Christmas Presents

I wanted to give the children that Kieran goes to the childminder with a little something for Christmas. I got this idea from a demonstration on Create and Craft. I bought some inexpensive tree chocolates and repackaged a selection into A6 card bags. I then printed off some Christmas background paper and cut it into 4x4" pieces. I folded them in half and attached them to the tops of the bags and added a personal greeting. I'm really pleased with how they turned out.

My Boss's Birthday

My boss's birthday is a couple of days before Christmas. I made this card using a topper from Joanna Sheen's Messy Rabbit CD. I printed it off a few times and created my own decoupage. I'm sure he will appreciate this as he has been known to spend an hour or two at the Pub, lol.

Last of the Christmas

Here are the last of the Christmas cards for 2009 that I am going to share with you.

This one is the one I made for my hubby off our 2 boys. It uses an image from one of the MCS CDs. It has been sat on the table since July ish waiting to be cut and stuck. It wasn't til I was cutting it out a couple of weeks ago that I realised that the little bear is holding a a blue teddy. Our youngest son's bit of comfort is a blue ted.

This card is for Lewis from his little brother. However, his little brother likes it more than he does, lol. Kieran is car mad at 22 months old!

New Swaps

I needed to make an ATC themed 'Taking Care'. I really wasn't sure which way to go with this, so I dug out one of my Bear-i-ation theme plates and used the Nurse's uniform on one of the bears. It was the first time I had used this particular set and was really pleased with the results. I coloured the image with Promarkers.


The theme for November's Inspiration Card Swap group swap was 'Tea For Two'. I REALLY struggled with this one but decided that these two ladies from the Lilac Lemon Designs Art Deco plate were having Iced Tea.......are you convinced..............................?lol.

Promarker Goodies

There are some fab Promarker goodies available at Debbi's blog.

http://wiccababe.blogspot.com/

Promarker's are THE most amazing pens and a must have in every crafter's stash. Go take a look, what have you got to lose?

And yet more Christmas.....

As promised I am going to bore you with some of my favourite Christmas cards.

This is such a simple card but I love the effect of the gold embossing powder on the mink pearl card. Both the flourish and the greeting are from the Flourish Snowman Inkadinkado set.

Even simpler still......I repeat stamped this tree using a Whispers brush pen (not sure what the colour is meant to be) and used the same pen for the message. I then scribbled over the trees with a Quickie Glue pen and glittered. Such a pretty display.

Last one for tonight. I stamped, coloured and cut a lot of the wee meeces and friends from the Winter Tales collection over several nights. I love this card......clean and crisp.

Happy Birthday Maria

I've not been on for a while due to Christmas crafting. I'll try and upload a few of the cards I have made shortly. I am glad that most of my Christmas crafting is over and I can start crafting for pleasure.

It's my online Pal, Maria's birthday tomorrow and I made this card for her using one of the Lilac Lemon Designs Art Deco ladies and the new Sophistication board from The Glitter Girls. Not sure if I like the peel off effect, but am pleased with the card in general.