Christmas · Handmade

From an owl punch to a penguin party …

Hi there! I hope you're enjoying your weekend and that your Christmas preparations are going well.  I still have lots to do - food shopping, present wrapping, and a trip to the Christmas market for some mulled wine and mince pies - all the fun stuff ... One of my friends asked me to make a card for… Continue reading From an owl punch to a penguin party …

Birthday · Handmade

Gorgeous grunge masculine 30th birthday …

I'm still busy making Christmas cards and gifts, but the other day I needed to turn my attention to a birthday card for my friend, Jon.  Masculine cards are sometimes difficult to make, but I had a lot of fun making this 30th birthday card for him … Based on the popular music CDs, I thought it… Continue reading Gorgeous grunge masculine 30th birthday …

Christmas · Handmade

From this day forward …

There's a fab challenge over on the Less is More challenge blog today – a one layer card with the 12 days of Christmas as the subject.  This really had me scratching my head at first – I didn’t think I had anything in my stash that would work.  Until I remembered the from this day forward stamp… Continue reading From this day forward …

Christmas · Handmade

Season of style Christmas wishes …

Christmas is just around the corner.  My tree is up, but I've seen a cute heart-shaped Christmas decoration in my local department store that would make a great new addition  to my holiday collection.  It's a cotton patchwork of materials, with pretty embroidered holly in the centre ... it is so pretty it may just find its way onto my tree.  I made… Continue reading Season of style Christmas wishes …