Christmas · Handmade

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 …

Christmas · Handmade

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 …

Christmas · Handmade

Cute fairy Christmas …

There is the cutest challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week – fairies!  I coloured my little fairy with coloured pencils...  The background was stamped using smoky slate and crumb cake ink by Stampin’ Up… I layered the image on silver mirri board and popped it up with stampin’ dimensionals… One of the lasting… Continue reading Cute fairy Christmas …

Christmas · Handmade

Delightful decorations colour challenge …

Hi and welcome to my blog. The Christmas lights may be down and the decorations tidied away for another year, but we would love you to join in our current challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown as it’s never too early to start making your holiday cards! This week is a colour challenge.  As soon… Continue reading Delightful decorations colour challenge …