Christmas · Handmade

Christmas pines …

Hello and welcome to my blog. This week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, we are asking you to use a previous sketch.  We’ve had some lovely ones this year, so there are lots to choose from.  I chose one I’d missed first time round, from July 2016 … I broke out my new stamps and… Continue reading Christmas pines …

Christmas · Handmade

Christmas critters …

Hello and welcome to my blog. This week’s theme challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is Christmas critters… My lovely friend, Carolyn, let me play with some of her gorgeous dies, so I die cut this elegant reindeer from gold cardstock and placed it on a piece of hammered white cardstock making the perfect background… Continue reading Christmas critters …

Christmas · Handmade

Season of Cheer …

Hello and welcome to my blog. This week’s colour challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is to use soft shades of grey, blue and green.  I’m loving the Season of Cheer dsp from Stampin’ Up that I got in their sale.  The paper patterns are so gorgeous - look how lovely this snowflake paper is… Continue reading Season of Cheer …

Christmas · Handmade

Lots of joy Christmas card…

Hello and welcome to my blog. I joined the ladies on the Design Team at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown for this week’s sketch challenge… First, I adhered a strip of dsp to a piece of whisper white glimmer card, then cut out a window using the star framelits from Stampin’ Up and adhered this to… Continue reading Lots of joy Christmas card…