Christmas · Fun fold · Handmade · Pop-ups

A Pretty Pink Teepee Card for the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

This week’s 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge is all about technique—Valentina challenged us to make teepee cards! I had never made a card like this before, but I love how this fold creates an instant wow factor while still being surprisingly easy to make. For my project, I went for a soft, elegant colour palette… Continue reading A Pretty Pink Teepee Card for the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

Christmas · Handmade

Paper piecing with Julie Nutting prima doll

Hello and welcome. The wonderful challenge set for us this week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, is to use paper piecing.  I've tried this technique a few times in the past and loved the results, but looking at my stamp collection, I have very few stamp sets that lend themselves to this.  So, I took… Continue reading Paper piecing with Julie Nutting prima doll

Christmas · Handmade

A slimline poinsettia Christmas card

Hi and welcome to my blog, I hope you're having a good day. The new theme challenge this week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is slimline cards. I have some slimline card bases in my crafts stash, from many moons ago, but have only limited colours left, but I rather liked this shade of pink… Continue reading A slimline poinsettia Christmas card