beautiful with that golden angel - thank you for sharing it with us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!

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  8. Such a fun Christmas card in pretty seasonal colours Jane, many thanks for joining in with our 'Get ready for Christmas' theme at Stamping Sensations challenge.

    B x

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  9. Lovely card, thanks for joining us at CRAFT Challenge this week and good luck!

    (Please use the new Inlinkz next time. You should no longer have any problems. Just log in using either Google or Facebook and you should be able to add your link no trouble.)

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  10. This is stunning. Thanks for joining us at CRAFT this week.
    Hugs Sheryl xx

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  11. A lovely card with a striking colour scheme

    Thanks for joining us at Stamping Sensations this month
    Joan

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  12. Stunning Jane -a great card for our Sparkle challenge at Sweet Stampin'. I loved reading about your trip to London with your mum - what a wonderful tradition - I so miss my dear mum at this time of year - your story brought a tear to my eye.

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  13. Wow what an amazing effect and card, how very creative Jane. Thanks for joining us at Fussy & Fancy Friday this time
    Andrea x

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  14. what a great card. embossing her in gold was a great idea! Thank you for joining us at Sweet Stampin' this week. Sammy-x

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  15. Beautiful card Jane. Love all the sparkle.
    Thanks so much for joining us at Winter Wonderland. Hope to see you again soon,
    Lou DT xo

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  16. Well done. Thank you for sharing with us at the C.R.A.F.T. Challenge. - Myrna DT

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