Honeycomb Snowflake

Good morning

I am back today to share with you another of the cards I made at one of Stephanie-Emma's recent Stampin' Up Workshops.

I used a snowflake die to punch a snowflake shaped hole in some grey card.  I then embossed a larger snowflake shape around the hole (I am afraid this does not show very well in my photograph).  Next I stamped 'Christmas Wishes' onto the card before tying some silver ribbon around the card.  Before attaching the grey card to the Christmas card, I placed a paper with honeycomb design behind the snowflake shaped hole.

I hope you have a good weekend.


Dionne

Christmas Wreath

Hi

Today I am back with another project featuring butterflies to help my friend Mrs Beez raise awareness of the work of the charity Amy and Friends.  Amy and Friends supports children suffering from Cockayne Syndrome.  The butterfly is the symbol they use to represent those whose lives have been cut short by this illness.  Mrs Beez hopes to raise awareness of the disease and the work of Amy and Friends through her blog.  So please visit her blog and find out more about this important charity.

I created my wreath out of dozens of punched branches using a Martha Stewart punch.  I then added a small red glittered butterfly to the wreath and scored around the card.  Finally I added a big red bow, which was rescued from an empty chocolate box.


Dionne

Jolly Christmas Weath

Hi

I hope that you are well organised and, unlike me, you are not stressing about all you have to do at the moment.

Still, there is one thing I do not have to worry about and that is making my Christmas cards.  As I mentioned yesterday I was very lucky recently to attend one of Stephanie-Emma's Stampin' Up Workshops, where I made my Christmas cards.

This is the next card we made.

As with the last card, I made ten cards of this design.  

We stamped the wreath and added some red glitter glue.  Whilst that was drying I stamped out the Christmas tags and mounted them on red card.  These were tied to a bow made of red seam binding.

Dionne

Three Christmas Trees

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Last year I left making my Christmas cards to the last minute and I struggled to get them done in time to get them in the  post.  So this year, when I heard that we would be making Christmas cards ... a lot of Christmas cards, I jumped at the opportunity to go to one of Stephanie-Emma's Stampin' Up Workshops.

This is the first card we made.

As with all of the cards we made that day, we made ten of this very sweet design.  I punched each tree from card of three different shades of green and then I stamped 'Merry Christmas' under the row of trees.  It is a very simple design but, I think you will agree, it is very effective.

I will share the rest of the cards with you over the next few days.


Dionne

Christmas Tags

Good morning

The current theme at Crafty Boots Challenges is Christmas.  It can be anything to do with Christmas - cards, decorations, presents you have made, just as long as it is to do with Christmas.

Today I have been making some gift tags as I need to start my wrapping.  Now, I know that you will find this fanciful but I actually dreamt about putting this design together.  I got up the next morning and got out my Big Shot and tag dies.

 Next I cut a snowflake from the coloured card using a punch, I have several snowflake punches so I did a selection of each.

I added a spot of glitter to the end of each arm of the snowflake.

I placed a white tag under the coloured tag and finished it with some bakers twine.


Dionne

Merry Christmas

Hi and I should like to take this opportunity to wish all my lovely visitors a very happy Christmas and New Year.  I realise that this is a little premature but there is a reason....

A new Challenge starts today at Crafty Boots Challenges and the theme of the Challenge is CHRISTMAS.  It can be anything to do with Christmas - cards, decorations, presents you have made, just as long as it is to do with Christmas.

I have decorated a birdhouse, I love how this has turned out and I think I have a new favourite Christmas decoration.

I painted it with acrylic paints (the purple paint is a recent discovery for me, it is pearl effect and I loved using it).

I created the wreath around the entrance with green card and the Martha Stuart 'Branches' punch and some red flat backed gems.

The sweet images are from the Polka Doodles CD, Magical Winter.  I added glitter to the 'snow' to give it a bit of twinkle.

I found these fabulous snowflakes with crystal gems in my stash.

The rest of the Design Team have made some amazing projects, please visit the Crafty Boots Challenges site to see them and to leave your entry.

Good luck.


Dionne

Letters in Your Name

Hi

I must apologise for for not posting anything for a while.  I have been busy crafting but, as I have been making Christmas presents, I cannot share them with you until after Christmas.  However, I do not think my 2 year old niece logs onto my blog as a rule so I am taking a chance and sharing this present with you.

I bought an 18 inch (46cm) high MDF letter 'L' from a very nice man called Barry on ebay and covered it with crayons.  However, before I started attaching the crayons I fixed a picture hook to the back of the letter - it took a bit of trial and error to get the balance right.

As you can see I had to join several crayons together for the longer parts of the letter but I made sure all the crayons in one row were the same colour and I took care not to rip the paper when I had to cut them.

This was so much fun to make.

Dionne