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Friday, April 10, 2015

Merry Monday ~ Angel



It seems I have a limited amount of angel stamps...I chose the Paper Smooches set called:  A Blessed Christmas.
I actually made three cards...here is the one I am submitting to The Merry Monday Angel Challenge 
and it is actually the third card I made!

I first found a sketch and thought that would be fun and I could use some of my coveted pattern paper:
 And although this is nice, I really do like a more clean and simple look to my cards (how am I ever going to use all my wonderful designer paper??)
Then I made this card:
when I laid it out I knew it needed something in the corners, so I tried a few different things and settled on some holly sprigs...still not quite what I was looking for...so then I thought of stars...YES!!  that is so heavenly, why didn't I think of that first?

 
stamps:  Paper Smooches: A Blessed Christmas, and stars are from Mama Elephant: Make a Wish, the holly is from PTI Tinsel & Tags Sprigs
gold thread
die:  MFT stitched square mat
paper:  MME: A Merry Little Christmas
Have a great weekend friends!

18 comments:

KimCreate said...

Oh what a cute bunch of cards! I love that PS angel stamp.

Di said...

Oh Colleen, this is so lovely - plus all the others you made too. Please feel free to come and play with us in the Snippets Playground, we have only one rule - you need to use up a scrap or two (aka snippets!) - and just have fun.

Hugs

Di xx

Marcia Hill said...

All 3 are great Colleen, but I LOVE the first one!! CAS and just perfect! I think I may have to CASE you on this one if you don't mind? :0)

Susan Lankford said...

All three cards are lovely!

Greta said...

Sweet angel & lovely cards, but the first one is my favorite! Great idea using the stars!

anja curvers said...

Awesome cards my sweet friend can tou imagine that in my huge amount of stamps I only have two angel stamps?

Susan Powell said...

These are great cards! - I love the one with the stars in the background.

Linda said...

All three are great, but I agree with you, the first one takes the prize.

Natalie said...

Sweet cards! Love that set and I think the first one is my favorite also!

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

What a darling angel image, Colleen, and I love what you did with her! Both versions look great but I especially love all the stars! Spotted your card over on Merry Monday....

Bonnie said...

Thanks for sharing your journey in making this card! All are pretty, but the stars are the perfect touch! Thanks, Colleen, for sharing with us at Merry Monday!

Notes by Nina said...

Adorable, I love the clean layout. Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday this week.

Marybeth said...

Look at you three adorable cards! Love the one with the stars! Congrats on your win! Darling angels,Colleen!

Marcia Hill said...

Just had to stop by and congratulate you on your win with this card...you definitely deserved it!! :0)

Greta said...

Congrats on your MM win, Colleen!

Maria said...

Beautiful cards using the adorable angel stamp! Huge congrats on your win...well deserved!:-)

Bonnie said...

Hi Colleen, We loved your little angel and you are our Merry Monday winner. If you would like to be our guest designer next week, let me know at bonklass(at)gmail(dot)com and I'll send you the info.

Monika Reeck said...

Three of wonderfull cards..I prefer your CAS card..the first one is adorable on all element here the star made the design complete...luv it much ..
Hugs
Monika