Monday 1 August 2016

A shaped Christmas Card at Sparkles Christmas

It's the start of a new month, and that means a new challenge at Sparkles Christmas. This month we would like to see a SHAPED card - and no, square isn't a shape, at least not for the purposes of this challenge!

The prize for this month is being donated by our sponsor, Marianne Dies


Having said that square isn't a shape, my card LOOKS square when it comes out of the envelope:


But then it springs into life......


.... as a diamond fold card.


It's a surprisingly easy card to make, using a Hougie board and a 4" x 12" piece of card,  and a great way to use tiny scraps and snippets. The background paper is left over from an old magazine freebie pad and the main image stamped with a cute Woodware robin from a set I won in the Snippets Playground.

I'm sharing this with

Mod Squad - Christmas in July
Sweet Stampin - Christmas in July
Christmas Card Challenges - Anything Goes  
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
Fab n Funky - Christmas   

10 comments:

Barb said...

I love this Jane. The robin is incredibly sweet and I love the shape. Barbxx

Di said...

Adorable card Jane! And it's great to see you using the robin stamp set - so cute! Must see if I can join in this month - watch this space!

Hugs

Di xx

Kathy Krug said...

What a cute fancy fold card. Thanks for sharing it with us at Mod Squad Challenge Blog Christmas in July Challenge.
Kathy
MSC DT

Wendy Nicola Jackson said...

Ooh I LOVE those papers, what a great match for that wee Robin too. Must fish mine out again. Lovely card design. Thanks for joining in our 'Christmas in July' challenge at Sweet Stampin'. Love what you did for it. Come and play along again soon. Hugs, Wends xoxo

Debbie said...

Beautiful card! That's a cute image and I love this fold! (Going to have to go find a tutorial!)
Thanks for playing along this week at Christmas Card Challenges!!
Debbie (CCC DT)
Debbie's Dash of This and That

scrappymo! said...

An adorable bird on your gorgeous fancy folded card!

Debbie said...

Loving this shaped card Hun, So cute too. Hope you're ok. Hugs X X X X

Cara said...

A fab card, love that robin he's so cute. Cara x

JANINE QUINN MIDDLESBROUGH, UK said...

Such a sweet Christmas card. I love the gorgeous little robin stamp, it's so cute.

Thank you for sharing your card and joining in with the fun at Sweet Stampin’ this week and good luck. Hugs Janine xx

Hazel said...

Thanks for entering your lovely crafting for CHNC challenge 292 – you could also enter this into my CHNC challenge extra for August - I'd love to see it there too x