Joy and Peace

 

I know I said in my last post that I would be back in a few days, but once again

life and health issues have intervened...grrrrrr, so I have had my 'head down

and tail up' in a frenzy to create all my Christmas cards. They are all now 

finished and in the mail, so I may be able to show you some in 

the next weeks leading up to Christmas.

 

 I absolutely love the gorgeous papers in the Bella Carta paper pad I bought

earlier this year. The green DSP has a lattice design, and but because it is

very subtle, it is rather difficult to see.

Inside the card, with punched corners.

Paper - Carta Bella Home For Christmas 6 x 6 mega pad

Sentiment on front of card - Paper Rose Crisp Christmas sentiment sheets

Greeting inside card - Creative Expressions Christmas Sayings clear set CEC389

Dies - Cheery Lynn Poinsettia Strip B324; Dees Distinctively Ponderosa Pine Sprig; Build-A-Wreath (free with Australian Simply Cards magazine)

Punch - Martha Stewart Aspen Snowflake corner punch

Peel-off stickers are from my junk stash

I hope your Christmas preparations are 'on track', and you all keep safe in these uncertain times.

Until next time,

Jennifer.  xx

Santa's Aussie Sunset

Today I have another Design Team card I have made for 

Fat Cats Card Corner, using the Santa With Kangaroos die. 

The card is quite similar in design to the card in my last post. Again I brayered

Distress Inks onto gloss cardstock, and multilayered the matts, with the top 

one mounted on 3D tape. These colours truly typify Christmas in 

Australia...it is usually stifling hot!!

A closer look at the cute die-cut.

Challenges I would like to enter

Christmas Cards All Year Round - 'Use Hot or Warm Colours'

Crafty Friends #91 - 'Animals/Birds

Die - Paper Rose Santa's Sleigh With Kangaroos

Stamps - Stamp-it Australia Billabong Tree; 'Greetings...' Unnamed 

Inks - Various Distress Inks; Memento

On this cold, windy and miserable day I will go and prepare some nice hot soup for lunch.

Until next time, thank you for visiting,

Hugs,

Jennifer.  x

Six White Boomers

Today I have another card I have made for Kaaren at Fat Cats Card Corner.

She send me this die (which actually has only 3 kangaroos). Here in Australia, 

kangaroos are colloquially called 'boomers'. 

I brayered several different Distress Inks onto glossy cardstock, after adhering

a circle mask, punched from post-it note, to represent the moon. When I

removed the mask, I felt the moon was too stark, so I rolled the brayer

over the area with the tiny 'stain' of ink that was remaining on it.

Don't you just love the cockatoo sitting on Santa's sack of goodies!!

A popular Christmas song in Australia is 'Six White Boomers, Snow 

White Boomers), so I cut an extra 3 'boomers' to haul Santa's sleigh.

I cut the die from glittered cardstock from Catchy Crafts. It comes

in many gorgeous colours as well as white, cuts beautifully,

and the glitter does not come off at all.

In my last post I mentioned that I had a very busy time fast approaching...

well it has been and gone. Dina and Doug, who own Catchy Crafts (in Sydney),

asked me to be their demonstrator at the big annual 'Stitches and Craft Show' at

Newcastle. I have done so for them at similar shows in the past. 

The Show is held over 4 days, and while it can be frantic and exhausting, it is 

also lots of fun. I meet lots of lovely people, and one of them is a lady called 

Trish. She told me she was from Tea Gardens (a little sea-side town), and

when I told her I also live there, we discovered that she lives in the other 

Retirement Village in town, literally across the road from mine. 

So if you are reading this Trish, "Hello".

Challenges I would like to enter

2 Crafty Critter Crazies #17 - 'Anything Goes with a Critter'

Double "D" - 'The Moon and/or The Stars'

Merry Christmas - 'Anything Christmas Goes'

Merry Little Christmas #1 - 'Anything Christmas Goes'

The Holly and the Ivy Christmas #34 - 'Anything Christmas Goes'

Try It On Tuesday - 'Take A Ride'  TOP 5

Tuesday Throwdown #406 - 'Up In The Air'

Die - Paper Rose Santa's Sleigh with Kangaroos

Stamp - Stamp-it Australia Billabong Tree

Inks - Distress Inks (various colours); Momento Black

Sentiment - Computer generated Curlz font

I must close now, as I have an appointment with my doctor shortly. I twisted my ankle at the Fort recently, and it is still rather swollen.

Until next time, thank you for visiting,

Hugs,

Jennifer.  x