OH's christmas card

Managed to make this yesterday for OH. It's an A5 size card. I've used DCWV christmas papers and gold mirri card for the matting. I've also used some DCWV adhesive ribbon down the right hand side. The brads were from a Hot Off The Press QVC set, Anitas peel offs and of course my ever faithful Penny Black images, this time a santa dog which i received in an image swap some time ago. I've coloured him in with watercolour pencils.

Stash brought whilst on holiday

Well our holiday this year seems like a long distant memory now, but then it was the end of August so it has taken me a while to post pictures of what i brought. I found 2 great craft shops. One was called Pen 2 Paper in Matlock and the other was R U Crafty 2 which is in Buxton. Seeing as i was there it seemed rude not to buy a few bits, so this it the few items i brought.

Family Christmas cards

Almost completed all my christmas cards for 2008! Just a few more includuing one for my OH and then i think i'm done. These are for my parents, grandma and my auntie. For my parents card i have used a Penny Black image coloured in with water colour pencils, Do Crafts christmas paper and i've used wording recycled from a card used a few years ago. The other two cards are made using cards from a QVC pack, mirri card in gold and silver and the stickers are from Anitas christmas stickers.

The three cards below are for my OH's family. They all have a Penny Black image again using water colour pencils and some Twinkling H2O's.

Some more christmas cards

Having been a fan of Forever Friends since they first came out several years ago, i was very excited when i heard Do Crafts were bring out a range of Forever Friends craft items and couldn't resist buying a few of the items.

I've made these christmas tree shaped cards for my close friends using some of the papers, stickers and rubber stamps from the collection.

Creativity on a budget

I've been struggling for ages to find the right kind of storage for my 8x8 papers. I've seen various boxes that i've liked but at £10 each i've been put off buying them. But one day whilst pouring my bran flakes into a bowl for breakfast, i thought why not recycle the box and make my 8x8 storage out of that. So here is what i ended up with, from the cereal box into a lovely storage box.

Cereal box (1kg size)

To storage solution

Ive decided to leave mine plain. All i've used is some left over Dulux sample paint pots to disguise what the box is. (It took 3 or 4 layers to cover it up). I may decorate it in the future but at the moment i quite like the simplistic look of it.

A little different

I'm a bit of a stamp fan and have so many that sometimes i can forget what i have and also what they look like stamped out. So, i have 2 A5 notebooks that i use to stamp all my images in so when i want to make a card i can have a quick flick through to see what would be ideal.

I had to buy the 2nd book quite recently and took the opportunity to decorate them both at the same time. I've gone for the oriental feel and seeing as i like red at the moment it seemed the right colour to chose. The papers are from the DCWV Orientals paper pack and the stamp i think is a Hero Arts one. I've then used my Cricut and some DCWV adhesive card for the word STAMPS using the stamped font.

Christmas Cards

Some of you may have made a start on this months ago and some of you may be thinking "Christmas cards in August!!" but yes i've made a start and the other weekend i managed to make 15. Ive tried to stick to a bit of a theme although i haven't bothered with a colour theme. My main idea for this year is paper panels using mirri card for matting and the central items are Penny Black images that i had actually coloured in earlier in the year so rather than colour the images in to match the paper i wanted i had to chose the paper to match the colours already on the images.

I am pleased with my creations so far. I think i have roughly another 10 to make for close friends and family.

Hope you like them.