Merry Monday - Lots of Super CAS Trimming the Town cards...

Really love these simple little cards... 

But before I start... hows about a Craft Spa Trimming the Town Retreat to you at home? I'm beyond excited about the project ideas I have!!! Still working on the detail... but here are the headlines...

(      Ten hours + worth of projects for you to complete at home over days and times to suit yourself… Starting in October. Cost expected to be in the range of £60-95 plus P&P. Instruction expected to be a mix of written pdf with photos and maybe even some videos and Zoom sessions subject to partakers preferences…

Individual project kits also to be made available if of interest… For example one advent calendar kit could be c £40

Will include products & any templates required to complete the projects. The retreat will be based around the Stampin’ Up! Trimming the Town suite… so the Trimming the Town Papers (RRP £10.75) with Home Together dies (RRP £32) OR Coming Home bundle (RRP £44) along with cardstock, ribbon and embellishments (RRP £12) will be included…  Christmas Countdown advent calendar box (RRP£28) is included as an option (as many of you have one already !) Some other tools & basics will also be required

Will include a variety of projects to suit a wide range of papercrafting tastes and levels – such as fancy fold and simple/bulk cards, home décor (eg Box Frame, fairylights), advent calendar, mini book AND table treat boxes/bags. Make as many  - or as few - as you wish…

Please just email me to register your interest at this time...as I need to achieve a minimum number of crafty guests to make it work....

And so back to today's share! I think a lot of these little cards will be going out from here this christmas... as I do like to sit there of an evening in front of the TV just cutting things out....

Houses and greeting simple cut out of the wonderful Trimming The Town papers...

Using this sheet ... So with 2 sheets of paper in a pack... I think you can make 120 of these cards...  Bear in mind you can use some of the partial ones at the edges too...

Though being honest the snowflakes in sky pattern on the other side is SO useful too... but more of that on another day.... as you will be spoilt for choice as to which side to use!!

And this sheet...though I reckon you will have to stamp some greetings to make  all 120... unless you want to use french, german etc ones

Then stick to a 7cm square piece of Whisper White... I have used 3D Stampin' Dimensionals on the middle one...

And then onto a 7.4cm square of Poppy Parade... (though I have just realised that I used Real Red in error!)

And finally onto a 9.9cm square Thick Whisper White card blank (so 3 from one sheet of A4)

So simples!

Come back tomorrow for some more tips and options for these...

Now here's an idea...Wisteria and Aliums #1

Time for something different today!

Saw this little scene of wisteria and aliums on the side of  friend's house... which truly inspires me...

So had to photo... and I will be back with Part 2 soon...

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Hearts Come Home Special Christmas Card

... to me ... from Barbara...

Isn't this just stunning...

And I have to add...  that I think that the stamped and glittered houses panel is the nicest use I have seen of the house stamps in Hearts Come Home...

So I just had to share this before I start sharing (the somewhat more simple) projects I have made this week... Been a busy busy week!! On all fronts...

Thank you again Barbara... just beautiful... I feel SO honoured...

Candy Cane Lane Trio

And to finish off my Candy Cane Lane Houses series for now... here is a tweak or two on this earlier one...

Different greeting (from Greetings From Santa)... love this greeting!

Tree cut from another of the Candy Cane Lane papers...

And then to finish off ... the addition of those mica flakes again... Sorry for bad photo...

And tomorrow... a break from Candy Cane Lane for now... and a bit of snowy mayhem maybe!

Candy Cane Christmas & Candy Cane Lane

So whilst I had the watercolor paper and aquapainter out... I had to produce another card...

Another cut out house from my favourite Candy Cane Lane papers...

Greeting same as on yesterday's birdhouse card too

Finished off with 3 trees stamped from the Candy Cane Christmas set... in Crumb Cake , Real Red & Early Espresso

Simples but very effective in the flesh...

Before you recycle your Christmas cards! Determine your Style!?

Something a bit different today... but hopefully something that will be interesting (about me)... and thought provoking (for you)...

And for those of you that are not sure... maybe a way to define your crafting style(s)!? So I am throwing down a New Year challenge here for you...

So today was the day for clearing away my christmas decorations...and making my house look really bare...!  And then all the christmas cards we were sent were taken down...

And then I had a thought as I carried them to the recycling bin!

I sorted through them... allowing myself to pick just 12ish that I most liked... and here they are....

So what do these tell me about my crafting style... and there probably won't be any surprises here for my long term blog followers... I think these kind of some me up!

I like lots of white space!

I like a clean & simple style!

I like large square cards!

I like things to be fairly monotone - silver/gold/black with maybe a splash of red!

I like lots of glitter & shine on christmas cards!

I like trees!

I like wreaths!

I like houses & churches!

I like big words!

I like snowflakes and baubles!

Just one thing of my crafting style that isn't evident... no fancy folds!! But that is only as I wasn't sent any!

Though I have to admit that I purposely didn't select from my hand made cards... as that is just too hard... because (1) I would always select them to be in my Top 12 cards as they are always the best cards I receive! (2) I so appreciate the work that has gone into them so it would be impossible not to select them (3) Many are made with the sender knowing what I like in any case! (4) Many are from my blog followers!

Now I found this so fascinating that I allowed my self to choose another 12ish that hadn't made the original cut... and I learnt more....

I really like trees!! As long as they are covered in glitter!

I rather like cute Rudolphs! And reindeer in general! Even the stocking is covered in reindeer...

I rather like nordic/kraft & red

So I can hear you asking if there were any surprises!? I think the liking of the wreaths so much and the reindeer was probably the biggest surprise for me.... and that I didn't receive any cards with doors or windows on!!!

So hows about you??? What is your style...?? I would love to hear back from anyone that conducts this experiment for themselves.... or am I just too daft!!!

Sleigh Ride Big Moon Card

Love this card... as did everyone! 

Everyone had this in their Top 3 of the 10 cards they made... yes 10... this die is that good for a stunning but simple card... So... right up my CAS street... and still fabulous for my Fancy Fold street too!!

Both the ribbon and non-ribbon (for bulk make/postal) version...

This card was well and truly inspired by this stunning card made by Irina Kozar. Thank you for sharing this beauty with us all Irina...

This is a card I first pinned over 3 years ago... and I liked it so much that I must have repinned it 20 times before Pinterest started to tell me I had already pinned it... I do so like that newish feature!

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