Hello and welcome. The theme challenge I set over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week is winter countryside. I chose this as it offers so many opportunities to be interpreted in many different ways, and I can't wait to see what the rest of the design team have come up with. Here's my card… Continue reading Mama Elephant and Spellbinders winter countryside Christmas card
Category: Christmas
Kraft, black and white Christmas card
Hello and welcome. I have really been enjoying setting the challenges for the month of November at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, and this week is the colour challenge. When thinking about which colours to choose, I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone as I usually reach for more traditional Christmas colours, such… Continue reading Kraft, black and white Christmas card
Spellbinders Christmas card
Hello and welcome. I am delighted to be hosting the challenges at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this month. The first challenge of the month is always a sketch. I used the gorgeous papers and ephemera from the Spellbinders card kit to make my card... I did a bit of fussy cutting around the largest of… Continue reading Spellbinders Christmas card
Christmas shaker card
Hello and welcome. The technique challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week is to make a shaker card. I used the Spellbinders Christmas card kit to make my card ... I used a Sizzix window pane for the shaker itself, and filled it with snowflake sequins, small snowballs, shaved ice fragments and some clear… Continue reading Christmas shaker card
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