Instead of digging out my Christmas stamps again I turned to my stamps from the Far East as I knew I had this stamp (Hiroshima in Snow by Stamp Francisco) which would fit the bill exactly. I stamped the image in black and embossed it, then I mounted it on black and white thin cardstock and finally on a burgundy card.
The lettering was cut using a Spellbinders die (Playful) and a mammoth search began for my Mizuhiki Cord. After tidying 50% of my stamp room, looking in every cupboard and drawer, I looked in my concertina file - there it was, filed under "M" - doh! One knot later and it is ready...
... and appropriately it has started to snow!!! Drat! I am fed up now - had enough of the snow - want to see it green again.
