Christmas

 As I was so behind this Christmas making all my cards this year, I decided to make a start on my cards for Christmas 2026.  I made about a dozen of this design using different patterned papers and snippets of red card and I used a couple of them for last minute cards I needed to send.

The patterned paper was from a 6" x 6" paper pad from The Works.  I die cut the frame using MFT 'Stitched Diagonal Cover-up' die.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Greatest Part of Christmas' set, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Nocture'. After attaching a rectangle of patterned paper behind the frame, I layered it on a red mat.

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:

Rudoph Days December Challenge

We Love Stamping December Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations December Challenge ~ Anything Goes

I had lots of red and patterned papers left over, so rather than put them in my snippets drawer never to be seen again, I decided to make some more Christmas cards with a different design.

I cut the patterned paper into 1½" squares and the red mats into 1¾" squares and corner rounded all the corners.  The snowflake is a die cut from the Memory Box 'Twilight Snowflakes'.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Perfectly Plaid' set, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Nocture'.  I have a pile of small square ready to make up some more of this design this afternoon.

I am joining in the following challenge with this card:

Snippets Playground Challenge #522 ~ Use Snippets

Christmas Tags

Tags were the last thing on my list to make this Christmas, so yesterday I sat down and batch made a pile so I can finish wrapping all the presents today.  A simple design so that I could get them all made in time.

I used the gnomes from and the Stampin' Up '#Elfie' set, stamped with Memento 'Tuxedo Black' and coloured with Promarkers. I stamped a few Lavinia snowflakes for the background with Versafine Clair 'Arctic'. 

I am joining in the following challenges with this tag:

Tag-Along (and ATCs) December Challenge ~ Red and Green/Anything Goes

We Love Stamping Challenge ~ Red and Green/Anything Goes

Dragonfly Dreams December Challenge ~ Tags

Stamping Sensations December Challenge ~ Fantasy

These are the designs that I made.

Craftlandia December Challenge ~ Snowflakes

The December Craftlandia Challenge begins today with the theme of 'Snowflakes'.  Our sponsor this time is Conjurer of Dreams.

Our sponsor kindly gave us images to work with and I chose to use this lovely snowflake image.  I added a strip of pink and white ribbon.  The Memory Box 'Twilight Snowflake' die cut is attached with foam pads.  I used Stampin' Up punches for the sentiment and mat.

Our generous sponsor Conjurer of Dreams.
The prize for this challenge is 4 sets of your choice.
Please head over to the Etsy store to see the range
of digital designs that Kim (the owner) has in the store.

The Craftlandia Challenge ends on the 30th December.

Allsorts Challenge ~ Create a Scene

Lynn has chosen the theme of 'Create a Scene' for the last Allsorts Challenge of 2025.  As always, you can use the Anything Goes option as we love to see all your creations.  This challenge will end on Wednesday 31st December.

The white base card was made using dies from the Sue Wilson 'Double Pierced Circes' set.  I used a Lavinia Celtic Dream die, 'Alura', which is sadly discontinued.  However, it is currently available as a cutting file, Alora.  I made the background using an Adirondack 'Denim' ink pad, masking off the moon with a circle of card. The navy blue die cut was layered over the top and attached to a pale yellow mat.   I added punched flowers and butterfly.  For the base I used the same ink pad with a Lavinia 'Feather Leaf' stencil.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Stamp' Up 'Humming Along' set, stamped with SU 'Night of Navy’.

There are two Lavinia prizes for the Allsorts Challenge, one a collection of mini/small stamps with bottle sticker for scene making and three stamps as second prize.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Stencil Fun December Challenge ~ Anything Goes with a Stencil

Crafter's Cafe Challenge #325 ~ Anything Goes + Optional Use the Colour Yellow

Creative Creases Challenge #110 ~ Use a Fancy Fold

Neglected Stuff (12/25) Challenge ~ Just checked on my blog and I last used this die in 2015!