Last Christmas Card

My last Christmas card of 2019 is the one I made for my Mum and Dad that I leave at the crematorium along with their Christmas Wreath.

Although think of embossing in gold I love silver embossing which I have done here with Simon says Stamp Poinsettia Background.

I think everyone knows I love Christmas Foliage and Poinsettia Parade this year. I also used the Simon says Stamp Holiday Greeting Mix 1, it has the thinking of you at Christmastime which was perfect for my Mum and Dad's card.

The house is tidy and this evening the sweeties and treats will find their way into the living room along with some pressies to go under the tree ready for the big day. I hope you all have a Happy Christmas whatever your faith because at the end of the day its all about Family. See you in the New Year.

Fluffy Fairy

A bit of a rush to get a card for Mo's Dream Team this week but I was determined to make one this week after missing last week.

I using Mo's Fairy Faith image and I used a lot of my mixture of Fun Flock and Flowersoft to make a fluffy scarf and ear warmers.

The papers I think could be last years Carta Bella but its lost its front cover so no idea whose it is. I've used my favourite Poinsettia die from Simon says Stamp along with the Pine needles from their Christmas Foliage set.

Also I used the MFT Crochet Border for around my circle but it's a bit hidden. I found a load of Craftwork Cards Christmas sentiments which fit with the old Stampin Up punches.

Yes I do have the other fairy and its already coloured up to be made into a card.

Party Time

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is Party Time

We are showcasing Simon says Stamp this week, which just so happens to be Simon says Stamp Brand of the Month. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the challenge Blog. You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

I knew I was going to use SSS Party like a Panda and what better than one Panda but two.

That's when my mojo disappeared especially as the Postmen are playing with my Simon Says Stamp parcel which has my new die of streamers which would work with the Echo Park Lets Party patterned paper. I added the bow from the Simon says Stamp Candy Canes to match the red bow in one of the pandas now looking at the card I wish now I didn't bother with the Bakers Twine.

I made the frame round the Pandas with Simon says Stamp Stitched Squares and the square behind the image mat. The Simon says Stamp Wednesday Challenge wish you all  Happy Holidays and see you again in the New Year in fact the 1st January 2020.

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Happy Christmas

First off a bit of an apology for being missing from Blogland, I am crafting but the stress of getting all my Christmas cards made meant I use same designs of already made cards. So that means I didn't make anything new, add a couple of days my body caught up with me and decided if I won't rest it would make me by making me feel exhausted.

It's always busy the first couple of weeks of December with trips out and a visit up North to see my Brother in Law and I now realise I need to plan for it better.

Even this card is similar to my base of my easel card I made last week for Simon says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. I loved how the colours worked together and I had another 6 cards to make so this was the design I used.

The shadow Christmas word die is from Simon say Stamp, well I think all of it is Simon says Stamp.
Christmas Foliage, Poinsettia Parade and Wonky Rectangles.

Interative Christmas

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is Interative Christmas

We are showcasing Lawn Fawn this week, which just so happens to be Simon says Stamp Brand of the Month. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the challenge Blog. You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

The last two weeks have been pretty busy so rather than pull out of this weeks challenge I thought I would make an Easel Card with the fabulous Lawn Fawn Build a House and I also brought the Christmas Add On.

I used the Simon says Stamp Happy Christmas Shadow Die to support the easel card part and decorated with their Poinsettia Parade and the Pine Needle die from Christmas Foliage.

The Stitched Slopes and Hills are again Simon says Stamp and cut the trees from their Evergreen Circle.

Thats all for now I'm hoping to get back into the craft room tomorrow.

Freshly sketch

This was card I made using a sketch from Freshly Made Sketch from a few week ago. I have this Simon says Stamp Inside Christmas Greetings sitting on one my acylic blocks so its nice and easy to use.

Also if you find my Simon says Stamp Christmas Foliage and Poinsettia Parade not far from each other. I think I made this card because I had a poinsettia going spare. Very simple but another one done.

DieCember

Oh my goodness I didn't realise that I hadn't schedule my DieCember post but its been a bit manic in our house. Starting from Friday last week I went to Portsmouth Historic Docks Victorian Fayre and the following day I went to an All Day Crop. I did come home earlier I was already feeling shattered from the day before. Found out my son's operation was brought forward to Monday, enough excuses lets get back to the card.

Once again the lovely folks at Simon say Stamp sent me a die so I could join in with all the fun, the die is the Large Outline Thanks. It was bit difficult to think of a different way of using it my head is full of Christmas. I decided to see how it worked out didn't realise that it cut thanks with an outline of the letters, clue was in the description Debby!

So I used the Echo Park  Hello Baby Boy paper pad which had this checked one but any would work just as well. I carefully place the die on the check paper centrally so I could use the waste for  background. Cut it in gold to give me an outline and with white making sure you save the little bit for A. I backed the white with gold to match the outline and also makes the mat slightly larger to fit over the hole.

Now where did I get the sentiment, I remember now Thoughtful Messages it was on there. Its not crooked thats down to the photographer ME.

Candy Cane

I always colour this image the same with Red and Turquoise so for a change I decided to go purple and green.

The papers are some old ones that LOTV used to do and Mo's Season Greetings. I'm thinking my candy cane could Blackcurrant flavour.

Now I'm pretty sure I'm used a sketch which I why I've used two Simon Says Stamps sentiments, one from Tiny Words the other Inside Christmas Greetings, now I need to work out whose.

I decorated with the Martha Stewart Holly punch and pearls.

Traditional Christmas

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is Traditional Christmas

We are showcasing Tim Holtz this week, which just so happens to be Simon says Stamp Brand of the Month. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the challenge Blog. You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

I've had this Nordic Winter die for a while and when people told me how fiddly it was to cut loads of bits put me off but to be honest I found it quite easy although I kept losing my bits white dots!

I cut out my cardstock to fit the die and inked round the edges with a black inkpad to give it a bit of depth. Then I put tape across the back so that it was just a matter of cutting the colours and dropping it into the revelent space.

I added a bit of May Arts Burlap Twine to keep the rustic look. I added a snowflake made with Simon Stamp Lea Snowflake die and stamped out sentiment from Tiny Words Christmas.

Since it was too bad making the background I chose to make another with a Scandi feel about it. I made the same has the one above but used white and red. It also meant less waste. This time I used two snowflakes Simon says Stamp Lea but also Marie Snowflake die. Oh and I used the Inside Christmas Greeting for the sentiment.

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