Hi Crafty Friends, I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful day yesterday!
Each year for the past almost fifty years or so I have been creating my own Christmas crackers to use on Christmas Day. Having been in hospital a number of times in the past month or so, making my own crackers as such was not going to happen this year, so I cheated a little and purchased some crackers and then decorated them and added my own contents to the inside.
Earlier in the year, I discovered Sizzix/Tim Holtz Santa Greetings Colorize die set, which I thought would be perfect for this years crackers, so I searched where to purchase them and found somewhere who had them in stock and got them. So they have been sitting around my desk for months. Considering there were a lot of pieces to this die set, they came together pretty easily.
I didn't have enough gold crackers to do all of this years crackers the same colour. So I pulled out a couple of red ones i had for two of the carckers.
Here is a close up look at all of the die cut toppers.
Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!
It's Christmas Day already down here in Australia! I must have been a good girl this year as I did very well! 😀
There are many of you who visit my blog regularly, so I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all so much for your support throughout the year. Hope you all have a wonderful and safe Christmas!
Today I am sharing two final Christmas cards with you that I made for my daughers, both got Ninja Slushi's this year so I know they will be making frozen cocktails today.
Both cards are Centre Step cards, and both share a lot in common including the colours and papers. Also in common are the Olive Martinis and Christmas Cocktails die sets from Spellbinders.
For my first card, I added the cute dog also from Spellbindeers ... Deck the Paws, hopefully it looks a tiny bit like a pug as it is going to a Pug Mama!
For the second cards I pulled out the penguins from Spellbinders October 2024 Small Die of the Month - Festive Friends and added those to my card.
I don't really have any drink related sentiments with a Christmas theme, but I did think this Making Spirits Bright worked ok for the cards which is a Spellbeinders Betterpress set.
Finally I added a sentiment to the inside of the card, another Spellbinders die set.
Hi Crafty Friends,
Today I am sharing a Floating Cube Card using products from Spellbinders, including a few kits from the December 2025 Caboodle Club.
This card is for a friend, who has just been diagnosed with cancer. Cancer sucks, as I know too well, was I was diagnosed last February 2024, and have been having treatment since then. It's been a hard road and is a journey I will be continuing for the rest of my life. My friend has been so very supportive during my journey, and I will make sure I will be supportive of her during hers.
For my card I used the Large DIe of the Month for December 25 - Wrapped in love. For the background I used a 3D Embossing Folder from November 25 - Petite Tuft. I added a sentiment using Concord & 9th's Written Words 2 stamp/die set designed by Kristina Werner.
For the back of the card I created the lower part of the girl, starting with the slippers and pj pants. I used the Cozy Toes Bear die set, which is the Annual freebie Spellbinders sent out to all Caboodle subscribers. This works with the October 24 Large Die of the Month - Cozy Toes Friends die set. I hand cut the dressing gown, adding a lacy die cut along the bottom. I added the belt and die using the Charmed Life die4 set which is from November 25.
To finish of the card I added another of the sentiments from the Concord & 9th Written Words 2 Stamps/Die set.
Here is a look at my card, when it is folded ready to placed in an envelope. Folded it measures 4 1/2 inches x 7 inches, so it will fit inside a 5 x 7 envelope.
Hi Crafty Friends,
Today I am sharing two Slimline Christmas cards I created recently. I made these a few weeks ago, but haven't had the time or energy to take photos to add them to my blog.
For these two cards I used Concord & 9th's Ornaments Stencil Pack designed by Kristina Werner. I am loving her stencil packs as they are all 6 x 9 stencil packs which means they are ideal for larger cards like Slimline and 5 x 7 cards which is what I prefer to make. I used four different shades of inks for the ornaments and a darker shade for the snowflake on each ornament, I then cut the panel into two panels to create slimline cards.
I added a reverse foiled sentiment to the inside of the cards. Being that these are Christmas cards, I kept the inside fairly simple.
Hi Crafty Friends,
Today I am sharing a 90th birthday card I created for a friend who is turning 90 in December. As December is a busy month and very hot down here in Australia, he had his party early.
For the card base, I used Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott's Side Panel Card die set which creates a 5 x 7 inch card.
For the blue panels, I pulled out Kristina Werner's Dots on Dots Stencil Pack. I love that she is creating 6 x 9 stencils as I love making larger cards and this gives me more options.
The "Happy", "Birthday" and "90th" are also from Made To Surprise.
I used the whiskey glasses from Spellbinders Love on the Rocks die set for the middle portion of the card.
This is a look at the back of the card. I added the white panel and added a stamped sentiment, leaving enough room for a personal message to be added.
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