Christmas · Handmade

A Masking Tape Background Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

This week’s technique challenge over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is all about creating a masking tape background — and if you’ve never tried this before, it’s such a fun technique! There’s a tutorial over on the challenge blog, and it’s definitely worth a look if you’re new to it. I kept things fairly clean… Continue reading A Masking Tape Background Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

Christmas · Handmade

A Festive Mug-Themed Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

This week’s theme challenge over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is all about mugs, which immediately made me think of cosy festive drinks, warm colours, and a touch of festive foliage. I decided to revisit one of my favourite colour combinations — Pool Party, Real Red and white — and added a little Garden Green… Continue reading A Festive Mug-Themed Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

Christmas · Handmade

Christmas pudding shaped card

Hello and welcome. The theme challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week is Christmas food. I decided to make a Christmas pudding card using dies... First, I cut a kraft base card using a large circle die, keeping the top edge out of the die so it didn't cut through and would keep the… Continue reading Christmas pudding shaped card

Christmas · Handmade

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