Hello and welcome. This week’s theme challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is polar bears. I saw a really cute shaped card on Kristi's blog and was inspired to make my own polar bear version using punch art… Kristi shared a link to Treasure Box Designs and I just love their adorable paper pieced animals. … Continue reading Punch art polar bear …
Category: Christmas
Watercolour snowflakes in shades of blue …
Hello and welcome. Myrna, our hostess for February at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, has set a colour challenge to use shades of blue … I made my own background paper by stamping snowflakes from the Snow Swirled stamp set by Stampin’ Up in a random pattern in versamark ink onto watercolour paper. I covered this… Continue reading Watercolour snowflakes in shades of blue …
Snow festival …
Hello and welcome. It’s the first Saturday in February which means it’s time for a sketch challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. I delved into my stash of Christmas dsp and decided on this pattern from the Snow Festival paper pack by Stampin’ Up to use on the background of my card … It was… Continue reading Snow festival …
Paper piecing technique Christmas card …
Hello and welcome. There’s a technique challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week – paper piecing. I used several Stampin’ Up Christmas dsp scraps to make this shaker card … This was a great chance to ink up my Julie Nutting doll stamp that my friend bought for me. I stamped the image several… Continue reading Paper piecing technique Christmas card …
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