A few Christmas cards.....

Over the past few weeks, I've done a few Christmas cards.  I have two to share today ~ so hang in there with me while I show you what I've been doing.


My first card was inspired by Betty who made a few cards with poinsettia's on them together with some little berries.

I used a Tim Holtz/Sizzix die to make my flower, some rose leaves, the berries from WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals die and stamp set and a background with a Couture Creations embossing folder.  This one has been entered into the challenges at Simon Says Stamp and CAS-ual Fridays

and a quick card I made for Chupa's Saturday Sketchbook #109

I really liked the sketch and used a new pad of PP from American Crafts called Peppermint Express to co-ordinate the colours.  The sentiment is from Kaisercraft.  My snowflakes are from a Marianne's die set and a punch.  The large one is cut with glitter tape stuck to some card and the rest were cut and punched and Stickles added.   Added some Stickles to the houses and snow and finished with some silver gems.   The whole card took me less than 20 minutes to finish and then that long for the stickles to dry.

I'm hoping to get a few more Christmas cards done... I was lucky enough to win a place in the latest On-line classes class... Holiday Card Workshop and am really looking forward to the class.  Thanks to Joy who picked me for a place.

Have a great week

June CCC

Since Lily Pad cards closed, the CCC (Card Chain Challenge) reverted back to Deborah's blog.   Deborah challenged us to use a sketch or a colour challenge or a theme.

 Theme:  Independence Day, Cook-out or Friends.

My card went to Arlene in California.  I used the sketch for my design. The ribbon was sent to me by Cathy A. It is a sheer ribbon, so layered it onto some red card. The butterfly is a Marianne die. I added some Sukura glitter pen on the body. Sentiment is by Hero Arts.  This card was entered into Lawnscaping Splash of Colour challenge.

And here is the amazing card that Karen in Canada sent to me...

Pop over to Deborah's blog here to see all the creations for June's CCC and here to sign up for July's CCC

I've just had a lovely evening with my friend Yvonne.  She came round and her and I had dinner.  Her Hubby is currently in Poland, getting ready to present a paper at a Conference on Friday, and my hubby was out at a business dinner... We had a good catch up and watched a new TV programme called "The Block" ~ a reality programme where 4 couples have to renovate 4 run down houses.  It is set very near where I work and all the places the teams had to visit this week, are ones that we know.   I actually drove past the houses today.... they have come a long way from what is shown on TV tonight.

Have a great week...
Dawn