Winter Wonderland

I hope you had a fabulous Christmas.

A very quick post this morning to remind you all that the theme of the current Crafty Boots Challenge is 'Winter Wonderland'.

There was a time when I spent all of my spare time cross stitching but these days the hands and eyesight are not what the use to be and I cannot manage the big projects of the past.  However, this was a relatively quick project.

I found the design in an old cross stitch magazine.  I stitched in on a linen using DMC threads.  I think it is a stunning landscape and makes an amazing winter wonderland.


Dionne

The Carol Service

Happy Christmas fellow crafters.

The current Challenge at Crafty Boots Challenges is 'Winter Wonderland' and I have a couple of cards to share with you today.

This is another of my vintage rubber stamps, which I coloured with Promarkers and then mounted on silver mirri and green card.  I added lots and lots of glitter to the roof and I applied Liquid Applique around the chapel to create the snow effect.  The snowflakes are from Kanban Crafts

This card is the same image, coloured with Promarkers and lots of glitter.  The paper is from my stash.

I should like to wish my fellow Design Team Mates a very happy Christmas and New Year and share with you a couple of the cards I have received from them this year.  These are from my good friends Lisette and Zoe.

Have a wonderful Christmas and a happy, safe and healthy New Year.

Dionne

Snow is Falling

Happy Christmas Eve my friends.  Very busy today so a quick post this morning and a reminder of the current Crafty Boots Winter Wonderland Challenge.

These snowflake cards were quick and easy to make.

I used my favourite Bigz snowflake die to cut out the triple layered snowflakes in red glitter card.  I held the layers together with a brad with a red gem in the centre.

I embossed some white card and layered it with more red glitter card.  Finally, I added a strip of red glitter card and a Craftwork Cards sentiment.

I then did it all over again using green glitter card.

Just one more sleep now, I hope you are not getting too stressed out.

Dionne

Filigree Christmas Tree

Regular visitors will know that I have been very late making my Christmas cards this year.  I have a few more to share with you today.

I am sure that you will recognise a lot of the elements in this cards, this is because I made them from the bits and bobs left over from the other cards I have made.

The tree  and bauble die are from Memory Box and the festive words are Tim Holtz Alteration dies.

Just two more sleeps to go.

Merry Christmas.

Dionne

Brrrrrrr!

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I am afraid that I am a bit late with my Design Team post for the new Challenge at Crafty Boots Challenges.  The theme for the next two weeks is Winter Wonderland.

Mo's Digital Pencil have some fabulous Christmas images but this is one of my favourites, it is called 'Winter Fairy Halla'.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and added a little glitter to her frosty breath. I then layered it with silver mirri and purple glitter card. I cut the fabulous snowflakes with a Bigz die and held the layers together with a clear gem brad. The backing paper is by Dovecraft and the sentiment is Papermania.  I recently bought some liquid applique and I used this to create a snow effect around her feet, however, I am not sure I like it and wish I had used Flower Soft now.

Don't forgot to take a look at the gorgeous projects created by my very talented Crafty Boots team mates.

Dionne

Christmas Baubles

The weekend is almost here and the countdown to Christmas has started in ernest.

I have been hard at it, getting my Christmas cards done in time to post.  There was a time I made and sent around 150 cards each year but I have lost touch with people over the years and quite a few people I know have stopped sending them because of the high cost of the postage and have asked me not to send them cards.  These days I make less than 100 cards.

As I have left my card making so late this year I have been making batches of very similar cards for speed.  Here is another batch, this time using three of the Memory Box bauble dies.

First I embossed the white card and then cut and mounted sheets of lemon pearlescent card and silver mirri card.  My plan was to make all of the baubles in either white glitter card or pale blue pearlescent card, unfortunately I quickly ran out of the pale blue card and switched to a few scraps of card I had left over from other projects.

The sentiments were cut using a Tim Holtz set of dies.

I hope you have a great weekend.

Dionne

Christmas Treat

One week to the big day and I am still making my Christmas card!

This little cutie is from Mo's Digital Pencil and is called 'First Christmas Girl'.

After colouring the image with Promarkers I added Polar White Flower Soft to the stockin and then mounted it on green glitter card.  The backing papers are by Dovecraft and the sentiment is from Papermania and the poinsettia is from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Dionne