Christmas Post Card

This week for my 'Faux Postage' challenge over on my challenge blog, the lovely and very generous Glenda from Chocolate Baroque gave the DT some Faux Postage templates and stamps to work with and is also giving some super stamp sets as the prize for the lucky winner.
So here is my card.... I stamped the  house from Glenda's Winter stamp set and coloured using Copics and added some icy sparkles.  I stamped the Postcard, First Class and the franked stamp from the Mail Art Set.....note the date on the franking mark.... I am soo ahead of myself here lol as it reads 21.12. 022...... post early for Christmas....
The template to create the stamped look works with acetate and a pre printed sheet... well worth getting if you like postage art.
The background is from Glenda's Artylicious Season's Greetings cd printed onto glossy card.  The sentiment is from the same set.  I added some polka dot ribbon stapled in silver and mounted onto my scalloped card.  I edged the card to match the colouring of the sky in the main image which I coloured dusted.
I hope you like the finished result and maybe you will join in this fab challenge.

Look carefully and you will see it is snowing

My challenge this week is to 'Stamp It' - but is also sponsored by ChiChi Memories who gave some digis to the DT.  The window is the image I chose.... printed out and coloured with Copics, then I added some snowfall acetate from HunkyDory to the inside and mounted it over the stamped image of the cottage by the green.  This stamp from a Sheena Douglass set.
Another Christmas card well on the way.
Pop over to my challenge blog and give the challenge this week a go and maybe you will win some lovely images from ChiChi.

Island Paradise

My challenge this week is 'Island Paradise'.  Now as most of you know I live partially on Bermuda so I am sure you expected Bermuda as my Island Paradise..... but no.....Hawaii is my Island of choice every time.
I have been many times and just love it there.... why could Geoff not have got himself a job there I ask myself ?    lol..... sorry must not sound ungrateful as Bermuda really is a lovely Island.

The background is an actual photograph of Malini Beach on the Big Island and was taken by the lovely Andrea Foulkes -  http://www.andreafoulkes.co.uk/ .
Andrea is a Past Life Regression Therapist and Soul Freedom Therapist and has appeared on British TV many times.  She is in Hawaii at the moment and has kindly given me permission to use her fabulous photo as a background for my card.
Hawaii is a very spiritual place hence the visit by Andrea.
Many thanks Andrea and lots of love, twinkles and rainbows to you.

So - I started with the background which is larger than A4, and added the Plumeria flowers (also known as  Frangipani to some) cut out and decoupaged over the beach.
Note the black sand on the beach as Hawaii is volcanic.
Plumeria is a flower seen everywhere on Hawaii and is the flower that Leis are made from.... mmmm  they smell divine.
I stamped my Hawaiian doll, from Limited Edition Stamps, coloured her with Promarkers and attached her arms and legs with silver brads to help them move.
I created the flowers at the top using an MCS template and added the Luau and Hawaiian Paradise which was created using my design Runner.  I edged the main white card with Victorian Velvet Distress inks and cut the fancy edges with my trimmer.

I do hope you like this little glimpse of Island life and a little education for those who did not know about the wonderful place that it is.
Please do go check out Andrea's website too for some interesting reading.