Christmas · Handmade

An All-White Slimline Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

This week’s colour challenge over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is a real test of creativity — all white! No sneaky extras, no metallics, no soft neutrals… just white. It might sound simple, but it definitely pushes you to think about texture, layers and dimension to keep things interesting. I decided to stick with the… Continue reading An All-White Slimline Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

Christmas · Handmade

A Slimline Banner Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

This week’s sketch challenge over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown was the perfect excuse to make another slimline card — especially as I still had all my supplies out from last week! I loved how that previous design turned out, so I kept the same base and used the sketch as a guide to create… Continue reading A Slimline Banner Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

Christmas · Handmade · Masculine

A Slimline Dancing Nutcracker Card

This week’s challenge over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is all about the slimline card format, and I have to say — I absolutely love this size. It gives you so much room to play, especially when you’ve got a larger focal image that deserves to shine. For this card, I couldn’t resist reaching for… Continue reading A Slimline Dancing Nutcracker Card

Christmas · Fun fold · Handmade

A Sweet Candy Cane Easel Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

This week’s theme over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is Candy Canes, and I couldn’t resist diving into my (slightly chaotic!) stash to see what I could come up with. As it turns out, I’d recently treated myself to the Rosie’s Studio Peppermint Twist 6x6" Designer Paper by Spellbinders in their sale — and honestly,… Continue reading A Sweet Candy Cane Easel Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown