Sunday, March 01, 2020

Post Box

It is my turn over at the Christmas Card  Club so best not be late. I have chosen the theme of
Postbox/Mailbox. I have three cards to share.

My first card uses  a digi from Delicious Doodles called 'Jolly Holly Post box'.

I have coloured using my Graph'it and Promarker pens. Edged with both silver and gold gel pens. Once I had finished colouring I die cut using my spellbinders Romantic Rectangle.  The sentiment is by Studio Light from their Winter Memories stamp set which I heat embossed using Wow gold powder. I layered onto gold metallic cardstock and then a base card made with Dark Evergreen Cardstock.
Entering this card into the following challenges:
Ally's Angels #31 Anything goes.
Crafty Cardmakers # 251 Embossing dry/wet.
Polkadoodles Craft Challenge #week 9 Anything goes.
Jan's Digi Challenges #8 Anything goes.
Crafty Sentiments Designs #Anything goes.
Through The Craftroom Door # Anything goes.
Aud Sentiments #245 Anything goes.
Creative Moments #185 Anything goes.
Creative Knockouts #339 Diecuts/punches.
Colour Crazy #week 8 Anything goes.

The next two cards are recycling shop bought  christmas cards that I received last year and were much too useful to throw out.
On this one I have cut the card out using my Crafts-Too Square scalloped edge  PCD77. The sentiment was salvaged from the inside of a received card and die cut using an SU punch. Layered up with red cardstock to match the post box and then blue cardstock used to make the card base.

On this last card I have used  a die from Julie Hickey's 'Layers,Frames and Banners Square die cut set.' The used card has a beige background and I found some beige vellum cardstock that matched perfectly in my stash.  The sentiment is again  salvaged from the inside of a card and punched  out using my  SU labels punch. Finally mounted onto red cardstock for the base card.


I am off to see what the rest of the girls have come up with. Hope everyone is staying safe and warm in this awful weather. We nipped down to the village yesterday for food supplies and got caught in a hail storm.  Luckily it didn't last and by the time we got back home the sun was out but not for long though.



35 comments:

Aquarius said...

Great selection of post box cards and well done for the recycling

Jackie T said...

Hi Mrs A your Christmas cards are gorgeous. I do love seeing post boxes on Christmas card. Have a great day. Take care. Hugs Jackie

dutchess said...

Three great cards Mrs A....and some inventively used recycling...those images are much too lovely to Chuck away xxxxx

Sue - said...

Three great Christmas cards Mrs A. I especially like the beige one.

Sandra H said...

I don’t know what it is with post boxes but l just love to see them on Christmas cards always brings Christmas to my mind even none decorated ones you have created 3 stunners and the die used is gorgeous so effective too enjoy your day x

Margreet said...

Love your cards with the old-fashioned postboxes. The weather is very stormy here too.
xxx Margreet

Rita said...

Beautiful cards Valerie. Love all three of them. Hugs Rita xxx

terrie said...

Well done on all three cards and I also like the theme...What a great re-cycle use of those Christmas cards...thanks for sharing them.

shazsilverwolf said...

Hi Valery Anne, great theme this time around! And I actually had the perfect images, for a change,lol. Love your cards,we actually have one of those post boxes on a pole near us. That rectangle die is gorgeous. Hugs, Shaz X

cuilliesocks said...

Hi Valery, gorgeous cards, such lovely images and colours and a great piece of recycling too. Loved you challenge, thank you, Kate x

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

All three are so beautiful, great colouring and upcycling. Love the dies used, especially the firts one
Hugs

Linda Simpson said...

These are all so beautiful, loving them all.
Hugs
Linda xxx

gwen70 said...

Relly gorgeous cards, love them all xx

rachel said...

Brilliant cards Valery - and thanks for a great theme! Hugs Rachel xx

Elizabeth said...

Great theme and fabulous selection of cards, Valery. Lovely recycling too. x

Kathleen said...

Three super cards, lovely digi image and super colours and design. Two rally grear recycled cards with some lovely dies and sentiments.

Kath x

Glenda Atkins said...

Three wonderful Christmas cards! I love the card you shared with us at Crafty Cardmakers and I especially love the 'Romantic Rectangle' die-cut. Thanks for sharing with us at Crafty Cardmakers and I hope to see your work again.
hugs
Glenda


Liz said...

Three lovely postbox cards, Mrs A. Great recycling too. xx

Donna said...

Great choice for a theme and 3 beautiful cards, I like how you recycle the cards you get from people. Hugs.

Rainey's Craft Room said...

A superb set of cards for the theme this week Mrs A. I love the gold and silver edging on the first card it really makes the image pop.
Lorraine

scrappymo! said...

Three wonderful cards and they all look great!
Love that stamped image.
it is really pretty. Wish we had those postal boxes over here. Ours are huge modern metal boxes that hold smaller mail boxes for a number of people in the neighbourhood. Each person is assigned a key for their own small box.

brenda said...

A great selection of Post Boxes and especially like the first with the Holly.

B x

Felix the Crafty Cat said...

Gorgeous cards Valery. We had that hail yesterday for about four minutes then sun. Happy creative week. Hugs, Angela xXx

Hazel (Didos) said...

Your cards are all lovely, They are so festive. Its not been too bad weather wise her, Lots of rain but thankfully no flooding, Hazel xx

Diane said...

Three fabulous designs and framing.

Hugs Diane

Billie A said...

So pretty. I love your cards and designs. Thanks for sharing over at Colour Crazy challenge.

Mac Mable said...

What beautiful cards and the post boxes look fabulous in all three cards x. Let's hope the weather is settling down x.

Cinderella said...

Hello ,
What an awsome make this is I like it
Thank You for Joining us at Polkadoodle Craft Challenge
Good luck and I hope to see you back at Polkadoodles
Hugs and Creativity
Cinderella ( https://cinderellasdreamcardsblog.blogspot.com/)
Xx

Marjeta said...

Thanks for sharing with us at Creative Moments with your stunning creation.

Kym's Crafty Cards said...

Your Delicious Doodles postbox card is fantastic. A lot of work has gone into the colouring and edging with metallic pens (your other two cards are lovely as well). Thank you for taking part and best wishes in the draw. Kym (Colour Crazy Challenge Design Team Member).

Judy V said...

Fabulous creation! Thanks for joining us for Week 9 at Polkadoodles Craft Challenge!

Mariann Jakobsen said...

Three lovely cards. Thanks for playing with us at Ally's Angels. Good Luck!
DT-Mariann

crafty said...

A lovely set of Christmas cards. Thank you for joining in the embossing challenge at Crafty Cardmakers.
Mary

Dawn Frost said...

Love all your Christmas cards! Thanks for joining Colour Crazy challenges, good luck! Dawn Colour Crazy DT

Christine Harrop said...

Super cards ValeryAnne. Sorry for my very late appearance! Christine