This week's colour challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown certainly took me out of my festive comfort zone! The challenge colours are orange, pink and turquoise — not exactly the first colours that spring to mind when making a Christmas card. I'll admit, I looked at the challenge graphic for a while before inspiration struck.… Continue reading An Unexpected Christmas Colour Combination | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown
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A Floating Strips Penguin Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown June Sketch Challenge
This week’s June Sketch Challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown provided the perfect opportunity to tackle a technique that had been on my "must try" list for a while — a floating strips card. I always enjoy finding creative ways to use up scraps, and this design is ideal for that. A handful of leftover… Continue reading A Floating Strips Penguin Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown June Sketch Challenge
A Floating Bay Window Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown
This week’s technique challenge over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is to create a floating bay window card — and what a fun fold this is! I love cards that have a real “wow” factor when opened, and this one definitely delivers. The clever thing about this design is that although it opens out into… Continue reading A Floating Bay Window Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown
A Festive Animal-Themed Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown
This week’s theme challenge over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is animals, which opens up so many fun possibilities! I decided to keep things simple and let some lovely pre-designed elements do the work for me, using the Joyful Christmas Card Kit by Spellbinders. It’s one of those cards that comes together quite easily but… Continue reading A Festive Animal-Themed Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown
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