Christmas · Handmade

A Nordic Christmas …

Hi and welcome to my blog. It's Saturday, which means it's time for another Christmas card challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown.  Asha, our hostess, has a wonderful Nordic challenge for us this week, which had me reaching for my paper stash to find a particular piece of snow festival dsp I knew I had,… Continue reading A Nordic Christmas …

Christmas · Handmade

What do you get when you mix a festive flurry with a pool party ?…

Hi and welcome to my blog. Asha, our hostess at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown this month, has set us a wonderful colour challenge this week. I took the Festive Flurry stamp set from Stampin' Up, and used pool party embossing powder to heat emboss snowflakes over basic black cardstock … I don’t often use black for… Continue reading What do you get when you mix a festive flurry with a pool party ?…

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Embellished events for some Christmas wishes…

Hi and welcome to my blog. It’s my last week as hostess at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown this week. I’ve really enjoyed setting new challenges, and have loved seeing the wonderful creations shared. The challenge this week is to use a previous sketch. Looking back at the list, I found I'd missed the May challenge, so it was an obvious… Continue reading Embellished events for some Christmas wishes…

Christmas · Handmade

A little Christmas sparkle …

Hi, and welcome to my blog.   I’m back as hostess again this week at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown with another new challenge.  And this time, I wanted to see some Christmas sparkle, so the stash challenge is for glitter and bling … I water coloured the Lili of the Valley image using my Stampin' Up inks, an… Continue reading A little Christmas sparkle …