Christmas · Handmade

Inlaid dies technique and Christmas lights …

Hi and welcome to my blog. It’s the first challenge of February at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, so that means we have a sketch to follow. You can choose any shapes, any layers and add embellishments of your choice … I’ve been tidying my craftroom and discovering wonderful forgotten lovelies, like this pretty Christmas paper.… Continue reading Inlaid dies technique and Christmas lights …

Christmas · Handmade

A jolly jingles season of style …

Hi and welcome to my blog. It's bonus week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, and we are asking you to pick a previous sketch to follow. There are lots of past sketches to choose from - you can check them out in the archives section at 52CCT. I opted for sketch #27 from April 2014 … Once I'd decided on the sketch… Continue reading A jolly jingles season of style …

Christmas · Handmade

Inlaid dies technique …

Hi and welcome to my blog. This week, the challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is to use inlaid dies. I couldn’t wait to get out some of my favourite Stampin’ Up dies and have a play … It was fun putting together different paper patterns and die shapes ...  This is a great technique… Continue reading Inlaid dies technique …

Christmas · Handmade

Bells with Christmas blessings…

Hi and welcome to my blog. It’s theme week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, and we’ve been set a challenge of creating a card with bells. I ended up making two cards, as I wasn’t completely happy with the first one – this is version two … I decided the bells needed to be the… Continue reading Bells with Christmas blessings…