Hi everyone, as soon as I saw this new Layered Poinsettia and Holly die set by Tim Holtz I knew it was going to look great for all sorts of Christmas card designs. For this
Continue ReadingInked Tissue Christmas Card with Snowflakes
Hi everyone, in my first post about the inked tissue technique, I mentioned that I had also tried it with Pixie Sparkles. This is the result of that experiment. The Red Oxide Pixie Sparkles produce
Continue ReadingChristmas Card with Love and Coffee Cups
Hi everyone, I don't know why but the cable knit embossing folder immediately made me think of hot cups of coffee. I think it's just the whole warm and cosy thing! Anyway that was the
Continue ReadingChristmas Card with Die Cut Jolly Ho Ho Ho and Winter Foliage
Hi Everyone, the Ho Ho Ho die set is from last year but I didn't get chance to use it then, so it was top of my list for this year. I used a new
Continue ReadingHand Made Christmas Card With Twiggy Tree and Pearl Accents
Hi Everyone, I really like the twiggy tree stamps that Woodware have brought out this year so decided to try one of them out. This one is the tall tree, there's also a wider one
Continue ReadingChristmas Card with Pine Trees and Embossed and Glitter Snowfall Effects
Hi everyone, this is the fifth and last card in my snowfall effects mini series, so I thought I would end with a double dose of snowfall. The white card front has a dry embossed
Continue ReadingHand Made Christmas Card with Snowflakes and Snowfall
Hi everyone, here's the fourth card in my snowfall mini series. The snowfall on this card was created using a Versamarker pen and embossing powder. The effect is a bit more subtle than some of
Continue ReadingHand Made Christmas Card with Gnome and Snowfall
Hi everyone, here is number three in the snowfall mini series. This time the snow effect is created using 3D Pearl Accents in white. The Pearl Accents give a great 3D appearance and it is
Continue ReadingHand Made Christmas Card with Stamped Pine Cones and Snowfall
Hi everyone, here's the second card in my snow effects mini series. For this one I used a brand new product called Embossing Sprinkles. It's basically embossing powder but in larger and different sized grains.
Continue ReadingHand Made Christmas Card with Stencilled Snowfall
Hi everyone, I realised the other day that there are lots of different ways to create snow effects for Christmas cards, so I decided to do a mini series to demonstrate some of the methods.
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