I discovered this wonderful digi stamp shop last year and I wanted to support them again so I went with the peeking fireplace set, I had a blast colouring these and I have printed the elf one ready to make for next year. I went to link the store to my post and discovered they are closing at the end of the year, they have a closing down sale and I might have bought the entire range, totally sad that there won’t be more though ☹️
As a lover of hot chocolate I couldn't resist these mugs from Lili of the Valley, I had no idea how I was going to use them but I hadn't coloured much until then so I wanted to give a different style a try and I really like the simple look of these cards,
Another die I bought last year and have only just used, of course now they have released a birthday version which I have to have lol.
And I could not leave it without trying several more paper pads and each time I loved the results, so easy but still handmade and with love too.
The saying once you pop you can't stop was so true with this die, after making the card with the leftovers and red stamped die cut I thought what about patterned paper and I had a pad I had not opened so I tried it and loved the effect, in fact I think this will be my posting card next year.
When I said yesterday the words weren't wasted I wasn't kidding, I stacked them and added a stamped and die cut red one on top and made a clean, simple but effective card.
I had to have this set from Kristina Werner and of course I had to try my striped background, I made several versions and the stripes seemed to get straighter on each try. It was such an easy and quick card to make and of course the word die cut wasnt wasted either.
I made this card and indeed wrote this blogpost way back in March when I made the other daffodil delight card, i used a different background die as the other one was a bit of a nightmare and I had also just found this one amongst my stuff lol. I also prefer the sentiment on this one, card making is definitely an evolving breathing thing to me.
I bought a magazine because this stamp and die set from Altenew was the free gift. This wasn't the card I set out to make but I was running out of time so I went with a quick and easy option.
Normally you see these cards just after each of their birthdays but this time there wasn't enough differences to make a blogpost for each one so I saved them all until after the last birthday. I did enjoy making them all and I hope they all enjoyed receiving them too.
I try and make something different for my Mum's birthday but this time I went with a technique I tried years ago, I don't think I was as successful as I was before and I totally forgot to colour the bottom image but I did enjoy making it and of course the cats look like hers lol.
The last elf hats for 2025, I do think I will use this die set again as it did get much easier as time went on.
I made this a little while after the one I showed yesterday but I still found them trickier than I expected, maybe its because I am not a die cut girl, I love to colour although this christmas that has been in short supply.
I can't believe it is the 8th already, this month well actually this year has whizzed by.
This was the first christmas card I made in 2025 and i was trying out a new set of dies that are postage edged, I do like them and I should have used them more but maybe next year will be their year.
This die set was one that looked easier than it was, its not difficult but it was trickier than I expected, still I did use it several times.
The last of these this year but there is an elf just waiting in the wings that I need to make too, maybe I will make it ready for next year lol
The second of the wine glasses I made and it may be my favourite, I will apologise that the cards are spread out this year but I wanted to post every day in december and I batch made too well this year lol.
Sometimes you see something and know that its perfect for a person or in this case couple, I couldn't wait to make this card and I made three designs of the possible 4 so you know I am itching to make the other one now.
This came together so effortlessly that I began to wonder why I waited to use it. Both the background stamp and die are from Alinacraft and I haven't used that brand before but I will be back.
Its been a while since I made a first christmas card and I went with a design I made way back in 2017, I found the stamp whilst looking for something else and couldn't resist recreating the card. I even used the same colours of card stock.
After I made the playday cards I wanted to make my Mum's christmas card with the nutcracker as well, however my mum likes bigger cards so I tried adding it to a 7 x 5 instead of an A2 and it worked, of course I made sure to add the teeth this time but I am kind of regretting that lol.
I am not sure why I absolutely had to have this die but I really really did. I made all my crafty friends cards from my two craft groups with this die and I had a blast. I decided very early on to mix and match the colours and that made it easy to batch produce, of course I was in the zone on the first one and forgot the teeth but I think he looks less scary without them.
I am hoping to post daily in december but I made the bulk of my cards with leftovers from last years cookie cards and I forgot to photograph them and of course I posted them before I realised!!!
