Twas The Night Before Xmas

Christmas Eve is here and this verse is so suitable for my last post of 2012.
If my scheduling is working correctly today is Christmas Eve and I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone of you wonderful crafters for following me and my blog during 2012 and for all the lovely and generous comments you have made.
I hope to be back in 2013 as soon as I get the go ahead from my consultant to begin crafting again so hopefully you will keep coming back and following.

I hope you all have a wonderful and restful Christmas with loads of food and drink plus pleasant company from your friends and family.  I would also like to wish you a wonderful and happy new year.

See you all in 2013. 

Mince Pies Anyone?

I have deliberately scheduled this card to be my last but one before the big day.  I usually bake my mince pies on Christmas Eve, it is sort of a tradition in our house but this year I will have to settle for bought ones because of my shoulder op. I am soo catching up on my reading though I have to admit and directing hubby in household chores - hee hee things are all bad.
My topper today is from the winter swalk range from crafters companion and this makes such a suitable card for any man don't you think.  I have stamped him onto watercolour card and used my whisper pens to watercolour him in.  The backing paper was a freebie from the making cards magazines that I have collected over the last few years.  I sincerely hope you are all having lots of Christmas Joy and thank you so much for stopping by and commenting.  Do take care.

Christmas is Coming

Hi ya folks.  Hope you are all well.
Hopefully my shoulder is on the way to recovery, as this post was scheduled pre op I am hoping, believe me as by the time this is posted I will be in serious craft deprivation mode as I won't have done any crafting since November!!!!!!!!!!!
Today's card is using stamps from the Jayne Nesterenko stable - Adorables range which I had last year and are a range that will come out year in year out because they are so Adorable.
I stamped the tree using green versafine and clear embossed it.  I then stamped the little girl and her brother onto watercolour card again using black versafine and clear embossed.  I coloured them both in with whisper pens and cut them out before placing them against the tree with silicone glue.  The parcel topper also came in this set of stamps and was stamped using versafine and clear embossing powder but I colour this one in using sakura pens to give it a bit of sparkle.  The snowflake is Marianne die as is the swirl.
Thank you for stopping by and do take care.

Friends at Christmas

Another scheduled card.  How are you all, well on the way with your Christmas preparations I hope but also taking some time out for yourself too, you deserve it.
I have used a swalk stamp on this card.  She was from the Swalk Winter range released by crafters companion this time last year I think but swalk stamps are so beautiful I couldn't resist getting them all back out this year.
The flowers are spellbinders and Marianne dies and the swirls are Marianne dies.  My image was coloured in with spectrum noirs and I have glittered fur around her had although that may not show up in this photograph.  Photography is definitely not one of my strengths.
Hope enjoy this one.  Thanks for stopping by and for your comments.  Take care.
I have entered this card into the following challenges: -

Christmas Card Challenge - Die Cuts
Joanna Sheen Challenge - With Love at Christmas



Hugs and Kisses

Hi folks, hope you are all well.  This is my final DT card for the December challenge over at My Craft Creations.  Hope you will pop over and have a go, remember you have to be in it to win the prize.
This card was made for the challenge but as a birthday card however, if I had changed the colours I could have used it as a Christmas card too.  These flourishes are very versatile but, and you are going to be very annoyed with my, I cannot remember where I got this stamp from.  Big Sorry folks.
The sentiment is from creative expressions and was stamped using black versafine and them clear embossed.  The flourishes were stamped and also clear embossed.  I have also matted sentiment onto some co ordinations card, embossed and sanded down.  All finished off with some card candi. 
I do like playing with sentiments at times and they can look so good.  Hope you like this one.  Thanks for stopping by and do take care.

Poinsettia Garland

Good Day to you all.  I do hope my posts are appearing as they are all scheduled until January 2013 as I am recuperating from a shoulder op and am unable to use it at the moment.
My post today is my 2nd DT card for the new December challenge at My Craft Creations.  Do pop over and have a go.
I started with a 6x6 plain white card, matted some red card followed by some more white card which I also embossed using a holly embossing texture plate from sizzix.  I stamped my sentiment with WOW glitter embossing power and die cut that out.  I then die cut the poinsettias using Marianne small poinsettia die in both red and white, created this poinsettia garland.  All finished off with some red start gems.  Hope you like this.  Thanks for stopping by.  Take care.

White Christmas

Hi fellow crafters and followers.  Hope you are all well and getting ready for Christmas.
Today's post is the first of my DT cards for the new challenge down at My Craft Creations.
I began with a plain C5 white card base, followed by a piece of white glitter card followed by another piece of plain white card which I pricked all around the edges.  I then embossed a piece of centura pearl white card.  I stamped the verse with WOW glitter embossing powder and die cut using a spellbinders die which I weaved white ribbon around.  I matted that onto another diecut red mirri card.  The flowers are all die cut using white centura pearl card and I have used a mixture of Marianne dies and spellbinders dies.  Finished off with a red mirri card candi.
There will be another DT sample tomorrow and do pop over to My Craft Creations and enter the challenge it is a super prize.
Thank you for stopping by and do take care.
I have entered this card into the following challenge: -

The Craft Garden - December Challenge