Ho Ho Ho!

Morning crafty friends, hope you're all well.......and dry!

We've had so much rain these past few days I thought it was never going to stop!

So today I'm sharing another Christmas make! It seems there's no end to the Christmas things

 I'd like to make.......there's s much Christmas goodness out there I just need to keep going!

For these cards I wanted to show off how good the die cuts look on their own.........no need

 for any extra embellishments.........of course, you could add more if you wanted  but for me I

 thought plain cards. Or.........if you wanted to add a name they would make fantastic place

 settings.They were a little fiddly to piece together first time but so worth it......and if you 

get all your bits and pieces organised first then you're away.......and what a great way

 to use up scraps too!

These dies are from the cutable & layerable range from Crafter's Companion, card blanks

from my stash and only scraps used!

Thanks for calling......stay safe & whatever you're up to have a lovely weekend.

xx

challenges

anything goes at Holly & Ivy

anything goes at Crimbo Crackers

anything goes at Merry Little Christmas

Santa Badge

Morning crafty friends, hope you're all well.

Today's share is a little different.....I used the gorgeous cutable, layerable dies
from Crafter's Companion to make a badge! And best of all......it's made entirely
from scraps......I just added some glitter to the hat, a brooch back and that was
it.......good to go!

Thanks for calling.........have a lovely day.

xx

Lots of Layers with Crafty Cardmakers

Morning crafty friends, hope you're all well.

Over at Crafty Cardmakers we 're back from our Summer break and we have a new

challenge for you......it's my turn to pick the theme and I chose

LOTS OF LAYERS

Probably my favourite challenge theme, I started with a black card base, added

a distressed paper layer, a die cut frame, a layered sentiment, a handful of handmade

paper flowers then finished with a few faux pearls.

As usual, anything you like to make we like to see just so long as you stick

to the LOTS OF LAYERS theme......and if you're low on inspiration then look

no further than our main blog here. We have a fabulous Dt with an amazing

range of crafting styles.....hope to see you there!

Thanks for calling today......see you soon.

xx

Treat Holder

Hi crafty friends, hope you're all safe & well.......and enjoying the sunshine!

Oh my, it's so, so hot here......roll on Autumn & Winter!

So today I have a little treat holder ......just a plain piece of card folded into

shape then decorated with some patterned paper & using one of the new layerable die

 sets from Crafters Companion (available August 11th on HSN). I especially love how you 

can use the dies as I have or you can separate the words from the tree giving you an

embellishment and a sentiment.

These little treat holders are so useful.....perfect for Christmas, Halloween, Easter...

.....in fact anytime you want to give someone a treat! They look fab in plain colours

and are ideal for all those double sided papers we have in our stash.

Thanks for calling & whatever you're up to......stay safe & have fun.

xx

Winter Wishes

Happy August 1st crafters!

Hope you're all well & enjoying the weekend.....judging by the colour of the sky

I think we're in for a bit of rain. Did you have thunder last night? We had

 the most terrific thunder & lightening.....I've not seen anything like it for a long time.

And now we're into August......how did that happen so quickly?

It's true what they say though......time really does fly when you're having fun.....and

in craft land it's always fun.........especially when you're Christmas crafting! 

So, talking of Christmas crafting.......Crafter's Companion have a new release

of Christmas dies (on Create & Craft on 6th August) and oh my, they are gorgeous! 

The 1st one I'm sharing is called Winter Wishes.....I've gone with navy, white & 

silver for my layers then matted onto paper from the Winter Wonderland 

collection......and finished with die cut poinsettias.

Thanks for calling & whatever you're up to....have fun & stay safe.

xx