Christmas · Handmade

A Snowman Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Theme Challenge

This week's theme challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown gave me the perfect excuse to revisit one of my favourite festive characters — a cheerful snowman! There's something wonderfully nostalgic about snowmen on Christmas cards, and this design combines a sweet focal image with lots of lovely little details and textures. I also took the… Continue reading A Snowman Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Theme Challenge

Christmas · Handmade

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

This week’s theme challenge over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is animals, which opens up so many fun possibilities! I decided to keep things simple and let some lovely pre-designed elements do the work for me, using the Joyful Christmas Card Kit by Spellbinders. It’s one of those cards that comes together quite easily but… Continue reading A Festive Animal-Themed Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

Christmas · Handmade · Using scraps

A Festive Star Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Sketch Challenge

This week’s sketch challenge over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is such a great jumping off point. I always love a good sketch — it takes the guesswork out of layout but still leaves plenty of room to play with papers, textures and embellishments.  For this card, I kept things fairly clean with a white-on-white base,… Continue reading A Festive Star Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Sketch Challenge

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