Christmas · Handmade

A Festive Floral Spray Christmas Card

The holiday season is the perfect time to spread warmth and joy with handcrafted Christmas cards, and there’s something magical about creating your own that no shop-bought card can replicate. For this week's challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, I took inspiration from Pinterest and combined the timeless elegance of Stampin' Up's Pretty Pines Thinlits… Continue reading A Festive Floral Spray Christmas Card

Christmas · Handmade

Fussy cut Christmas card

Hello and welcome. Kathy has set a fab challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week - to use fussy cutting.  I'm still using my paperscraps and fussy cut this poinsettia image to use as a focal image for my card  ... I popped the flower up on some foam tape to add a little… Continue reading Fussy cut Christmas card

Christmas · Handmade

Christmas stocking

Hi, and welcome. I hope you're enjoying your day. We have a new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week - to use a wood background... Looking through my stash of dsp, I thought this wood effect paper would be perfect ... I couldn't resist this Christmas stocking die set by Sizzix, which is… Continue reading Christmas stocking

Christmas · Handmade

Mixed-media Christmas card

We have a mixed-media technique challenge this week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. I was really excited to attempt this challenge, and delighted to be able to use some products I bought a long time ago, but have never used before! I added tumbled glass distress ink to a piece of watercolour paper using the… Continue reading Mixed-media Christmas card