Friday, December 25, 2009

Thank You

Hello and a warm welcome to my blog. For those who celebrate Christmas today my family and i wish you a very Merry Christmas! I would like to offer each and every one of you my heartfelt wishes for a very beautiful day. May your Christmas be warm and bright! Thank you for the support that you show me and the inspiration that you give me!
If you came here from the Friday Sketcher blog then you are on track with our Christmas blog hop, if not start here at the beginning!

I would like to show you the card I have made for the Friday Sketcher Christmas blog hop and also offer a little Christmas blog candy! Just leave a comment on this post for a chance to win.



Each DT member has posted their sample card on their blogs and we each have a little gift of our own to give away! Just follow the hop and leave a comment on each DT member's blog for a chance to win their prize.
You can also win a prize from our sponsor this week: Stamp Shoppe Creations just post your card using the sketch as usually over at the Friday Sketcher blog

All winners will be announced on the FS blog on January 8th! Your next stop on the hop is my friend Jeanette!
Merry Christmas Everyone!

last but not least :-) the candy iam able to give away...
Diana Crick from Magnolia-licous is sponsoring my blog with some candy for one of you.
You can pick 1 Magnolia stamp of of your personal choice (Free Shipping of course). Just add your name with Mr. Linky to this posting. I will pick the winner of my personal blog candy next week Friday and let you know on Saturday.
Thank you all and Merry Christmas!

144 comments:

Terry@ a quilting blog said...

Love your card!!! The pom pom embellishment is so cute and the colors are great!!! TFS

Happy Holidays!
Terry

Come visit my blog at:
http://iluvmybugs.blogspot.com

Shelly said...

Merry Christmas to you and your family!

What a sweet card! I LOVE your coloring and the layout is so fun...those papers and embellies are fabulous with it!

Joynana said...

I just left the Friday Sketchers blog and you were the next stop. Your card is great I love the pom poms. Can't wait to start my own card for the challenge. Merry Christmas.

dolcreations said...

Have a wonderful Christmas and a Fantastic New Year!
Thank-you for all the inspiration that have given me this year and I look so forward to the new year!

Christine

Kreatives von Andrea said...

Hallo Claudia!

At first: I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new Year.

Your card is wonderful.

I just left the Friday Sketchers blog and you were the next stop.
It is my first Blog-Hop,I hope i do everything right. And now i go to Jeanette!

Love from Andrea from Germany

Sorry for my bad english

Cards By MI said...

Wonderful colours in your card as always. They are always a joy to see.
X Marie

Becky said...

What a gorgeous card, love the colors.

Davi said...

Wow love your take on the sketch. Looks as if she is coming out of an ice cave..how cool!! GReat embellishments also!

Larisa said...

So beautiful card!!! I like the colours a lot. It is cold coloured but it looks so bright!!

Norma said...

Dear Claudia, hope you're having a marvelous Christmas and enjoying the holiday season.
Another fabulous card and loving the monochromatic look in blue. Gorgeous DP's and those pompoms are so cute.

Hugs.
Norma

Winxy Escapes said...

Merry Christmas Claudia! Awesome as usual! stunning artwork!

HUGS!!


Shawn

anni said...

Another beautiful card! Love the colors you used! Thanks for the chance to win! Merry Christmas!

Tracey said...

Claudia, this card is just gorgeous! I love it!! Happy holidays to you!! xx

Melissa Craig said...

This is a beautiful card! I'm hopping first and then I'll create my own card.

Thank you for the inspiration!

Kim said...

Beautiful card Claudia! I love the winterness of it! Beautiful work! Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and may you be blessed with a wonderful day!
Hugs~ Kim

Debby said...

Gorgeous card !!Love the pom poms,lol
Merry Christmas!! and thanks for a chance to win.

a Seeker of the TRUTH said...

I love the image and the colours you have used. The shading is brilliant too!

Moni said...

Stunning as always. Great take on the sketch! Hugs,moni

Zetti said...

I love the colouring and the border ist great.
Zetti:-)

Gisèle said...

Lovely card! Merry Christmas!

Ελευθερία said...

love the colours and the pon pon lace!!! just addorable!!!

Merry Christmas, hugs from Greece!!!

Nancy said...

Hi Claudia,
Hope you are having a great day with your family. Hope Santa was able to bring the boys everything that they had wished for!
Love your card it is fabulous as always. I love how you have colored Tilda.
Thanks for a chance to win some sweet candy!
Hugs,
Nancy

Rhonda said...

Love the Tilda! Merry Christmas

Ingrid said...

Thanks for the blogcandy!
Happy December days!
Ingrid

Marina said...

This is a really lovely sketch and card. I am going to try this sketch myself...

Jacqueline (Sjakkie) said...

What a lovely and wonderful card Claudia. Great colours and details.
Hugs Jacqueline

Martha said...

Love this "skiing Tilda"! Your coloring and DP/embellishment choices are really perfectly coordinated. Be blessed!

Unknown said...

Totally awesome! Merry Christmas!

Vivi Casale said...

wow, your card is gorgeous! I love it!
xoxo
Vivi

Riet said...

Ohhh wowww Claudia,what a beautiful card,i love your image and colours.
So gorgeous papers and details.

Merry Christmas.
Hugs Riet.xx

Marja Sch said...

What a lovely card have you made with this sketch. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Hugs Marja

Anonymous said...

This is gorgeous! I love the pom-pom trim and cool winter colors.
Hugs,
April

Stampin Mindy said...

Beautiful Card Claudia! Merry Christmas!

Cassie_lu said...

Merry Christmas to you and what a fab card you created.

Katinka said...

Fantastic card ,love the stamp and colors ! Merry Christmas XxX

Hugs,
Katinka

Marion said...

Another stunning card Claudia. Have a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year
Marion

Meretekj said...

This is a wonderful wintercard.
Merry christmas and a happy new year.

Jovita AKA Tia Goofy said...

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. GOD BLESS

Carolyn said...

What a beautiful card Claudia. I love the colors. Hope you had a fantastic Christmas.
Hugs xx
Carolyn

BA said...

what a wonderful card claudia. love the colours and the embellishments.
xoxo BA

Sandie said...

Beautiful card Claudia. The colours are fabulous!!

Have a wonderful Christmas :)

Debbie said...

I just stopped in to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas.. and what do I see, a chance to win a very generous Christmas gift that I didn't expect to see. So Thank you in advance.

Candy said...

Merry Christmas, Claudia!
You have made a beautiful card. Love the pom pom trim and the blue colours. Love the sketch you made as well.
Hope you and your family are having a wonderful day -
Hugs, Candy

Alyssa S said...

Cute card! Love the curved pom pom trim!

Julie said...

Your card is darling. I love the the way flipping the sketch turned out.

Merry Christmas!

Linda Carson said...

Fabulous & creative artwork....as usual!! Merry Christmas!

Barb Hardeman said...

Beautiful card Claudia...the pom pom's look like little snow balls and so fitting for your dear image so beautifully colored.

HazelQ said...

Gorgeus card Claudia, I love the colors and the snowflakes. What paper did you use? They look nice :)
Hugs
Hazel

SCRAPCRAZY said...

what a Beautiful card!1 Love the coloring;D
Merry Christmas
Hugs, Gina Marie

Mary said...

Gorgeous card! Merry Christmas!!!

hugs
Mary

Kelly Schelske said...

Beautiful, beautiful, love the colors Claudia!

Patti Jo said...

Gorgeous colors and coloring! What fun embellishments and I like your take on the sketch!

cabio's craft corner said...

Nice take on of the sketch. You know that I love Magnolia for sure. Thanks Claudia for the sweet candy :o)
Hugs,
Cabio

Margreet said...

fab card you made with the sketch...wonderful colouring....Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
xxx Margreet

slbt17 said...

what a cute card!
Sandra

heidy said...

What A sweety
Heidy

Anonymous said...

Great Card :)
Merry Christmas :)
Thanks for this Candy :)

Marjolijne said...

So sweet, love this card! Also the candy is awesome!
Have a nice Christmas.

AndreaM said...

Wow - you card is so beautiful! The colours, the papers, everything! I wish you a merry christmas!

Hugs,
AndreaM

Helene said...

Love this card, Tilda is so cute...
And your papers are beautiful.
I wish you a merry Christmas

Hugs
Xxx

Bribrie said...

C'est beau comme tout en bleu ainsi et ces pompoms... mimi ! Bravooo

Sammi said...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
this card is GORGEOUS!!! xxx

Anonymous said...

beautiful card!
merry christmas and new year!

Jilli said...

Such a gorgeous card, beautiful colours and an adorable image. Jillix

Sylvia Blum said...

Ohhhh.... stunning christmas card, Claudia!
Ich hoffe Du und Deine Lieben hatten und haben noch schöne Weihnachtsfeiertage!
Vielen Dank für die Chance einen Magnolia Stempel zu gewinnen (ich liebe diese Stempelchen ja sehr)
Liebe Grüße
Sylvia

lou said...

Such a gorgeous card, love the colour combination

Happy Christmas

Louise xx

Monique said...

Your card is lovely Claudia !!

Hugs Monique

Kimba-Slydog said...

Was für eine wunderschöne Karte Claudia!!!

Ich wünsche dir und deiner Familie auch ein wunderschönes Weihnachtsfest und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr.

Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland,

Nicole

Brodders said...

Wonderful card as always. All the best for the New Year xx

Diane said...

Another work of art!
Happy Christmas Claudia to you and your family.
Hugs n stuff
-x-

kat said...

Love your darling card; thanks for reminding me to use my SU round sentiments! Happy Holidays and thanks, too, for the blog candy!

craftyb said...

Merry christmas Claudia, and a very happy peaceful new year! Thanks for all your wonderful inspiration in 2009 and here's to 2010! bx

Saundra said...

Merry Christmas! Your card is so cute. I Love Tilda!

~Saundra

Judi said...

What a lovely card - I love the colours you've used, and your colouring on the stamped image is superb!

Judi xx

Unknown said...

Merry Christmas! Your card is lovely!
hugs,
Gini

Mira said...

This is just gorgeous :)

Beth R said...

Happy Holidays....another beautiful card , thanks for sharing

Elena Litvinova said...

Thank you for the opportunity, very nice!Merry Christmas!

Danielle said...

Such a beautiful card Claudia and your sketch is just fabulous! Hope you enjoyed a beautiful Christmas Day with your family!
Hugs, Danielle

Whimcees said...

I love the color combination that you used! I hope that you had a nice holiday with your family!

Barbara Diane

Denise Trottier said...

She is so adorable, the colors are fantastic, Claudia, keep on surprising us...
Denise Trottier

Stacie (craft-princess) said...

Your card is gorgeous! Thanks for a chance to win some candy!
-Stacie

Gina said...

I love your card. That bobbly ribbon really looks like snow

Gina x

Unknown said...

Fab card, gorgeous colours. I am loving that pom pom "ribbon" - fantastic.
Hugs
Dawn xx

Liola said...

Love your card!!!
Merry Christmas!!!!!

Unknown said...

What a beautiful card! Just stunning!
Merry christmas!

Anne B. said...

Beautiful card!

abackman66 at hotmail.com

Diamond Doll said...

Gorgeous card Claudia, i love the pom poms they look like snowballs.
Hope you are having a fab Christmas.
(hugs)
Trish (-:

carrie said...

Great card ....... she looks like she is getting ready to race down the hill.

Robin said...

Wow...wonderful card. I just love the colors that you choose. Like the other...loving the pompoms!! TFS!!

Shana said...

Absolutely beautiful colouring! Thank you for sharing.

Only By His Grace said...

Awesome card. The colours are stunning. Love your take on this sketch.
Hugs marion

Fonda @Southern Scraps said...

Love your card and take on the sketch!

Anonymous said...

Can fill a blank...

Julye said...

Love the card and the pompom braid is a fab finishing touch wishing you fab 2010 thanks Julye

Deebi27 said...

I guess I am going to have to start a blog of my own. Adding a quick and easy method to make the most beautiful work that I see on your blog as well as so many others. Mr Linky is too particular for those of us who don't blog! thanks for the chance to win some goody!

Krista said...

What a fab card Claudia, I love it! Great stamp!!

Suzi Mac said...

Just adorable, love the image and those little pom poms are so sweet. I love the colours too.

Hugs
Suzi x

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Renata van Miltenburg said...

How cool the way you added the pompom ribbon! Also love the pretty snowflakes and the fantastic colours.

Liefs, Renata

Anne said...

Lovely wintry colours and those pom-poms are fab! Thanks for the chance to win candy :)

Erin- said...

Tilda looks so cute! I love the pom-poms. It looks like snow!

Scrapbook Place said...

Pamela said
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Lovely card. Love the colors you chose.

Pink Elephant Soapery said...

I just discovered these stamps! They are soooooooo adorable! I need to get just one to play with! Thanks or the opportunity!!

Gwendolyn said...

Love the sketch and love to hop your blogs, so much inspiration!

Here is my card

Byebye!

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous card !!!! Claudia and a fab Sketch. Just entered my take on your sketch thanks for the challenge.
Hugs Sonia xx

Larisa said...

Thank you for the opportunity to win ))))))

Shirley N said...

Thanks for the chance to win, Claudia! Your card is beautiful! Happy New Year!

Anonymous said...

wonderful card!

Happy new year from elma

mine

Ukka said...

Thank you so much for the chance to take part!!!

Greetings from Russia,
Ukka

Lee - grandmalee said...

Totally fabulous card! What a great use of the pompom trim...I have tons in my stash I need to use. Your papers are perfect with your coloring & your layout is to die for! Give yourself a pat on the back for me!

Lorraine A said...

Fabuloius card Claudia ! I love the image ,,, everything is just perfect ! :-)

Luv
Lols x x x

inbar said...

what a great card!
10X fortheblog hop and the nice candy!
inbar

"pappi puikoissa" said...

Oh, how beautiful, cool blue shades, and what a wonderful choise for a ribbon that snowball-like one :).

Nina said...

What a lovely, frosty card! Thanks for sharing :)

XO
//Nina

Judy said...

I love your card. It's adorable and I love the embellishments that you used.

Sybille Engbers said...

Hallo,

du hast eine wunderschöne Karte nach dem Sketch gestaltet *Bravo*.

Ich wünsche dir und deiner Familie ein gutes neues Jahr 2010.

Viele Bastelgrüße
Bille

Jan Scholl said...

I have a ton of those pom pom thingies. What an adorable way to use them.

Marina said...

Such a beautiful card, Claudia!
I love the colours you've used and the pompoms.

Hugs,
Marina

Penni said...

Gorgeous card Claudia - I love the colours.

Hugs
Penni
X

Sandra (BATC) said...

love the colours of your card!

Bananastamper said...

Hi Claudia,
Another great card! Merry Christmas!
Shanna :)

tanja said...

hi love your cute winter card
by by tanja

Merilee Lane, Where Life is But a Dream said...

Hope your Christmas was wonderful and happy new year, too! chloebernice@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

Your card and sketch is just wonderful sweetie. Love this adorable Tilda. The pom pom ribbon is perfection....and so are the beautiful snowflakes.
Hugs
Carole x

charlene said...

Claudia your work is so inspiring ! Your coloring is beautiful and your layouts just perfect.
Hugs

Unknown said...

Your cards are always great Claudia!! Merry Christmas to you too and all the best for the new year:)
Hugs from Canada

Crealin said...

Hello Claudia,

what a beautiful card, love all the little details and the beautiful colouring ;-)

It's the first time I get to know this blog and It's really very inspiring!

Greetings,

Lins

PBrown9624 said...

I hope you are feeling better! Thanks for the opportunity to win a magnolia stamp. All your creations are just gorgeous!
Pam Brown

Barb Hardeman said...

Oh, my goodness! I thought I had linked my name up with Mr. Linky, but going over the list I couldn't find it, so I entered again. Then I found my name, so please remove my second name...ooooopppppps! So sorry.

Donalda said...

Well I am so glad we had extra time to do this for I am running so late lol
Love your sketch dear and your card is gorgeous as always dear.

Stephanie Zito said...

Absolutely gorgeous card Claudia! Happy Holidays!

Susan said...

Love your card! Hope you had a great Christmas and have a great new Year
SuzyX

Heidi-Mari said...

Beautiful cards!
Happy new Year!

Jane said...

This is such a gorgeous sketch, loved working with it. Your card is absolutely stunning Claudia, I love the colours and your colouring is gorgeous! hugs, Jane xxx

Sunny79 said...

A warm hello to all of you and wishing you a Happy New Year.

Stay creative.

Hugs, Marina from Germany.

Paul said...

Stunning card. I like everything about it - the colours, the image and the embellishments
Happy New Year
TFS
Paul

Sharon said...

A stunning card as usual Claudia. Thanks for the opportunity. Greetings from Sharon in South Africa

Kat said...

I love this card. It is such a sweet image and beautifully coloured. Love the pompom embellishment too.

Kat x

Adrina said...

Beautiful card!

Nicky said...

Love you card and your sketch was just a joy to work with thank you

Rosalien Zwackhalen said...

Beautiful card, so nice the way you used the ribbon.

Rosalien

Jayne Hayward said...

What a lovely Magnolia card. I love the pompom ribbon you have used. I also love the dp you have used. Great colouring.

Jayne xx

ribenaruby said...

Another fab card Claudia, love the pom-poms!