Christmas is coming

Card makers out there know that when it gets to summer it is time to start making their Christmas cards. I was really pleased that at yesterdays colouring class at Lili of the Valley was one of their new Christmas images. It was the lick I needed to start making my cards. This was the image we coloured that I have made up into a card.

Not able to resist the cute stamps I bought three, it would have been rude not to. When I got back home I thought as I already had the Christmas coloured pens out that it would be a good idea to practise. I had bought some cute little 4 x 4 cards and for this year I am just going to stamp an image and colour them in. Keeping it simple but also trying to improve my colouring technique. I love how simple and cute they are, not only the size but the image is a perfect size for them.

Over the next couple of weeks I am away from home with work, and it is sooo boring staying in hotels. My friend Lesley came up with the idea of stamping some images out and taking my pens with me. At first I thought it would be too much to carry them with me, but the few Christmas pens and these little cards will fit snugly in my case.

Comments

Crafting Queen said…

Beautiful cards, love the colouring.

12 August 2012 at 17:52

UK Scrappers Blog Hop

Welcome to the UKS Spring BlogHop! I hope you are all enjoying some lovely spring weather. You may have come to me from JimJams blog and her stunning mini book. If you lose your way, or have dropped in on me directly and want to follow the hop, you can see the full list with all the links here . ETA Remember to comment on each blog and then go back to UKS and comment there to be in with a chance of winning a £25 voucher, I am offering a vine for commetners on this blog. It is important that you include your UKScrappers name in your comment. I have created a page with some handmade flowers, I was inspired by the beautiful Prima branches, as usual I looked at them and thought I bet I could make those. This was my first attempt and I'm pretty pleased with myself. Also on the layout you should spot a lovely voile flower, some tiny pearl flowers and a couple of blossoms made from scallop circle punches. Although the bought flowersand vines are beautiful if you need to use ...

End of Summer Blog Hop

Hello to all you UK Scrappers blog hoppers, hopefully you have arrived from Ifa's blog, I have been a fan of Ifa's clean scrapbooking style, how lovely is that layout. Well the project I made is another take on what you can do with the vines I featured on the last blog hop. Often you see these things and think 'well they are lovely but what will I do with it'. Scrapbooking supplies are not just for scrapbooking. I bought a bargain frame from a 'cheap' shop and wanted to add a bit of va va voom to it.I thought it was wood so was going to paint and crackle it,, turning it shabby and planned to give it a vintagey theme. Well that went out the window when I realised it was plastic. Plan B then, I painted it with Gesso to give it a bit of 'tooth' so that whatever I did would grip. I followed this with a couple of coats of cream paint and sanded the edges. This was followed with a sheet of 12x12 cut down to the same size as each panel and glued ...

I have had quite a productive few weeks on the scrapbooking front, there is nothing like a retreat followed closely by national Scrapbooking Day and a few challenges that get your creativity going. I mentioned previously that I was going to Scrapstars and as usual it didn't fail to deliver, it was great to meet up and catch up with everybody. Tracee Provis was one of the teachers, she is such fun and this was one of the layouts she taught. I loved the fun colours and it was a great opportunity for me to scrap a photo from 37 years ago and my first girls holiday to Jersey. It was also my best friends birthday this week and a milestone birthday deserves a special card. She loves cakes, her garden and bling, luckily I got all of them onto her card.

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