Getting into the Christmas spirit...

 I've scheduled this post for when I'm away.  I did two Christmas cards over Friday and Saturday - a bit of a kickstart for my Christmas stash....

And the first one is for Christmas Kickstart Challenge.   Jo and Gail set us a theme of "From My Gnome to Yours"  

I had these three gnomes stamped and cut out with my Scan'n'Cut sitting in my UFO (Un-finished objects) container.  So grabbed them and some Copic markers and this CAS card came together so quickly.  I found the dotted paper and added to the middle of the 4.25" square card.  The sentiment is from a Kaisercraft set. A bit of Kindyglitz added some sparkle.  And some dash lines and it was done.  

And my second one came about due to my buying a craft magazine.   It was from Oct 2021 - taking this long to get into the stores here. It's Simply Cards and Papercraft #222 and has a lovely die set as it's freebie.  I CASE'd one of the cards on the packaging of the die

I die cut the outline in Teal and again in white and then die cut the little other branches, leaves and stars in the magenta, green and white.  The letters were cut with the magenta card.  I layered everything together onto a panel cut with Pink Fresh Essential mini slimline die and added to a 3.25" x 6.25" card base.  I added some red gems and some Autumn Red Nuvo Drops around the card.    There were lots of great ideas in the magazine so I'm sure I'll be doing some more cards with this set. 

Thanks for stopping by.... I'll be settling into to spending time with Archie for the next couple of weeks, so I won't be posting much ... maybe the odd photo of our adventures.