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White on white Christmas card

Hello and welcome. Are you dreaming of a white Christmas this year? Well the ladies over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown sure are! Andreja's colour challenge this week is to use white and no other colour. Notoriously difficult to photograph, white on white cards are stunning in real life. I partial embossed a 6 inch… Continue reading White on white Christmas card

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Colourful Christmas lights card

Hello and welcome. It's the first Saturday of the new month, so that means a sketch challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week. Here's my take on it ... I searched through my stash and found this dsp, which I thought fitted beautifully. I have had this paper for sooooo long! It was one… Continue reading Colourful Christmas lights card

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Paper piecing with Julie Nutting paper doll – Rita

Hello and welcome. There's another fun challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week - paper piecing. This is such a great technique to make more of your stamps, adding pattern and texture to your project and gives a different look to colouring with inks or pencils. It's also a fab way of using up… Continue reading Paper piecing with Julie Nutting paper doll – Rita

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Pergamano poppets Christmas fairy

Hello and welcome to my little crafting corner. This week, the lovely Andreja has set us a wonderful challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown to use fairies on our cards.  I looked through my stamp library and realised I'd not used this pretty little Christmas fairy stamp before.  Her name is Pru, one of the… Continue reading Pergamano poppets Christmas fairy