Wednesday 28 November 2018

Shopping for Christmas

I finally have some time to go Christmas shopping. Today I will be going with my Hb and tomorrow with my best friend Karen. Hopefully I will be able to get most of my pressies which I need to "browse" for. Although I love the convenience of on line shopping, when I need some inspiration I still need to go to some physical shops. Do you?

Yesterday was my silversmithing class and I noticed that the shopping centre has all its Christmas decorations and lights up. Actually I quite liked these ones.

Nothing like a touch of sparkling snow is there?
My card today is a snowflake Christmas card. My latest for sale at Dotty's in the High Street.

Here is the snowflake in close up, one layer of the snowflake I triple gold embossed which gives a lovely texture. The background has been embossed with a snowflake folder. The largest snowflake is Memory Box and the others are Tim Holtz. The stamped sentiment is an ancient one from my stash. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges.

Simon says Wednesday baby it's cold outside
As you like it 2/3 do you prefer digi or rubber stamps? me most definitely rubber. Sentiment stamps like the one I used in this card are so useful.
Crimbo Crackers 2/3 anything goes
Sweet stampin' 2/3 whatever the weather
Crafty Halzelnut's Christmas 2/3 #413
Allsorts 3/3 inspired by a song mine is "Let it snow" by Dean Marin, another of my all time Christmas faves.
Addicted to stamps 2/3 anything goes
Cute Card Thursday 1/3 festive colours
CRAFT challenge 1/2 make your own embellishments
Try it on Tuesday 1/3 winter wonderland

I hope you are able to start your shopping soon...or are you already done 😆

Thanks for stopping by today,

Back soon,

Bye for  now,

Jane x

16 comments:

  1. Good for you to get out shopping early and get it done. I haven't bought one thing, I'm kind of bad about putting it off. But I'll get to it. LOVE the card, it's a beauty!! ((hugs)), Teresa :-)

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  2. Lovely card Jane...but there is something about red and white at Christmas...seasonal and so crisp and fresh. Shopping nearly all done here, but then we don't have a lot to buy...and hubby is the hardest of all!! Hope you enjoy your shopping! xx

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  3. Beautiful, Jane, love all the pretty layers on your snowflake, and the red background makes everything pop! Thank you for joining us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!

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  4. Beautiful card! I too love those Christmas decorations and pottering around the shops looking for stocking fillers, the main gifts I tend to buy to online though.
    Many thanks for joining us at Cute Card Thursday this week!
    Debxx

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  5. Pretty card!! :)
    I've done quite a bit of online shopping, especially for the little ones, still not finished though, story of my life at the moment, nothing is finished!!
    Enjoy your day out,
    V x

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  6. A lovely snowflake. Your shopping centre looks very festive, even if it isn't even yet November! Hope you enjoy your Christmas shopping.

    Thanks for joining us at TIOT this week.

    Cath x

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  7. I do almost all of my shopping at the stores and very rarely, online. The Christmas tree and reindeer are elegant looking and much nicer than many i have seen. I love your card with the ingenious way of using the snowflakes to make one big one.

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  8. Lovely EF and a super set of snowflake dies, lovely card. Thank you for joining our 'Inspired by a song' challenge at Allsorts.

    Kath x

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  9. Thank you for sharing your lovely snowflake card with us at Try it on Tuesdays.
    Yvonne

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  10. Very elegant finish, thank you for playing along with us at Allsorts this week.

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  11. So beautiful! Thank you for sharing this great card with us at TioT's.
    oxo Susi

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  12. Gorgeous card Jane, I’m sure it won’t stay on the shelf for long and the festive decorations look lovely. Such a fabulous time of the year xxx

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  13. Great card love the colours. Thank you for sharing it with us at As You Like It, Jayne x

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  14. Fabulous card. Thanks for playing along with us at Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge.

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  15. Beautiful snowflake card, Thank you for sharing over at Try it on Tuesday!
    Tracey x

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  16. Beautiful Project. Thank you for joining us at Addicted to Stamps for our ribbon challenge
    Julie T

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