Final Christmas cards for the year

The first one is using a stampin up set but I don't know the name of it, It was a recent trademe bargin and the seller was not sure if all the stamps were in the set. Does anyone know what it's called??

The other three are from yet another trademe bargin, no brand name on this set but so cute I couldn't resist!

A Christmas gift from a friend

I had a visit from one of my cardmaking friends, Rel. She popped round this arvo to drop off a lovely Christmas gift.

Here is the bag and super little card followed by the most adorable snowman ornament, preparing to throw snowballs, he will fit in nicely with my Christmas decorations, and is so stylie that he will standout.

She has created such a lovely card, the hedgehog is just so very cute pulling his sleigh full of presents and to his surprise a lovely red robin! What a great card!

Thanks Rel, you are so very thoughtful.

Scrapbook picture frame - snow scene

I have had this scrapbook picture frame for a while now and didn't know what to do with it. It's a great deal deeper than an ordinary frame so you can layer things inside.

I was inspire by a lovely Christmas card my mum gave me with a bear sitting in front of a window, so here I have created a similar scene.

It is all 3d so the window frame sticks out and then the bear sticks out even further and his bow even further, the photo really doesn't do it justice, the trees are cover with dazzling diamonds too.

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Finally, although it's Friday and only taken me 5 days to get around to it! Here is my take on the mojo sketch...

Tealight candle cover

Here is a very simple tealight candle cover. This is larger than the ones I made last year as I have a glass candle holder that I wanted to use, rather than just a tealight candle.

For a small one, 8 1/4 inch length of card, score at 2 inch, 4, 6, 8
Height approx 3 inch and punch a border pattern across the top.

Using a punch or a cuttlebug die (Snowflake) punch the decoration in the centre of each of the four sections.

Tape vellum to the inside of each section and tape the end together.

For this larger one I used 2 1/2 inch sections and 3 1/2 inch height.

Have fun if you try this....

My favourite christmas card so far

This has got to be my favourite xmas card I have made so far... The tree is from a stampin up set, branch out. Very simple and I think it's even elegant.

Cute critters - mouse

A cute little card made with the cute critters stampset.... also used my new stampin up paper... Nice to have it all matching!

Snow swirled - new stampset

Here are a couple of cards made with this lovely new set. snow swirled...

More Christmas cards

Well I am running low on alll cards for my box at work, demand has been good, especially for xmas cards... here are some more...

A good egg - easter

Just had to try my new easter set..... very cute!

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I finally managed to make one card tonight, I have been having a little break after making gift boxes and lots of envelopes! So here is my mojo monday sketch card.. Made with two new sets from trademe, Cute critters and Elegant cheer.

Card boxes - gift boxes for Christmas

Well, I have been frantically preparing for Christmas. I have a few lovely ladies at work who often buy my cards from the box in the staffroom, they really support my cardmaking addiction so I have been busy making boxes of cards for them for Christmas gifts.

Each box holds 10 cards and envelopes, the first three are all photo cards from photos I have taken all around New Plymouth, Taranaki. The other boxes hold cards for all occassions.

The box is very simple to make as has a cardstock base and acetate lid which sits inside the base and is sealed with a bow.

Making a snowman - xmas card

This is such a cute little stamp that I could not resist buying off trademe.....

Let it snow

And lastly for tonight, here is a delightful snowman from another trademe bargin, Let it snow stampset...

Peace on Earth

Just loving this bauble with the world inside.....

Silent Night

I love this little church stamp, it will be great for wedding cards too.

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Only fitting that my mojo card be yet another Christmas Card. I got this cute little set off Trademe last week....I just love the bauble with the world map...

Even more Christmas Cards

The fun never stops .....

Christmas cards

Well after a card sale at work and then

sorting my Christmas cards to send to my friends and family, I am very short on stock... so I have spent the last couple of nights making some more.....

An angel for Christmas

Okay and lastly for tonight, another Chirstmas card. This is a set called On Angel Wings. She's almost magical with her dazzling diamond wings....

Echoes of Kindness

Okay so I couldn't resist making a couple more cards tonight. I was planning on sorting out my Christmas presents and card list in order to work out who else I need to buy for and how many more Christmas cards I will need to make.....

This is a lovely set called echoes of kindness.

English Christmas - New Penny Black stamps

Here are a couple of quick cards I made tonight. Just had to try out these lovely stamps, another recent purchase from trademe... They remind me of England... Home sweet home

Happy Harmony

Here are some very quick cards I made just to try out this new stampset I got from trademe..

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Here is my mojo sketch card for the week. With only about 7 weeks until Christmas I thought I'd better make another Christmas card.... Nice and simple...

Christmas cards - tin foil embossing!

WOW! I saw on splitcoast, an example of cuttlebug embossing

with tin foil straight out of the kitchen cupboard!

Of course I had to try it... How cool, you cover a peice of scrap card with the tin foil, fold corners and stick on the back. Put the tin foiled card into your embossing folder, run through the cuttlebug and Wow you have a metal looking embossed card. I used the matt side as preferred this look to the shinny side.. I also think the inverted embossing shows up better as on the bauble card, I must try the others that way next time...

Easel Card

Thanks to Cherie (check out her version of this card on her blog on my sidebar - creative addinkton), I was able to locate the instructions on splitcoast and try to make one of these fabulous easel cards!

Very simple and very clever, I can see me making these for my photos too.

Thanks Cherie, you're a real gem.

Practicing my watercolouring

Here is a little card I made in order to practice my watercolouring with crayons... quite a different look from watercolour pencils.

Pack of playing cards - Christmas stocking fillers

Here are some gift boxes with

a pack of playing cards inside. I thought they'd make a good stocking filler....

Happy New Year - Boxes of Bottles of Bubbles

Here are some boxes I made today for the little bottles of bubbly (Bubbles - the kind you blow)...

I thought these may be a

bit of a gimmic for New Years Celebrations....

Bear in a tin

Here are a couple of tin gifts I made today.