Embossing with Snowy Delight. The Snowy Delight Bundle in the September-December 2025 mini on page includes a stamp set, decorative masks as well as dies. The Snowflakes are rather on the large side, so instead of using it on a card I used it to decorate the side of a gift bag. Gift bag This […]
Category Archives: Christmas
Money gift wallet – Delicate Pines
Money gift wallet – Delicate Pines. This is week 10 of 12 in my Christmas Countdown Series and it’s time to move away from making Christmas cards. Money Gift Wallet You can make 2 money gift wallets out of one A4 sheet by simply cutting it in half. I used punches to attach to a […]
Smush technique – Delicate Pines
Smush technique – Delicate Pines. The smush technique is a way of adding colour to a background. For this technique, you simply need an ink pad, or Stampin’ Write marker pen to scribble ink or pick up ink on an acrylic block, spritz it with water and then smush the block onto your paper to […]
Gift of Joy cards
Gift of Joy cards. We’re in week 8 of 12 in my 12 week Christmas Countdown Series. I decided not to do an Advent Calendar this year because we are relocating and moving up north to West Yorkshire to be closer to family. In fact I’ve had to work 3 months (at time of writing, […]
Joyful Tidings Christmas card and Halloween Greetings
Joyful Tidings Christmas card and Halloween Greetings. We’re across the half way mark in Week 7 of 12 in my Christmas Countdown Series and it also happens to be Halloween today. So we have Christmas as well as Halloween in today’s post. Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a wreath of two. The stamp set is […]
Christmas card – Branching Out
Christmas card – Branching Out. It’s week 6 of 12, already half way through my 12 week Countdown to Christmas Series. When I first begin to design a card, I never know what direction it will take. It goes without saying that establishing what colour card stock and pretty papers you want to use is […]
Elf Christmas card – Words for the Season
Elf Christmas card – Words for the Season. Happy Sunday! I promised I would use the elf, so here it is. It’s been paired with another useful bundle from the September-December 2025 mini on page 51 called “Words for the Season”. There are dies for scripted words like “Merry, Happy, Christmas, Wishes, Greetings, Autumn, New […]
Festive Friends for Christmas
Festive Friends for Christmas. Welcome, welcome, welcome! It’s week 5 and time to meet with Festive Friends – another Online exclusive! Christmas isn’t Christmas without Santa or his Elf or a snowman! I will leave the elf for another day, so do pop back! Continuing with my mission to reduce the thickness of the cards […]