Christmas · Handmade

Wood texture Christmas card with pretty pines …

Hello and welcome to my blog. For the new challenge at Christmas Card Throwdown, we want you to use wood or canvas on your project.  I used wood texture dsp, a balsa wood top note die cut, teamed with die cuts made with the pretty pines thinlits by Stampin’ Up! to make my card… I… Continue reading Wood texture Christmas card with pretty pines …

Christmas · Handmade

Pop-up Christmas card …

I made a second card for the current winter sports challenge at Christmas Card Throwdown and there is still time for you to play along.  The outside of my card features a gorgeous Christmas sentiment stamped onto shimmery white cardstock and layered with Christmas dsp, cherry cobbler and crumbcake cardstock … And on the inside,… Continue reading Pop-up Christmas card …

Christmas · Handmade

Winter post by Stampin’ Up …

The theme for this week’s challenge at Christmas Card Throwdown is “winter sports”.  I am lucky to have an extensive library of stamps in my collection, including these beautiful skaters from the Winter Post stamp set by Stampin’ Up … This Christmas dsp has beautiful, gold glittered snowflakes and it made a perfect background to… Continue reading Winter post by Stampin’ Up …

Christmas · Handmade

Pretty pine thinlits with sparkle ribbon …

There’s a brand new challenge at the Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge blog – this time a sketch.  I kept my design simple and true to the original sketch using some pretty sparkle ribbon from my stash, and added die cuts made using the pretty pines thinlits by Stampin’ Up! with a sentiment from the Christmas… Continue reading Pretty pine thinlits with sparkle ribbon …