Hello to all the busy, crafty people out there in blogland.
I feel as if a huge weight has been lifted from our shoulders, as John's medical
negligence case was all 'done and dusted' in Sydney earlier this week. For
more than 2 1/2 years we have experienced almost constant stress.
For the past few months I have managed to have spasmodic sessions in my craft
room, and by breaking my own rule of only creating 'one-of-a-kind' cards, I
have managed to finish the 54 cards that I mail or personally deliver.
Hopefully I can now try to get into the spirit of Christmas,
decorating the house, cooking, and shopping.
This card was not a production line creation, although to save time I did use a topper
from a sheet I bought several years ago at a craft show in England. It did
however take a fair amount of my time because I was rather 'out of practice'.
A close up look at the wintery spray I made from various die-cuts,
recycled Christmas decorations, and some tiny conifer cones from
our trees in one of our paddocks back on our farm.
A small section of the house on the topper.
Challenges I would like to enter
Die Cut Divas - 'Winter Time'
Kreativeinkauf #57 - 'Conifer'
Sparkles Monthly #98 - 'White Christmas'
The Holly and The Ivy #20 - 'Anything Goes, Christmas'
The Merry Christmas #46 - 'Anything Goes + Christmas'
Tuesday Throwdown #371 - 'Christmas Scene'
Winter Wonderland - 'Anything Christmas Goes'
Image - Topper Sheet (Unknown Brand)
Paper - Kaisercraft Letters To Santa
Dies - Cheery Lynn Cutie Fringe 2, Wreath Strip; Memory Box Woodland Branch; Impression Obssession DIE-021N; Sizzix Tim Holtz Holiday Greens; Spellbinder Decorative Labels Eight
Sentiment Tag - Craftworks Cards
Snow - Leane Creatief
Glitter - Tim Holtz Distress Stickles Clear Rock Candy
Red Berries and Gold 'Twigs' - recycled Christmas Decorations
Lace, gold bead, and pine cones - from my junk stash
I do hope your Christmas preparations are coming along nicely, and you are not getting too stressed. I also hope you are staying warm or cool, depending on what part of the world you live in.
'Til next time (soon I hope), thank you for your visit,
Hugs,
Jennifer. xx