Winter Wonderland Challenge....

Hi Guys...This is my entry for this weeks Winter Wonderland Challenge..this time its a sketch and/or a Pantomine theme....This is the first time I have entered this challenge..I just couldnt resist the fab sketch...do go and check out the DT creations...truly FAB!!

Now I have to tell you about the image I used...When I first started cardmaking..I used all sorts of things mainly silk flowers that I bought by the bunch from the £1 shop and pulled them apart and stuck them on cards with other embellishments..funny how things dont change!!!..Anyway..I used to have weekend stall at a craft market at Merton Abbey Mills, Colliers Wood..South London..(I think its still there)..thats where I first started selling my cards...then one week, a chap came long and was selling strange rubber stamps..these had pictures on and not just for names and addresses!!!! I was totally smitten and this image was one of the first I bought..Its Hero Arts called 'Holiday Geese'. Over the years I changed styles and then discovered 'Sizzix Die Cuts'... had a brain storm and cleared all my rubber stamps out..I have to say they werent like the ones we can buy today and I was getting rather fed up with the limited use..(totally unlike today)..yes I actually threw them away..oh the shame..but I hung on to this one (and another Christmas one... I'll show you that one another time). Well I was sorting out my craft room the other day..(now cant find a thing!!!) and came across this in a box of stash. I inked it up yesterday and had a little play and this is the result. But check out the pic below as this really got me..

I bought this stamp in 1989..which makes it 20yrs old!!! nearly an Antique!!! OMG!!!..I have been cardmaking for over 20 years!!!!..and the thing is..and I just hate to think about it....how much money I have spent over the past 20yrs on crafting stash!!!..I could be rich !!! lol..
...back to the card....
The DP's are by Fancy Pants - Christmas Magic..I think...Craftwork Flowers..lots and lots of crystals for OTT bling!!! a little ribbon and Craftworks sentiment ...
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