Wednesday WOW... a really special... Spirited Snowmen... card...

to me ... from Hilda...

I have to share this beautiful card as well... a true Spirited Snowmen, Large Letters & Softly Falling embossing folder stunner... that  I feel so honoured to receive...

Got to love being a crafter amongst such talented friends at Christmas!!!

Though some bad news... Spirited Snowmen is on the Retiring List... so last chance to order...

Thank you again Hilda... absolutely fabulous!

And guess what... yes it is on my display... and yes... everyone has picked it up and oohed and aahed!!!

So cute...We all love it!  You should have never doubted that!

Merry Little Labels in Falling Snow...

Another quick and simple card for you today... well I had to do a few whilst this gorgeous Merry Little Label stamp was still out... bundle available in wood mount and clear mount...

So a Small Square card today (10.5cm Square aka 4 1/8" - but 4 1/4" makes more sense with US Letter cardstock)

A Softly Falling embossed 9.9cm (4" for US 4 1/4" card) white panel for the background... 

The label is embossed using Versamark and White embossing powder, sponged or brayered with Night of Navy ink and then punched out... though of course you can punch and then sponge if you prefer it that way!

And Night of Navy Crinkled Seam Binding ribbon and bow to finish.... though the eagle eyed amongst you will have spotted that I have folded the ribbon in half for the length and the tying of the bow as I wanted a thinner ribbon than how it comes...

Detailed Santa - The Red Trio

Forgot to share the Round Up pictures... so here they are... a lovely trio of Detailed Santas 

And this is the bundled Greetings From Santa with the Detailed Santa dies...

Available in Wood Mount and Clear Mount... Stamps and dies available separately - but 10% off everything when you buy the bundle...

Dear Detailed Santa....

Here is Detailed Santa looking very serious reading his Dear Santa letter...

Dressed up with Pom Pom trim bobbles... hand drawn eyes,  Real Red hat, marker coloured face, Greetings From Santa letter scroll & greeting, Candy Cane Bakers Twine

And set on a Softly Falling snowy embossed background 

And (as I can!) here is the same without the add of those eyes... see what I mean about those being the perfect finishing touch... 

A Christmas Year in Review

Well more like 5 months actually....

Warning - VERY picture heavy post...

Here is a round-up of my Top 10 Christmas makes during 2015... as determined by the number of blog page views... Just click on any of the photos to go to the original post...

At number 1...with well over 6000 blog page views... WOW! Introducing the New Autumn Winter catalogue... along with my first 4 makes using Hearth & Home...

At Number 2... with nearly 3000 page views... my Quarterly Training Class To Go share of the Woodland embossing folder...along with inking up your embossing folder, Heat & Stick powder & lots of glitter...

At number 3... with nearly 2500 page views... albeit the majority being from Spain as this was featured in an on-line magazine over there... my Advent Calendar...

And here is another one I made for DH's work... but hadn't yet shared... bit more colour... with the use of Cherry Cobbler and Mossy Meadow mats - and Cherry Cobbler embossing powder...

And so onto number 4...also with nearly 2500 page views... the first Centre Step Easel Card tutorial...

And then at number 5... with over 2000 pageviews... oh not a Christmas one!! Back to that one another day... very soon...

So at the Christmas number 5... with just under 1500 pageviews... 3 versions of this one... and another Centre Step Easel card tutorial... tweaked for the Hearth & Home dies sizings..

Coming in at number 6... 1400 page views... Shut the Gate!!

And at number 7... it is the VERY glittery one...

At number 8...  the outside scene...

And at number 9... seen this one before!?.... so thought I should post the other more cozy version here too...

And rounding off at number 10... still with over 1200 page views...

Now... I could finish there...but looking at the next 10... quite a few are already featured in round up posts above...  so here are a few more... which takes us up to the Top 20 Christmas Makes... 

At number 12... 

At number 14...

And at number 15... a Round up post for the Wonderful Wondrous Wonderous Wreath!.. original posts linked up in the post...

Coming in at number 17... the Wonderland Decorated House Scene Card... with its Tutorial...

At number 18... A little Wonderland Trio...

And finally... at Number 20... get the rubber gloves out... definitely the favourite technique of the season... Marbling...

Houses in the Snow...

Another little house scene care of the Sleigh Ride edgelits...

Houses aqua painted with Smoky Slate...

Back panel embossed with Softly Falling (carrying over - so I finally might have to buy another one to replace the one I lost! Long story...)

Finished off with the beautiful wording from Embellished Ornaments in Night of Navy and a satin silver bow...

All very serene... but still simple enough to mass produce!

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Woodland & Softly Falling embossing

 

Just found another card I made using 2 of the christmas embossing folders... Woodland and Softly Falling...

Silver/smoky Slate and Real Red colour theme this time...

Still loving my Christmas Greetings Thinlits dies and Holly Jolly Greetings stamps...

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