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

Hand-stamped Christmas pines

Hello, and welcome to my blog. The final challenge of this month at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is to use stamping.  I had lots of ideas as there are so many stamping techniques to use! Having thought about it for a while, I decided to stamp onto a piece of dsp, something I often forget… Continue reading Hand-stamped Christmas pines

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…