Absolutely the last Christmas Card!

At least until next year he he.

Here's the one I was talking about - just too nice not to show you.

That gold embossing powder is awesome - I can't stop playing with it he he.  Here I've used it directly on the patterened paper (which is from one of Kaiser's Christmas packs). The diamonds is a Stampin Up stamp as is the sentiment. There's a little gold ribbon on the edge too.

Hope you all have a Very Merry Christmas and I look forward to shareing the New Year with you all in cards!

Just one more Christmas Card!

Last minute panic - with all those darn cards I made I was still one short!

I picked up some gold embossing powder a few days ago, and this was a perfect opportunity to try it out. It's always a little hard to get a good photo of the shiny stuff, but I think it came up okay. Stampin up Stamp and card in rich razzleberry and old olive. Looks great. I used a gel pen to put fake stitching around the razzleberry mat. I had a snowflake stamp from a different set (unknown) and embossed them onto the background. I quite like the effect.

Christmas Card Madness...

Hi All,

Well over the last few days I have gone completely nuts on the Christmas Card front and thought I'd post a few of the beauties I've made for friends and family this year. So here goes...
First of all - my first time ever doing some decoupage..

And now for some plain cards...

And finally back to my friendly little Popcorn the Bear....

I guess that's about it for Christmas for me this year. I did quite a few copies of each of the plain cards and just a select few of the others.

Hope you gain some inspiration - I have taken it wherever I could find it, so if you see something here that is similar to what you've done yourself, maybe I might have been peeking at your blog. Just remember that imitation is the greatest form of flattery!

Mojo 167 - More Popcorn

Hi again, Well now - true to my promise, here is a card I made using the Popcorn Bear stamp I received free with my magazine purchase of crafters companion as mentioned below.
 I have used my own cardstock and papers - because I unwrap everything to store it I have no idea where the papers came from. I have used Stampin up inks from my handy little set of stampin spots in classic colours.

This bear is so cute, i reckon I'm gonna get a lot of use out of it!

I have also used the design provided by Mojo Monday for Mojo 167 and will submit this card to their challenge for the week.

Now I'm off to down a lemsip and have a nanna nap... this flu is really tiring me out!

Christmas Bear

Hi everyone, I have been at home sick with the flu for a few days (sniff sniff, cough cough), but have taken the opportunity to put together this card of a Christmas Bear. I snagged this little guy (who's name is Popcorn) from a magazine that I bought recently in the hopes of inspiring some Christmas cards to give away this year. The magazine is Crafters Companion - make christmas cards special issue.

I have followed one of the card recipes in the book, and changed it to suit my own style. The front panel is folded back on one side and I adhered the mat with popcorn decoupage on it to the front so that it would stand up behind the sentiment.  This magazine was awesome, with free papers and a pack of stamps of Popcorn, so I will endeavour to make quite a few more to show you. Hope you like it.

Mojo 166

Here is my submission for the week to Mojo Monday's card challenge.

So far I'm being consistent, which is a good thing.

I have used Kaiser Craft's Christmas paper pack (sorry can't remember the name of the pack), ribbon and some blingy stars.

This card is simple and was very quick to make. Kaiser just makes it too easy.