Christmas · Handmade

Embossed impressions with pretty pines thinlits…

Hello and welcome to my blog. The new technique challenge at the Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge blog is to use embossing.  I embossed whisper white cardstock using the softly falling embossing folder, and then mounted onto crumb cake cardstock embossed with the beautifully baroque embossing folder, this time showing the debossed side, giving it a… Continue reading Embossed impressions with pretty pines thinlits…

Christmas · Handmade

Glittery Christmas pines, boughs & berries …

Hello and welcome to my blog. Can you believe that it will be December next week?! Wow! I’m so glad that I’ve built a handy stash of Christmas cards with the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge. I was always leaving things to last minute and ending up having to buy my cards, and felt guilty… Continue reading Glittery Christmas pines, boughs & berries …

Christmas · Handmade

An old fashioned Christmas with pretty pines…

Hello and welcome to my blog. My goodness, how quickly November is racing by - December is almost here! Today I have an old-fashioned Christmas theme challenge for you over at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge blog.  I used my stash of papers, teamed with die cuts made with the pretty pines thinlits by… Continue reading An old fashioned Christmas with pretty pines…

Christmas · Handmade

Christmas pines …

Hello and welcome to my blog. This week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, we are asking you to use a previous sketch.  We’ve had some lovely ones this year, so there are lots to choose from.  I chose one I’d missed first time round, from July 2016 … I broke out my new stamps and… Continue reading Christmas pines …