Hello and welcome. It's been such a long time, so I am very pleased to be playing along with the lovely ladies at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown for this week's theme challenge - Scandinavian or Hygge style. I raided my stamp collection to help me create my card ... I stamped the images in real… Continue reading Scandinavian Christmas card using stamps by Sizzix, Mama Elephant and Stampin Up
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Mama Elephant and Spellbinders winter countryside Christmas card
Hello and welcome. The theme challenge I set over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week is winter countryside. I chose this as it offers so many opportunities to be interpreted in many different ways, and I can't wait to see what the rest of the design team have come up with. Here's my card… Continue reading Mama Elephant and Spellbinders winter countryside Christmas card
Stencilled watercolour mixed media background
Hello and welcome. This week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, Rosi has challenged us to use a stencil. I had lots of fun with this challenge, and ended up making several backgrounds trying out different techniques, but the card I ended making shows two ways to use a stencil... I started by swiping faded jeans… Continue reading Stencilled watercolour mixed media background
Christmas penguins in red, white and blue
Hello and welcome. The colour challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week is to use red, white and blue. I thought these pretty penguins fitted the bill perfectly ... I used 3 shades of blue and teamed it with real red, with splashes of white for a snowy look. I just love these adorable… Continue reading Christmas penguins in red, white and blue
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