Christmas · Handmade

Watercolour snowflakes in shades of blue …

Hello and welcome. Myrna, our hostess for February at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, has set a colour challenge to use shades of blue … I made my own background paper by stamping snowflakes from the Snow Swirled stamp set by Stampin’ Up in a random pattern in versamark ink onto watercolour paper. I covered this… Continue reading Watercolour snowflakes in shades of blue …

Christmas · Masculine

Snow festival …

Hello and welcome. It’s the first Saturday in February which means it’s time for a sketch challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. I delved into my stash of Christmas dsp and decided on this pattern from the Snow Festival paper pack by Stampin’ Up to use on the background of my card … It was… Continue reading Snow festival …

Christmas · Handmade

Paper piecing technique Christmas card …

Hello and welcome. There’s a technique challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week – paper piecing. I used several Stampin’ Up Christmas dsp scraps to make this shaker card … This was a great chance to ink up my Julie Nutting doll stamp that my friend bought for me.  I stamped the image several… Continue reading Paper piecing technique Christmas card …

Christmas · Handmade

Cute fairy Christmas …

There is the cutest challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week – fairies!  I coloured my little fairy with coloured pencils...  The background was stamped using smoky slate and crumb cake ink by Stampin’ Up… I layered the image on silver mirri board and popped it up with stampin’ dimensionals… One of the lasting… Continue reading Cute fairy Christmas …