Hello and welcome. The May theme challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week is 'music'. There are so many ideas to choose from for this theme, from stamps to paper and everything inbetween. In the end, I decided to use the sheet music embossing folder by Stampin Up for the background of my card,… Continue reading Stampin Up sheet music embossing folder handmade Christmas card
Category: Christmas
Stampin Up merry tags framelits handmade Christmas card
Hello and welcome. The colour challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week is to use red, green and brown. I decided to also challenge myself to use up some of my scraps and spare die cuts, and see what I could come up with. I auditioned various items until I was happy with the… Continue reading Stampin Up merry tags framelits handmade Christmas card
Petals a plenty embossed vellum Christmas card
Hello and welcome. The April technique challenge over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week is vellum embossing. I love the look of vellum, and have lots of it in my stash but rarely use it, which is a shame. It does, however, have its drawbacks as it is notoriously difficult to adhere to your… Continue reading Petals a plenty embossed vellum Christmas card
Christmas season in green and red
Hello and welcome. The colour challenge over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown calls for red and green. I used the Christmas Season stamp set by Stampin Up to create my card in real red and different shades of green... I stamped the foliage on whisper white card in a cluster using garden green, old olive… Continue reading Christmas season in green and red
Lily-by-Gilly 