Christmas & more.

Blue Christmas

I've been busy trying to get on top of things and take part in some challenges too. I always seem to be putting my entry at the very last moment but I think I've got the challenge days sorted in my head now. Sometimes I get lucky where I've already made a card that fits the bill without having to start afresh. Anyhow today was the sketch challenge.

Here is the sketch

and here is my card.

My first Christmas card of 2009. This is early for me. I don't usually get started until December. End of November if I'm really organised. Anyhow snowmen and blue - I think that's me to a T. The snowman is coloured with Sakura Gelly roll glaze and Stardust pens.

STAMPS: Home and Hearts - Penny Black; Snowman -Inkadinkado

Here are a couple of last year's cards. Surprisingly they fit next week's technique challenge so that's sorted although I would like to try a baby card or something. Tutorial for this technique here.

Winter Village

Winter's Butterfly

CUTTLEBUG EMBOSSING FOLDERS

Evening Sunset.

I'm also posting the card I made for Potluck Friday. This week it had to include a photo and my choice was one of a sunset my daughter had taken from her home. It is an absolutely breathtaking photograph. And here is my card.

I kept it simple because I didn't want to detract from the photo.

PUNCH: Martha Stewart Arch Lattice

STAMP: CHF Thomas Kinkade

Making it Personal

Because I was a scrapbooker first I still lean towards the personal. Any card I have made has been with a particular person in mind and this determined the colour or style.

For example, here is a card for a very special young man's 1st birthday.

a daughter's 21st

And no, I didn't realise whenever I set about doing this card that you can actually buy candle-shaped blanks. Even if they only do stretch to 4 candles wide it would have helped.

Now I've decided to experiment more. Today I was playing with my nestabilities and trying to make a card that would suit more than one occasion.

I decided to have my frames interlocking from either side of this gate fold card and nestabilities made it easy to do this.

I also like to add something to the inside as well. This stamp is suitable for birthday, graduation, wedding or new job.

Playtime over for today although I think I would like to try this in black and white.

A Grandson's Smile....

Priceless!