Christmas · Handmade

Pretty pines

Hello and welcome. So happy to be joining the lovely ladies at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown again this week, with Majda's last challenge for October.  This is a fun tic-tac-toe challenge, so there are lots of options to choose from.  I chose the bottom row of the tic-tac-toe board - die cut, deer and embossing...… Continue reading Pretty pines

Christmas · Handmade

Masculine Christmas cards

I am delighted to be joining the design team ladies over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week, for the colour challenge set by Majda, which is to use brown, green and white. These are not colours I would normally reach for when making a Christmas card, so I grappled with which way to go… Continue reading Masculine Christmas cards

Christmas · Handmade · Pop-ups

Christmas pop-up card

Hello and welcome. I'm really happy to be joining the lovely ladies for the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge this week, where Rosi has challenged us to make a pop-up card. I watched a fab tutorial by Sam on Youtube the other day and was inspired to make my own version... I used papers from… Continue reading Christmas pop-up card

Christmas · Handmade

Tim Holtz 3D Snowflake Christmas card

Hello and welcome. There's another fab challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week.  This time, the colour choices are green, white and gold... Looking through my paper collection, I thought these two patterned green papers looked lovely together... The striped paper is a retired Stampin Up design. I mat and layered the papers with… Continue reading Tim Holtz 3D Snowflake Christmas card