Christmas Card and Gift in One

 

Hello and thank you for visiting me today, I hope you are doing ok in this very difficult time. Christmas is certainly going to be very different this year, we are now in High  Tier 2. I wish people would just follow the simple rules, or those of us who are vulnerable will never be able to leave our homes.

In the circumstances I wanted to make extra special cards this year to send to family and friends, so I have included a wooden bauble which can be detached from the card and hung up elsewhere if they desired.All the details about how I made it are on the Calico Craft Parts Blog. 

Please stay safe xx

Stay Strong Against the Storms Delicate One

Well the weather has certainly turned wintery, and Christmas is fast approaching! How are all of your festive plans going?

Christmas is not always the happiest of times, and with this in mind I made this bauble. It’s base is made of thin wood, and it was an inexpensive find in The Range store.I painted it with  a light blue acrylic paint, and then stamped my beautiful snowdrop with Archival black ink.The Stamp is an old wooden one, I am guessing it is about 15 years old. I have several boxes of those old wooden stamps, I really must use them more often.I coloured the snowdrops with acrylic  paint and an overcoat of glitter! I added the stay strong Stamp from the  Dina Wakley Media - Cling  Handwritten Quotes set and heat embossed it in white. I added a flittering of white paint for falling snow.

For the top of the bauble I used Indigoblu flitterglu and mega flakes.

The delicate snowdrop is standing strong against the snowy storms and holding its beautiful head high.

Thank you for visiting, 

I hope you keep warm, safe, and well this winter xx

I would like to enter this in the following challenges,

A Vintage Journey Winter Wonderland 

CountryView Challenges Christmas

Noors Design Anything Goes

Artistic Stamper Christmas

Stamping Sensations Winter Trees and Flowers

Craft Stamper Take It Make It Anything Goes

Christmas Moon Bauble

Hello December is here already! How are all of your crafty Christmas creations going? I am over on the Indigoblu blog today, making some Christmas Moon baubles. There is a step by step and pictures of different bauble designs.

We look forward to seeing you.

I would like to enter my Christmas Moon Bauble into the following challenges. Thank you

CountryView Challenges Christmas

Noors Design Anything Goes

Artistic Stamper Christmas

Stamping Sensations Winter Trees and Flower

 Emerald Creek Anything Goes

December Craft Stamper

 

The December issue of Craft Stamper will be out soon. It looks like it's going to be a super Christmassy one!

I am very lucky as my little Christmas Bauble is going to be included.

Here is a sneaky peaky.

 

Thank you for visiting today, I hope to see you again soon.