' ' ' 'Crafty Endeavours: Christmas in September

Sunday 18 September 2016

Christmas in September

I have often seen challenges having a Christmas in July/summer theme and, with half of the world in winter in July, it does make some kind of sense... That's Crafty  are having a Christmas in September theme and this is a new one for me, so, as usual, I am being very literal and adding Autumn colours to a Christmas make!

In any case, I am so bored with red & green, why not these gorgeous shades of oranges?
Plus it happens to be one of the colour schemes for the Rubber Dance challenge (October 2015), who are celebrating their 2 years anniversary. I couldn't let that pass without entering, as I have entered that very first challenge and even made DT pick of the month ( if you missed it it's here).


To make this scene, I first stamped my snowman and masked him before overstamping with a medium sized leaf cluster and adding the sentiment. All stamps are from (Rubber Dance) and for inks I used a Kaleidacolour inkpad in Autumn Leaves.

I created a sun impression with a stencil made with the Twirly Circle die from Memory Box die and added a bit of texture stencilling through a Piestra tile die-cut (also Memory Box). A little bit of Distress Ink grounds my snowman on a small hill.

And in truth... I quite like my Christmas make in these colours! t me know what you think!

Also entering the SSS Wednesday, Memory Box, Uniko Studio, and Fashionable Stamping  challenges.

16 comments:

  1. Awesome, Ms C! I love your choice of colours for this Christmas card. Thank you so much for using my stamps. It has got to be the first time I've seen Mr Frosty combined with leaves :) But why not? It's gorgeous!! Thanks for entering our challenge at Rubber Dance this month - as per usual! ♥
    I remember your first entry two years ago (abs fab!)

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  2. Super creation Christine, all the elements from the seasons have been so cleverly combined.

    B x

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  3. Bounced right back Christine, soon as I navigated away I realised I forgot to thank you for joining us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges.

    B x

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  4. This is just awe inspiring Christine and why not have Mr Snowman bouncing away happy and jolly in the Autumn sunshine.

    A very creative and imaginative card.

    Warm crafty hugs from Shirl x x x
    ShirlsCards.

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  5. I am back again also with a thank you from FSC.

    The whole card made me smile and squeal with delight when I saw it.

    Thank you for sharing with us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges.

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  6. Such a fun card & very creative use Autumn colours with a Christmas theme. Thanks so much for the inspiration and joining in on the Uniko Challenge. Hugs Bev x

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  7. A Jolly card with beautiful stamping

    Love Chrissie xx

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  8. Wowww, this is beautiful and a very good idea. GREAT!
    Thank you for sharing with us at FSC.
    Greetings Carola

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  9. This is a really gorgeous card, loving the colour choice and your stamping is just fab.
    Thanks so much for joining in at That's Crafty! this time.
    Fliss TC DT xx

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  10. Gorgeous card! The colours and stamps are lovely.
    Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
    Mandy xx

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  11. How unusual - love the warmth of the autumnal colours with the very cheerful fun snowman! X

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  12. J'adore véritablement cette carte encore une fois, un vrai coup de génie ces couleurs d'automne sur ce bonhomme de neige... Un vrai coup de coeur!!! En plus elle est parfaite, du coup je viens de la mettre sur mon board d'inspiration sous Pinterest, j'espère que tu apprécieras :)
    Bisous (et je voulais vraiment participer au challenge de Rubber Dance ce mois-ci.. avec une réa qui trône au dessus de ma tête ! Mais en aurai-je le temps ??...)

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  13. Actually this is lots of fun! I do like the gorgeous autumnal colours! So glad you snow guy is enjoying himself! Thanks so much for playing along with Uniko this month! Deborah, DT.

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  14. What a fun and jolly card. Love it. Hugz

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  15. Thanks for joining the Rubber Dance challenge. Hugz

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  16. Cool idea. Thank you for joining us over at Rubber Dance this month. xx Susanne.

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